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Jack Dorsey’s Block released a new voice model out of the company’s research lab that runs locally and sounds strangely human with its expressions like laughs, pauses, and cries. The company said the model, called Dessa, is trained fully on human speech and a single NVIDIA GPU.

Apple has blocked eight web security certificates that could have been used by scammers to impersonate legitimate websites.

Citizens in Azerbaijan are experiencing severe social media restrictions today as the government cracks down on digital communication amid escalating protests.

The Trump administration on Thursday suspended more than a half-dozen tech companies, including Microsoft, from the program that allows permanent hiring of foreign workers — escalating its long-simmering clash with the tech industry over immigration.

Microsoft and several other technology firms have been barred by the White House from hiring skilled international workers on a permanent basis through a widely used visa program.

Following the global rollout of Apple’s 2026/2027 generation of operating systems (known as version 27) for iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and macOS, Apple has been busy with patches and bug fixes. Apple had to scramble to address a Face ID bug affecting its latest iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max models, causing Face ID…

Anthropic says it has identified and disrupted attempts to use its AI model for “malicious activity” that could support biological and conventional weapons development.

ByAbigail VelezandDavid González Thursday, September 3, 2026 2:34AM The Los Angeles Unified School District has implemented a moratorium on AI use for students.