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Friday, December 12, 2025

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sweeps The Game Awards — analysis and full winners list
  Independent video game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 swept the Game Awards last night. The L.A. ceremony draws millions of views for its industry honors and exclusive previews of upcoming games.
  
• Amputees often feel disconnected from their bionic hands. AI could bridge the gap
  Sensors and artificial intelligence help a prosthetic hand act more like a natural one, new research shows.
  
• Trump's AI adviser faces questions over use of position to advance his own interests
  David Sacks is the Trump administration's top advisor on tech and crypto policy. In recent weeks, he's faced questions about conflicts of interest and criticism over his drive to undo state AI laws.
  

Thursday, December 11, 2025

• Trump is trying to preempt state AI laws via an executive order. It may not be legal
  The executive order is the latest in a series of attempts by the Trump administration to hold back state-level AI rules. But many Republicans are also uncomfortable with the effort.
  
  
• Billion-dollar OpenAI deal allows users to make content with Disney characters
  It's a whole new world for Mickey, Simba, Stitch and more as Disney brings hundreds of its characters to Sora, the short-form video platform from OpenAI, as part of a three-year licensing agreement.
  

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

• Trump's SAVE tool is looking for noncitizen voters. But it's flagging U.S. citizens too
  Anthony Nel, of Texas, became a U.S. citizen as a teen. But a flaw in a Trump administration citizenship tool flagged him as a potential noncitizen, which led to his voter registration being canceled.
  

Monday, December 8, 2025

• ICEBlock app sues Trump administration for censorship and 'unlawful threats'
  The app lets people anonymously share the locations of immigration agents but Apple removed it from its app store under pressure from the Trump administration. Now, the app's developer is suing.
  

Sunday, December 7, 2025

• Do Waymo self-driving vehicles need way more driving ettiquete?
  NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Wall Street Journal reporter Katie Bindley about Waymo self-driving vehicles and recent changes to how assertively they navigate traffic.
  

Saturday, December 6, 2025

• Waymo will recall software after its self-driving cars passed stopped school buses
  Waymo is issuing a software recall for its self-driving cars after reports the company's autonomous vehicles failed to stop for school buses.
  

Friday, December 5, 2025

• EU hits Elon Musk's X with $140 million fine over business practices
  The fines were due to the platform's misleading use of blue check marks to identify verified users and a lack of transparency over ads and data access for researchers.