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OpenAI Just Killed Sora

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It's the end of an (albeit short) era: OpenAI is reportedly shutting down Sora, the company's once-viral AI video generation app. The Wall Street Journal was the first to break the story , and reports that the company is shuttering the app as part of a grander plan to streamline OpenAI ahead of a potential IPO (initial public offering) later this year. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed the news first with company staff on Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal says. It seems the move goes beyond just shutting down the Sora app itself: In addition to axing a developer-version of Sora, Altman reportedly told staff that OpenAI would not incorporate its AI video models in other company products going forward, including ChatGPT. Sora's official X account posted to confirm the news : This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed. The brief history of Sora OpenAI only launched Sora in October of last year , and in that short period of ...
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Amazon Big Spring Sale 2026 Live Blog: The Early Deals Are Rolling In

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. The deals from Amazon's Big Spring Sale have been surprisingly good so far, even though the sale is not supposed to start until this Wednesday, March 25. As is the case with other big Amazon sales, I'm going to make your life a little easier and highlight all the deals as our team covers them. All of our recommended deals have been vetted using price-tracking tools , so you can trust that the sales we're talking about are actually good deals, and not just hype designed to fool you . You can read more details about the spring sale here , like what to expect, how long it'll last, and some tips to make your experience better. You can also just browse what's on sale here . We'll continue highlighting new deals as we find them, but you can scroll through to see earlier deals that may still be active. * This article was originally published...
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Samsung Now Officially Supports AirDrop, but Only for These Devices

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Back in November, Google made a stunning announcement : Quick Share was suddenly compatible with Apple's AirDrop . At the time, the compatibility was limited to the Pixel 10, but no matter: Google had just made history, transforming the sharing features from platform-specific to cross-platform. While AirDrop and Quick Share have long been the most convenient ways to share large files between devices, it only worked if you and your friend were on the same OS. That limitation introduces some inconvenient friction, but, as support cross-platform expands, that friction is easing up. Google first announced plans for greater AirDrop compatibility in Quick Share last month , when Android Vice President of Engineering Eric Kay noted, "[i]n 2026, we're going to be expanding [Airdrop support] to a lot more devices." While there's no official timeline on which devices will gain support and when, Nothing has said it is ...
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This Massive Data Breach Leaked 2.7 Million Social Security Numbers

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Another massive data breach has compromised millions of Americans' healthcare data and sensitive information. Navia Benefit Solutions, a benefits administrator for more than 10,000 U.S. employers, has disclosed a hack that affects nearly 2.7 million individuals, according to a March 18 filing with the Maine Attorney General. Navia's services include software and customer support for the administration of everything from Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) to commuter and education benefits. What happened with the Navia Benefit Solutions data breach? On Jan. 23, Navia identified "suspicious activity" on its systems, leading to the discovery that hackers had access to some of the organization's data between Dec. 22, 2025, and Jan. 15, 2026. During this time, threat actors were able to exfiltrate a significant amount of personally identifiable information (PII), which may include the following: Full name Date of birth Social Secur...
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YouTube Wants Your Help Identifying AI Slop on Its Platform

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If you've watched videos on the internet any time over the past year or two, you've encountered AI-generated content ( even if you didn't realize it ). While some of it is convincing, a lot of it is obvious. Like, I'm guessing no one thought those dramatic narrative videos of people made of fruit were painstakingly animated by hand. This type of artificially generated content has been lovingly (or not so lovingly) labeled "AI slop," which sums it up quite well: It's meaningless drivel, made with little effort or investment by some AI generator, that's raking up real money by going viral on social media. While all platforms that showcase short-form videos are inevitably already filled with AI slop, YouTube has been hit particularly hard. YouTube Shorts can be borderline unwatchable, depending on your algorithm. (Try watching in an incognito window to see what the platform serves up to a blank slate; it's wild out there.) What's worse, YouTub...
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Apple Is Finally Letting You Use Your Own Payment Method in Family Sharing

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Apple is making a big change to Family Sharing with iOS 26.4 : Once the update hits, you'll be able to use your own payment method in Family Sharing groups that have Purchase Sharing turned on. This might sound small, but it's a significant change to how Apple handles payments in these situations. Payment Sharing no longer exclusively goes through the family organizer Payment Sharing can be a convenient way for Family Sharing groups to take advantage of shared plans and content. That could include subscriptions, like Apple One, Apple Music, Apple TV, or Apple News+; purchased music from iTunes; movies and TV shows from the Apple TV app; books from Apple Books; or apps bought on the App Store. It means anyone within the family can access these items, but it also traditionally came with a limitation: With Purchase Sharing turned on, you couldn't buy your own shared things. All purchases went through the payment method set up by the organizer of the family group, unless yo...
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Meta Has Announced the End of the Metaverse, and I'm a Little Sad

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In a post on its community blog today, Meta announced the timeline for the shutdown of Horizon Worlds for VR users. The Horizon Worlds app and related Events will disappear from Quest headsets by March 31, and VR users will no longer be able to use the social hub at all after June 15, 2026. Horizon Worlds will continue, Meta says, but only for mobile users. “We are separating the two platforms so each can grow with greater focus, and the Horizon Worlds platform will become a mobile-only experience,” the company explained in the post. “This separation will extend across our ecosystem, including our mobile app.” Horizon Worlds launched in 2021 as a VR-only platform where users could interact in a virtual space, but it was beset by early tech and design limitations (most famously, that user's Metaverse avatars didn't have legs). Still, at the time, the company hoped the Metaverse would ultimately attract over a billion users, and Horizon Worlds was seen as an ...
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