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A resident of Springfield, Tennessee is expected to plead guilty to hacking the U.S. Supreme Court’s electronic document filing system dozens of times over several months. Prosecutors say between August and October 2023, Nicholas Moore, 24, “intentionally accessed a computer without authorization on 25 different days and thereby obtained information from a protected computer,” according to a court document. As of this writing, there aren’t any more details about exactly what information Moore accessed, nor how it was accessed. Moore is scheduled to plead guilty in court by video-link on Friday. When reached, a spokesperson for the U.S. District Court for…
Just days after launching, Roblox’s much-hyped AI-powered age verification system is a complete mess.Roblox’s face scanning system, which estimates peoples’ ages before they can access the platform’s chat functions, rolled out in the US and other countries around the world last week, after initially launching in a few locations in December. Roblox says it is implementing the system to allow users to safely chat with users of similar ages.But players are already in revolt because they can no longer chat to their friends, developers are demanding Roblox roll back the update, and crucially, experts say that not only is the…
Squarespace is building suspense for its 12th appearance as a Super Bowl advertiser.The website building and hosting service revealed it is returning to the Big Game on Feb. 8, with a 30-second spot that will air during the first and second quarters. While Squarespace has so far released few details about the upcoming campaign, a brand statement explained that “the spot unfolds as a cinematic, deeply human story, grounded in a clear and compelling call to action.”“This year’s campaign continues the tradition of pairing standout creativity with innovative storytelling,” according to the statement.The brand also revealed a teaser image from the…
1X, the robotics company behind the Neo humanoid robot, has unveiled a new AI model that it says understands the dynamics of the real world and can help bots learn new information on their own. This physics-based model, called 1X World Model, uses a combination of video and prompts to give Neo robots new abilities. The video allows Neo robots to learn new tasks they weren’t previously trained on, according to 1X. This release comes as 1X is gearing up to release its Neo humanoids into the home. The company opened up pre-orders for its humanoids in October with plans…
More than two dozen Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles on the ground in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area “currently lack the necessary emergency lights and sirens” required to be “compliant with law enforcement requirements,” according to a contract justification published in a federal register on Tuesday.The document justifies ICE paying Whelen Engineering Company, a Connecticut-based firm specializing in “emergency warning and lighting technology,” $47,330.49 for 31 “ATLAS1” kits—seemingly a typo of ATLAS, the name of the product sold by Whelen—which the company’s website describes as an “Adaptable Travel Light and Siren Kit.” The document explains that the ATLAS Kits would “allow…
If 2025 was the year brands began cautiously expressing their views on AI, 2026 is shaping up to be when they take clear, public stances on the technology.In the first weeks of this year, brands including Equinox and Almond Breeze have directly called out AI slop and tech gimmicks in their ad campaigns. As anxieties around the technology grow, these advertisers are positioning themselves as genuine antidotes to AI’s fakery.While Dove came out early against AI’s inauthenticity in 2024, others like BMW and Aerie continued the trend last year. The anti-AI sentiment now seems to be accelerating, with even louder…
Apple is launching a new Creator Studio subscription bundle that offers access to six creative apps as well as premium content in iWork apps, the company announced on Tuesday. The bundle costs $12.99 per month or $129 per year and includes access to Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Pixelmator Pro on Mac and iPad, as well as Motion, Compressor, and MainStage on Mac. It also includes premium content for Keynote, Pages, and Numbers. Later, the bundle will include Freeform for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. College students and educators can subscribe for $2.99 per month or $29.99 per year. Apple…
Microsoft said on Tuesday that it would be taking a series of steps towards becoming a “good neighbor” in communities where it is building data centers—including promising to ask public utilities to set higher electricity rates for data centers.Speaking onstage at an event in Great Falls, Virginia, Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith directly referenced a growing national pushback to data centers, describing it as creating “a moment in time when we need to listen, and we need to address these concerns head-on.”“When I visit communities around the country, people have questions—pointed questions. They even have concerns,” Smith said,…
