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‘It’s a loving mockery, because it’s also who I am’: the making of gaming’s most pathetic character

The team behind Baby Steps discuss why they made a whiny, unprepared manbaby the protagonist – and how players have grown to love Nate as he struggles up a mountain

TikTok to strengthen age-verification technology across EU

Move comes as calls for Australia-style social media ban for under-16s grow around world

The crying game: what Hamnet’s grief-porn debate says about women, cinema

Hamnet and H Is for Hawk fuse themes of loss, birds and elemental female emotion. But whose fault is it if you remain dry-eyed?

‘If you’re flushing the toilet with grey water, people should know’: how China turned rain into an asset

Architects and designers have recycled ancient practice of collecting rainwater to make buildings ecologically friendly

TSMC is set to expand its $165 billion U.S. investment

TSMC is set to accelerate its multibillion-dollar expansion in Arizona, coming off the back of a U.S.-Taiwan trade agreement and strong earnings.

Verizon offers customers a $20 credit after Wednesday's widespread outage

Updated on: January 15, 2026 / 10:17 PM EST / CBS News

A Tipping Point in Online Child Abuse

Thousands of abusive videos were produced last year—that researchers know of.

OpenAI tells investors to brace for 'deliberately outlandish' claims from Musk ahead of trial

OpenAI on Thursday told its investors and banking partners that it expects Elon Musk to make "deliberately outlandish" claims ahead of an April trial.

China just 'months' behind U.S. AI models, Google DeepMind CEO says

China's artificial intelligence models may be just "months" behind U.S. and Western capabilities, Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google DeepMind told CNBC.

The man behind Google's AI machine: Watch CNBC's full interview with DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis

Hosted by Arjun Kharpal and Steve Kovach, CNBC’s “The Tech Download” cuts through the noise to unpack the tech stories that matter most for your money. In the debut episode, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis reveals how the leading AI research lab is driving breakthroughs, as well as what the race to artificial general intelligence means for science, business and society.

Ashley St. Clair, mother of one of Elon Musk's children, sues xAI over deepfake images

Elon Musk is facing a lawsuit from Ashley St. Clair, with whom he shares a child, over deepfakes of her undressed made by his AI chatbot Grok. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson joins with analysis.

AI startup Replit launches feature to vibe code mobile apps

Replit launched a feature that lets users create publishable mobile apps using just natural language prompts.