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Bee unveils two AI note-taking devices

Bee unveils two AI note-taking devices

The FTC subpoenaed OpenAI and Anthropic following safety failures, Meta built a huge open-weight AI model for Macs, but you'll need a terabyte of RAM to run it, and CitizenLab detailed new spyware triggered by online advertising

OpenAI says it found a 'sophisticated recording device' hidden in its offices

Mexico's president signed a decree ordering tech platforms to protect minors, NASA explained its battery tech, and the Apple I 'Hatfield' computer sold at auction

Apple unveils HomeView

OpenAI says it found a 'sophisticated recording device' hidden in its offices, Character.AI just filed for bankruptcy, and former foe Disney may buy it for parts, and Scientists find evidence of a second-generation planet born from a dying star

Meta bans TikTok ads from its platforms in tit-for-tat row

Epic reportedly delayed its Disney video game so it can be made using more AI, Meta says it's caught up to the frontier with its latest Wonder AI models, and Norway fined a Microsoft subsidiary for misusing Grindr user data

What to expect at Apple's 'Welcome home' event next week

Microsoft's president says AI is less regulated than a carton of milk, many new cars share your data with third-party companies, and Google teamed up with menstrual health tracker Flo to develop new wellness hardware

Amazon is releasing kids' versions of its new Alexa Tablets

Meta banned TikTok ads in tit-for-tat row, Anthropic now offers a free vulnerability-finding service, and the Webb telescope detected the galaxy origin of the farthest fast radio burst

Google's AI detection website is now available

GPT-6 is coming to all tiers of ChatGPT, the FCC proposed a new mid-band spectrum auction, and OpenAI just posted hundreds more results on major math problems

Don't throw away your old digital camera — do this instead

Asos was hit by an extortion hack that may have compromised customer data, Ultrahuman now offers on-demand heart rhythm scans, and Google's experimental Playground platform uses AI to create games for you

Don't let the adorable AI agents fool you

Wikimedia linked OpenAI agents to an outage and unauthorized activity, OpenAI will add a digital watermark to text and code generated in the EU, and Google is removing free access to Gemini Flash and Pro

Florida county finds 11 unpermitted Flock cameras with unidentified owners

Trump announced an AI czar ', ICE is reportedly using a Palantir database to compile dossiers on protestors, and Capcom plans to use AI to speed up the game development process

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Amazon introduces new Kindle Paperwhite, Colorsoft and entry-level models

FDA approved artificial heart valve for kids that grows as they do, OpenAI fired 3 employees who allegedly shared info with an external AI safety group, and Audible rolled out an AI-generated interactions feature

Amazon unveils a thinner and faster Fire TV Stick 4K

Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey will advise the government on the future of warfare, Reddit imposing new restrictions on Old Reddit, and Neon will make a truly open-source SCP movie

Why Wi-Fi extenders simply aren't worth buying in 2026

McDonald's is reportedly using AI to "dynamically" price its burgers, there's now an official US government AI chatbot, and OpenAI rolled out Dots, its new personal agents

Robot dogs on farms do a lot more than just guarding

Anthropic lost $8 billion last year and said its AI could destroy humanity, OpenAI canceled GPT-6.1 Astra's release over deceptive behavior, and Meta is starting an enterprise business to justify its massive AI spending

It took MapQuest until 2026 to add public transit directions

The US government plans to use AI to help redact documents, Bill Gates says it's irresponsible for AI to not have safeguards, and OpenAI's agents targeted and infiltrated US government websites

Meta's Muse AI agent is coming to its AI glasses

Google is sending a tiny AI data center to space, Revolut is piloting facial recognition at store checkouts in the UK, and Google added creepy avatars to Gemini 3.8 live's agents

Anthropic and OpenAI announce more powerful (and cheaper) AI models

An OpenAI agent hacked into an Australian government website, Meta to stop training its AI on 'visual data' from its smart glasses, and ShinyHunters hackers say they have up to 3TB of sensitive info about FBI employees

Peloton has made a foldable (treadmill)

Anthropic & OpenAI announce more powerful and cheaper AI models, XPENG's humanoid robot walked off the assembly line ready to work, and Apple linked landmarks on its Maps app to Hidden Histories podcast episodes

Is there any benefit to keeping your smart TV in standby mode?

Polymarket is lobbying European nations not to be treated as a gambling website, the EU will force data centers to disclose their energy and water use, and Apple’s home hub device is almost ready

Candy Crush developers are planning a strike

Amazon barred Meta's Muse AI from shopping on its site, Joby Aviation completed a fully autonomous cross country flight and Gavin Newsom wants to implement a kill switch for frontier AI models

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The biggest issues with delivery robots are exactly what you'd think

A Microsoft executive called OpenAI's web scraping the 'largest theft of labor in human history', Anthropic says Claude 'leads' 26 percent of its AI R&D work, and the FAA says laser strikes on aircraft fell again

Meta is reportedly gearing up to launch new smart glasses without a camera

OpenAI revealed more instances of concerning AI model behaviors, Meta's rules for AI deepfakes are 'consistently and fundamentally inadequate', and a Japanese company developed a humanoid robot 'ambulance'.

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Meta is gearing up to launch new smart glasses without a camera, the DOJ says companies used Binance to funnel $1.5 billion in crypto to Iran, and Nitter and XCancel shut down after threats of legal action

What's the difference between AppleCare+ and AppleCare One?

Music distributors agreed to new anti-fraud measures, X Corp and SpaceXAI dismissed their lawsuit against Apple, and Apple TV cleaned up at the Emmys