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CNN has sued Perplexity, accusing the AI search company of massive copyright infringement and unauthorized use of more than 17,000 pieces of content, including paywalled material.

Scholar Britt Paris argues that the internet should be understood not just as software and platforms, but as land, cables, utilities, and governance that can be organized for public benefit.

A 404 Media podcast episode ties together several flashpoints in the AI debate, from commencement-speech backlash to questionable training-data ideas, highlighting a wider cultural resistance to elite enthusiasm for AI.

A public request for reader support from CleanTechnica highlights the business pressures facing niche media outlets covering clean energy and technology.

An Andon Labs experiment gave Claude, GPT, Gemini, and Grok their own autonomous radio stations, producing sharply different personalities, uneven reliability, and little commercial success.

The repeatedly revived internet brand is back with a narrower ambition: monitoring what 1,000 selected voices in AI are reading and discussing, then ranking the stories that appear to matter most.

A new wave of online misinformation is pushing baseless claims that attempts on Donald Trump's life were staged, with influencers on both the right and the left amplifying the narrative.

A reported plan to turn Disney+ into a broader “super app,” reinforced by comments on Disney’s earnings call, points to a strategic shift away from pure streaming and toward a more integrated consumer platform.

Chinese platforms are releasing AI-generated micro-dramas at an extraordinary pace, signaling a new phase in low-cost, high-volume entertainment production.

As AI products multiply across software, devices, and services, ZDNET has published a detailed account of how it evaluates them without vendor influence.

A new WIRED podcast episode centers on Tim Cook stepping down as Apple CEO, while also tying the moment to fresh debate around SpaceX, Cursor, Palantir, conspiracy culture, and AI-driven scams.

An experimental study published in PNAS Nexus found that professional journalists who watched a seven-minute science-reporting training video were much more likely to write accurate headlines about research.

More than 1,000 creatives have signed an open letter opposing the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery deal, arguing that the merger would further concentrate media power and reduce opportunities across the industry

Another Apple TV+ series has reached Nielsen’s U.S. streaming originals top 10, a notable result for a smaller streaming service even as the available source text remains limited.

Breaking Defense says it will launch a distinct European edition in early May, reflecting what it describes as unprecedented emphasis on defense across Europe.

The cancellation and discontinuation of a novel suspected of heavy AI use is intensifying pressure on publishers and agents who admit current detection tools are far from reliable.

As HBO develops a new Harry Potter series with J.K. Rowling attached as an executive producer, debate over the franchise is being shaped as much by politics and activism as by adaptation choices.