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United Airlines MileagePlus Update: Fewer Rewards for Non-Cardholders

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 19, 2026

No United Airlines credit card? Soon you will earn fewer miles than other travelers.United is revamping its MileagePlus frequent flyer…

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OpenAI rolls out an update to let users adjust ChatGPT’s characteristics, including whether it’s warm or enthusiastic, as well as its use of headers, lists and emojis (Emma Roth/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 20, 2025

Featured Podcasts Hard fork: Why Roomba is Dead + Tech Predictions for 2026 + A Hard Forkin’ Christmas Song The…

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Sources: Riot Games is working on a major League of Legends overhaul, internally called League Next, for 2027; Riot confirms a big update is in the works (Cecilia D’Anastasio/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 19, 2025

Cécilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: Sources: Riot Games is working on a major League of Legends overhaul, internally called League Next,…

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Google launches CC, an experimental AI assistant that sends a personalized daily “Your Day Ahead” email update based on users’ emails and calendar (Robert Hart/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 16, 2025

Featured Podcasts Uncapped with Jack Altman: Saam Motamedi from Greylock Partners Conversations with people I admire about things that really…

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LG smart TV owners say a webOS update pinned Microsoft Copilot to TV home screens, with no apparent way to remove the app; LG revealed an AI TV strategy at CES (Luke James/Tom’s Hardware)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 15, 2025

Featured Podcasts Squeak: How Evan Spiegel is building the future of computing Grit explores what it takes to create, build…

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China says that Xiaomi will issue a software update for 115K + SU7 EV to solve the safety problems of assisted driving, its second correction linked to the recall since the launch of 2024 (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 19, 2025

Reuters:: China says that Xiaomi will issue a software update for 115K + SU7 EVS to solve the safety problems…

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Source: Softbank’s plans for a JV with OpenAi to bring AI to Japanese companies are late, with an update now expected in November (Yusuke Ogawa / Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 18, 2025

Yusuke Ogawa / Reuters:: Source: Softbank’s plans for a JV with OpenAi to bring AI to Japanese companies are very…

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Memo: Apple’s March update on its AI training guidelines for data annotators has marked Dei as a "controversial" subject and delete intolerance as "harmful" Behavior (Océane Herrero / Politico)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 10, 2025

Océane Herrero / Politico:: Memo: Apple’s March Update on its AI training guidelines for data annotators marked Dei as a…

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The co-founder of Airbnb, Joe Gebbia, appointed by Trump as the first director of the American design, said that he wishes to update federal websites to a "Apple store type experience" (Mike Allen / Axios)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 23, 2025

Mike Allen / Axios:: The co-founder of Airbnb, Joe Gebbia, appointed by Trump as the first American design director, says…

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Asian financial hubs update Stablecoin regulations and businesses like Ant Group plan to become issuers, motivated by the American adoption of stablescoins to Pie at a dollar (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 3, 2025

Bloomberg:: Asian financial hubs update Stablecoin regulations and businesses like Ant Group plan to become issuers, motivated by the American…

US to establish fuel depot in Philippines to support operations in South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Japan’s combat role in Philippine war drills signals shift in regional strategy – Radio Free Asia

PNG-Australia defense treaty creates jobs, poses risks amid growing Chinese influence – Radio Free Asia

Sino-US competition for rare earths triggers Pacific seabed mining project near Guam – Radio Free Asia

North Korean hackers offer $70,000 per month to act as front – Radio Free Asia

How Kodak is trying to recover from the brink of bankruptcy

Private jet companies battle for biggest spending customers at Masters

Amazon Launches Masters Golf Coverage as Fourth Media Partner

American Airlines Makes Baggage Fees Even More Expensive for Basic Economy

DOJ investigates NFL over media rights, antitrust issues

Eric Swalwell needs to go now

Democrats will act to force Pete Hegseth out

Epstein survivors denounce Melania Trump’s performative press conference

Thomas Massie, Jeffrey Epstein and the biggest sign yet that Trump and MAGA are dead

House Democrats accelerate efforts to impeach Trump

Anthropic met with Christian leaders in March to ask their opinions on Claude’s moral and spiritual development and whether he could be considered a “child of God” (Washington Post)

Google says Polymarket betting “appeared briefly in Google News by mistake”, after the betting appeared alongside news articles in the ‘For You’ section (Terrence O’Brien/The Verge)

Japan approves another $4 billion in subsidies to Rapidus to fund the chipmaker’s work for Fujitsu, bringing total state investment and fees to $16.3 billion (Mari Kiyohara/Bloomberg)

Investigation details Webloc, an advertising-based geosurveillance system providing access to a constantly updated stream of recordings from up to 500 million mobile devices (The Citizen Lab)

How AI is transforming golf: Optimizing course operations, virtual assistants managing tee time reservations, and AI instructor apps improving player performance (Bradley S. Klein/Wall Street Journal)

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United Airlines MileagePlus Update: Fewer Rewards for Non-Cardholders

OpenAI rolls out an update to let users adjust ChatGPT’s characteristics, including whether it’s warm or enthusiastic, as well as its use of headers, lists and emojis (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Sources: Riot Games is working on a major League of Legends overhaul, internally called League Next, for 2027; Riot confirms a big update is in the works (Cecilia D’Anastasio/Bloomberg)

Google launches CC, an experimental AI assistant that sends a personalized daily “Your Day Ahead” email update based on users’ emails and calendar (Robert Hart/The Verge)

LG smart TV owners say a webOS update pinned Microsoft Copilot to TV home screens, with no apparent way to remove the app; LG revealed an AI TV strategy at CES (Luke James/Tom’s Hardware)

China says that Xiaomi will issue a software update for 115K + SU7 EV to solve the safety problems of assisted driving, its second correction linked to the recall since the launch of 2024 (Reuters)

Source: Softbank’s plans for a JV with OpenAi to bring AI to Japanese companies are late, with an update now expected in November (Yusuke Ogawa / Reuters)

Memo: Apple’s March update on its AI training guidelines for data annotators has marked Dei as a "controversial" subject and delete intolerance as "harmful" Behavior (Océane Herrero / Politico)

The co-founder of Airbnb, Joe Gebbia, appointed by Trump as the first director of the American design, said that he wishes to update federal websites to a "Apple store type experience" (Mike Allen / Axios)

Asian financial hubs update Stablecoin regulations and businesses like Ant Group plan to become issuers, motivated by the American adoption of stablescoins to Pie at a dollar (Bloomberg)