This post was created in partnership with Zeta GlobalIdentity, intelligence, and superintelligent agents are redefining the marketing ecosystem.During a CES 2026 ADWEEK House session co-hosted with Zeta Global, Jenny Rooney, chief brand and community officer at ADWEEK, sat down in conversation with David Steinberg, CEO, co-founder, and chairman of the board of Zeta Global, and Roman Gun, VP, product at Zeta Global. Together, they explored how Athena by Zeta, a new AI-powered operating model, helps marketers accelerate decision-making and activate smarter performance at scale.From conversation to activationSteinberg began by sharing the recent announcement that Zeta Global has partnered with OpenAI…
Usage of voice AI in sales, marketing, customer support, and consumer applications has shot up in the last few years. As a result, model providers have seen increased business, along with investor interest. On the back of this demand, today, Deepgram said that it has raised $130 million in a Series C round led by AVP at a $1.3 billion dollar valuation. The round also saw existing investors such as Alkeon, In-Q-Tel, Madrona, Tiger, Wing, and Y Combinator put in more money. Plus, new investors like Alumni Ventures, Columbia University, Princeville Capital, Twilio, and SAP joined the round. The company has…
Living in central North Carolina, it’s rarely too cold for me to be outdoors. Throughout the winter, I enjoy regular walks alone, often as a recovery routine from my more rigorous workouts, and stroll with my family for some quality post-dinner time together. However, as an avid football and cycling fan, my idea of a happy Sunday often includes at least a few sedentary hours in front of the television, watching my favorite sports.Enter the Urevo SpaceWalk 5L walking pad, where, with a setup that includes little more than plugging the machine into my wall, I can spend those mindless…
This post was created in partnership with CVS Media ExchangeEven in the digital age, in-store environments can be impactful and important touch points for brand influence.During a CES 2026 ADWEEK House session, Jenny Rooney, chief brand and community officer at ADWEEK, and Parbinder Dhariwal, VP and general manager of CVS Media Exchange, discussed how brands can tap into the shopper mindset to create in-aisle moments that inspire incremental sales and fuel brand loyalty.Serving the Netflix generation in-storeWith its 9,000 retail locations and 90 million Extra Care loyalty program members, CVS is one of the country’s most recognized and respected brands…
Superorganism launched in 2023 as what it claims is the first venture capital firm focused on biodiversity, aiming to serve as the conservationist on the cap table for nature-friendly startups. Now, the firm has closed its first fund, securing $25.9 million in capital commitments from Cisco Foundation, AMB Holdings, and Builders Vision, among others, along with individuals like Jeff Jordan, a partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Superorganism backs companies across three categories: tech that slows or reverses extinction, startups that operate at the intersection of climate and biodiversity, and tools that enable conservationists to do their work more effectively. The firm…
My kids also enjoyed Save the Bloogs, an obviously Lemmings-inspired platformer, where you use the pieces as ladders, bridges, and canons to guide the cute wee Bloogs away from impending death. Board Arcade is the only one that reuses pieces, with spaceships and robots adding physical controls to versions of classics like Snake and Asteroids.Most of the games are marked as age 6 and up, and I’d expect young kids to love this. The dull digital pet Mushka is clearly aimed at wee ones. Sadly, a couple of the more interesting titles, international mystery Spycraft and strategy face-off Thrasos, are…
WHSmith has selected retail adtech firm In-Store Marketplace to power digital and audio ads throughout its network of more than 350 U.S. airport stores.The tie-up allows advertisers to buy ad placements programmatically across roughly 700 digital screens and audio channels through WHSmith Media, which the U.K.-based retailer launched in North America last year in partnership with agency SMG.ISM won the account following an RFP process that included around ten different tech vendors, explained Alison O’Keefe, partnership director of WHSmith North America Media Network. Stratacache’s Real Digital Media previously powered the retailer’s digital screens.
On the heels of OpenAI’s ChatGPT Health reveal, Anthropic announced on Sunday that it’s introducing Claude for Healthcare, a set of tools for providers, payers, and patients. Like ChatGPT Health, Claude for Healthcare will allow users to sync health data from their phones, smartwatches, and other platforms (both OpenAI and Anthropic have said that their models won’t use this data for training). But Anthropic’s product promises more sophistication than ChatGPT Health, which seems as though it will be more focused on a patient-side chat experience as it rolls out gradually. Though some industry professionals are concerned about the role of…