​Why Trump hijacked the .gov domain 

​ Hello and welcome to Regulator. Happy New York City mayoral election day to everyone who’s voting, watching from afar, or just here for the memes. And happy 35th day of the federal government shutdown, which, as of today, is tied for the longest shutdown in history. But let’s step back for a second, because […]

​Amazon and Perplexity have kicked off the great AI web browser fight 

​ Amazon doesn’t want to be a part of Perplexity’s AI-powered shopping experience. In a post on Tuesday, the ecommerce giant says it has “repeatedly requested” that Perplexity stop allowing its Comet AI browser to buy products for customers, which Perplexity has responded to by accusing Amazon of “bullying.” Perplexity’s AI browser, Comet, currently offers […]

​Nomad’s magnetic charging stands now support faster 25W rates 

​ Nomad’s sleek and sturdy wireless charging stands are now Qi2.2-compatible. | Image: Nomad Nomad has announced updated versions of its Stand One and Stand One Max hubs that now support the Qi2.2 standard for faster wireless charging rates of up to 25W when used with compatible smartphones like the Pixel 10 Pro XL and […]

​Microsoft AI’s first in-house image generator MAI-Image-1 is now available 

​ Microsoft’s first in-house AI image generator, MAI-Image-1, is now available in two products, Bing Image Creator and Copilot Audio Expressions. The company announced the model in October. Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman wrote in a post on X that the text-to-image model will be “coming soon” to the EU.  Suleyman added that the model […]

​Apple Podcasts is generating automatic links and chapters 

​ Apple Podcasts will soon include automatically-generated chapters for shows in English and allow creators to add links at specific timestamps in their episodes. Timed links may also be added to episodes automatically whenever creators mention another podcast.  Creators can opt-out of both features, and chapters will only be generated when creators don’t add their […]