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OpenAI said today it is making ChatGPT Health, a feature that helps users with health-related queries, available to all U.S.-based users over 18 across all plans. The announcement comes a day after a Florida-based pastor sued the company for giving a near-fatal suggestion not to consult a doctor. The company started testing the feature through a dedicated hub earlier in January, allowing users to integrate data from other services and their personal information from services such as Apple Health, Function, and MyFitnessPal. At that time, OpenAI said users were asking 230 million health-related queries each week. That number has now…
Google has a new way for users to sign in to their accounts: a selfie video.If you’ve ever lost your device and gotten locked out of your Google account, you know it can feel like a desperate, Kafkaesque process to recover access and get back in—especially for people who run their digital lives, from email messages to calendar appointments, on Google software. This new sign-in option is an additional way to unlock your Google account, like a spare key hidden in the bushes.“We always recommend that you set up more than one option,” says Claire Forszt, a product manager at…
Under Armour has teamed up with Heated Rivalry star François Arnaud to remind athletes that its HeatGear performance wear can help them push through the hottest stretch of summer.Its latest campaign, “For When It’s Hot,” announces Arnaud as Under Armour’s new global brand ambassador. The actor’s Heated Rivalry character, Scott Hunter, organically wore Under Armour apparel during the show’s first season, which inspired the brand partnership.The ad opens on a bright sky with a cloud in the shape of the Under Armour logo, then tilts down to a sweltering Southern California neighborhood as a weather report warns of a “sudden…
Nvidia’s effort to deploy its GPUs far and wide is aiming at a new target: the moon. Lunar Outpost, a startup building robotics for space infrastructure, announced on Thursday that its next moon rover will use Jetson chips to control its lidar system. When it does, it is likely to be the first GPU on the lunar surface. “We’re taking the Nvidia Jetson and comparing it to our flight compute platform that has a little bit more spaceflight heritage,” Lunar Outpost CEO Justin Cyrus said. “[We’re] seeing what the pros are, seeing what the cons are. And we’re really pushing…
It is clear that social media affects mental health and poses a danger to children and adolescents. One study showed it took just 40 minutes of browsing for a platform in Mexico to recommend content to a teenage girl that contains references to suicide.What’s most concerning is that these aren’t isolated glitches but rather a result of how algorithms are designed to hook users and keep them on the platforms longer. With infinite scrolling and the instant gratification it provides, social media can become as addictive as cigarettes.These factors, coupled with concerns about screen time and other worries, have led…
The numbers10 million — Comcast delivers best wireless quarter ever, surpassing 10 million total lines.3.7% — Business services connectivity revenue increased 3.7% to $2.7 billion.$189 million — EBITDA for Peacock’s first profitable quarter.48 million — Peacock paid subscribers following 2 million additions due to NBA Playoffs, FIFA World Cup, and Love Island.The watercooler talkComcast announced its potential split from NBCU around three weeks ago, and rumors of consolidation have been swirling ever since. With that in mind, executives, including Brian Roberts, chairperson and co-CEO of Comcast Corporation, and Mike Cavanagh, co-CEO of Comcast Corporation, addressed the possibility of media consolidation during…
Google is about to add another name to its long list of products with more than a billion users, a list that already includes Search, Gmail, Drive, Android, YouTube, and Chrome. The company said during its Q2 2026 call that the AI assistant Gemini now has over 950 million monthly users. The company noted that Gemini users have tripled from last year. Earlier in February, it said that the Gemini app crossed 750 million monthly active users. With this growth, Google’s assistant is in line to compete more closely with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which hit 1 billion monthly active users in…
In Europe, the rise in gas prices due to the Iran war has car buyers thinking about electrics more than ever before.Battery-electric vehicle (BEV) sales were up more than 33 percent in the first half of 2026 compared to the same time last year, according to data published by European consultancies and nongovernmental organizations this month.The same has not happened in the US. Electric sales are up by nearly 15 percent in the second quarter of the year compared to the first. But the overall number of EVs sold is still small. They’re lagging well behind the optimistic projections made…
Apple on Thursday announced a new set of developer tools that will let automakers embed Apple Maps navigation and mapping directly into their vehicles’ infotainment systems. The software development kit, called MapKit for Automotive, will debut with Ford and its new line of electric vehicles, starting with a $30,000 midsize truck in 2027. Ford is placing a hefty bet on its next-generation of EVs, which it has promised will be affordable and efficient while still offering the latest technology. To build them, Ford ditched its century-old tradition and instead started with a universal EV platform, or UEV, that will underpin…
The Trump administration is quietly considering a rule change that could make it easier for polluters to build facilities—including certain gas plants and diesel generators that power data centers—with little to no notice to the public.On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency held a public hearing on a proposed rule change that would hand the power to states to decide how the public participates in the permitting process for certain new sources of air pollution. The proposed rollback comes as data centers face greater pushback across the US, with many communities using the permitting process to try to slow down development.…
More Accessories to ConsiderAll of us at WIRED have complicated desk setups that make working from home easier. You don’t have to go that hard for a dorm room, and you probably only have so much space to spare anyway. See our full work-from-home guide for more options, but these are some of our favorite desk accessories worth considering—plus some more options for around your dorm room.Photograph: Kat MerckAecooly Chic Touch Control Desk Fan: I tested this fan all summer last year for our Best Fans guide, and my friend’s son took it to school for his first year at…
White House science advisor Michael Kratsios said that Moonshot, the Chinese company behind the Kimi K3, the largest available open-weight LLM, built its model by copying Anthropic’s Fable LLM while using chips that aren’t cleared for export to China. “Large-scale, covert industrial distillation aimed at stealing proprietary U.S. technology and undermining American research is unacceptable,” Kratsios wrote, amid reported discussions about banning Chinese open-weight models that have roiled the AI sector. Moonshot did not respond to questions about its training process, and Kratsios did not share more details about the sources of his allegations. Kratsios’ tweet echoed comments from Treasury…
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More than half of independent agency owners are interested in selling their businesses, according to Evros Group’s 2026 M&A Sentiment Survey, released today as the first data exclusive from Dealroom, ADWEEK’s new vertical covering M&A, investment, and dealmaking in the marketing economy.Evros Group, a leading advisor on marketing and advertising M&A, known for its industry shaping transactions, surveyed three groups for the report: independent agency owners, holding company and PE-backed buyers, and financial investors in marketing services. Each group was asked the same questions about the deal environment, and their answers were set side by side.The findings describe a market…
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In June of last year, over breakfast at Cannes, the two of us started talking about the deal environment in the marketing economy. Omnicom and IPG were on their way to closing, AI companies were multiplying by the week, and new kinds of buyers were showing up at tables where only holding companies and private equity used to sit. We left that breakfast convinced of the same thing. Over the next 12 to 18 months, the business story of this industry will be a dealmaking story, and no one was covering it that way.ADWEEK Dealroom is what came out of…