In pictures: Worm Moon captured over Northern Ireland

It’s Mario Day, an annual celebration of Nintendo’s mascot. It falls every year on March 10th because the date spells out “MAR10,” but you probably knew that already. Even if you aren’t all that into Mario — good luck avoiding him with the upcoming Super Mario Galaxy movie — it’s an opportunity to save on…

Viant Technology Inc., a leader in AI-powered programmatic advertising, has released its financial results for the second quarter of 2025, ending June 30. The company reported significant growth across various financial metrics, reflecting its robust performance and strategic advancements in the digital advertising space. Financial Highlights Viant Technology reported a revenue of $77.9 million for…

Google is announcing new privacy and recovery tools to combat spam across multiple products related to Android, including suspicious link detection in messages, sign-in with phone number, and recovery contacts. Google is adding new ways to recover Google accounts without losing any information in case you lose your device or if your account is compromised…

A coalition of nonprofits is urging the U.S. government to immediately suspend the deployment of Grok, the chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, in federal agencies, including the Department of Defense. The open letter, shared exclusively with TechCrunch, follows a slew of concerning behavior from the large language model over the past year, including most…

When we talk about mapping at Geo Week News, our focus is generally on larger scopes, taking in data from satellites or other aerial systems, and then supplemented by laser scanning for finer detail in certain areas. Just last month, Esri’s annual User Conference brought together mapping professionals from around the world who were sharing…

In some ways, 2025 was when AI dictation apps really took off. Dictation apps have been around for years, but in the past they’ve proved slow and inaccurate — unless you speak with particular accents and enunciate clearly. But advances in large language models (LLMs) and speech-to-text models have helped improve the systems that can…