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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says consumers are starting to see the impact of tariffs less than a year after President Donald Trump implemented sweeping fees on a range of imported goods. During an interview with CNBC, Jassy says the inventory Amazon and third-party sellers prebought in early 2025 to keep prices low has “run out,”…

Meta’s AI-powered smart glasses could be sending sensitive footage to human reviewers in Nairobi, Kenya, according to an investigation by the Swedish outlets Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs-Posten. The report, which was published last week, claims Meta contractors in Kenya have seen videos captured with the smart glasses that show “bathroom visits, sex and other intimate…

Back in March, Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy organization disbanded its energy policy team, cutting dozens of staffers. Now some of them have founded a new organization, the nonprofit Clean Economy Project. Similar to Breakthrough Energy, the organization is betting that clean energy can beat fossil fuels on cost, if not today, then in the near…

Elon Musk’s electric car and energy company Tesla has applied for a licence to supply electricity to British homes. If approved by the energy watchdog Ofgem, it would allow Tesla to take on the big firms that dominate the UK energy market to provide electricity to households and businesses in England, Scotland and Wales as…

“Based on this, we concluded that formal regulatory action was not proportionate in this case. If TfL becomes aware of new information that changes the risk assessment or indicates harm to individuals, they are required to update us,” an ICO spokesperson said.

As Discord prepares for a potential IPO, the platform is launching new commerce features to enhance the gaming experience for users while also generating new revenue streams for developers. Announced on Tuesday, the features allow users to purchase digital game items directly within Discord, eliminating the need to leave the platform. Users can also create…