Meta’s decision to serve only its AI chatbot, Meta AI, to WhatsApp users isn’t sitting well with the competition regulators in Europe. The European Commission on Thursday said it is launching an antitrust investigation into Meta’s move to ban other AI companies from using WhatsApp’s business tools to offer their own AI chatbots to users on the app.
WhatsApp in October…
AI finds its way into Apple’s top apps of the year
December 5, 2025
Apple on Thursday shared its annual list of App Store Award winners, continuing its tradition of celebrating the best apps and games of the past year.
For 2025, the winning iPhone app was visual planner Tiimo, and the iPhone game of the year was the card game Pokémon TCG…
Nexus isn’t going all in on AI, keeping half of its new $700M fund for India startups
December 5, 2025
While many venture firms seem to only have eyes for AI these days, Nexus Venture Partners is deliberately splitting its focus for its new $700 million fund.
The firm will back AI startups and seek out India-focused startups in consumer, fintech, and digital…
You won't believe this isn't AI: This otherworldly microscope image just earned prestigious honors – but what on earth is it?
December 5, 2025
It looks like a scene from deep space – twisting structures, symmetry, and textures so intricate they barely seem real. But this astonishing vision isn’t sci-fi or AI at all. It’s the newly crowned overall winner of the Royal Society Publishing Photography competition.
The winning photograph, a microscope image of two threads of silk from the Australian net-caster spider, has just…
The Lavazza Calendar has long been a prestigious platform for the world’s most acclaimed photographers, with a history featuring names like Helmut Newton, Annie Leibovitz, and Steve McCurry. For its 2026 edition, unveiled this week at Art Basel Miami Beach, the Italian…
The White House formally announced its plan to hike US fuel costs by $23 billion today, in the form of a new proposed rule cutting fuel efficiency requirements.
Update 12/3: This article has been updated to reflect the formal announcement of the proposed rule.
Since the…
Hyundai keeps IONIQ 5 EV leases affordable at just $189 a month
December 5, 2025
Hyundai is keeping one of the most affordable EV lease deals alive with the IONIQ 5 still available for just $189 a month through December.
What EV deals does Hyundai offer in December?
It’s hard to find any vehicle available to lease for under $200 a month nowadays. The IONIQ 5 is not only one of the most affordable electric vehicles in the US, but also one of the most efficient…
Why LiveWire’s new electric maxi-scooter could finally make Americans fall in love with scooters
December 5, 2025
Scooters have never really had their moment in the US the way they have in Europe or much of Asia (despite the few fun-loving Vespas clubs here and there). A mere ocean away in Europe, a scooter is just basic transportation – a smart, efficient, dead-simple way to navigate…
Slovenia stalls Patria vehicle purchase amid political wrangling
December 5, 2025
WARSAW, Poland — Slovenia’s government is delaying an envisioned purchase of roughly 100 AMV XP vehicles from Finnish manufacturer Patria during its current term, marking a new twist in the country’s long-running acquisition saga about armored vehicles.
This means…
BERLIN — Germany’s parliamentary budget committee has approved 11 major defense procurement projects worth more than €2.5 billion ($3 billion), bringing the country’s tally on equipment spending for 2025 to over €33 billion across 73 major projects.
The Dec. 3 approval includes a significant expansion of the Bundeswehr’s G95 assault rifle order, additional Joint Strike Missile…
