A veteran of the dot-com bust argues that the current AI spending boom will likely end in a bust, despite AI's transformative potential. The author, drawing on parallels with the internet and housing …
A fraudulent publishing offer sent to Australian author Mary Colussi was exposed partly by AI-generated content that only repeated the online synopsis of her debut novel 'Touch Grass', published in Ju…
Apple's iOS 27 may be a free upgrade, but the hidden costs of AI are mounting, with Apple CEO Tim Cook suggesting heavy Siri AI usage could lead to additional charges and iPhone prices potentially ris…
Bending Spoons has agreed to acquire Airtable for $1.285 billion, adding the low-code database company to its portfolio alongside AOL, Evernote, WeTransfer, Brightcove, and Vimeo. The deal comes as Ai…
In a nostalgic column, InfoWorld contributing editor Martin Heller recounts writing two shareware programs for Windows 3.x in the early 1990s — SYSBACK.EXE and WAVSHELL.EXE — and his recent attempt to…
A meme featuring billionaire venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya in a white turtleneck has gone viral on X, with users using AI to alter the image and caption it with exaggerated Silicon Valley co…
Arya, a relationship wellness AI startup, acquired Flamme, an app with activities for couples, in a deal sparked by a LinkedIn DM from Flamme founder An Nayal to Arya CEO Offer Yehudai. Arya will inte…
Author John Scalzi reports that 99.9% of AI-generated spam and scam emails targeting writers now come from Gmail accounts, making legitimate Gmail messages increasingly likely to be filtered as spam. …
Bending Spoons, the Milan-based tech conglomerate that owns AOL, Vimeo, and other digital brands, went public on the Nasdaq this week with a market cap briefly exceeding $25 billion. The company's str…
Bending Spoons, the Milan-based acquirer of AOL, Evernote, Vimeo, and WeTransfer, priced its Nasdaq IPO above the $26-$28 range at a valuation of roughly $19 billion, driven by strong demand from Wall…
The Greek island of Andros has deployed a chat-based AI assistant called Andros AI, described as the first AI tour guide for a Greek destination, allowing visitors to query history, landmarks, and tra…
A developer launched AGEWARDEN, a privacy-first voice age verification service that does not track or store user data, aiming to provide safe online age checks without surveillance. The tool was creat…
A developer named Rohith built a free Python AI platform for Indian developers, featuring a structured 100-day curriculum with Indian-context examples, an AI mentor powered by Groq LLM, and a job boar…
AOL cofounder and Revolution CEO Steve Case described artificial intelligence as a "huge, huge opportunity" but warned it will likely be a "net negative" for jobs, speaking at Fortune's Brainstorm Tec…
Bending Spoons, an Italian digital media conglomerate, filed for an IPO this week, betting on legacy web properties like AOL, Vimeo, and Eventbrite. The company generates 84% of its revenue from subsc…
Cisco chief customer experience officer Liz Centoni described the company's adoption of AI across its 20,000-employee division as "surgery without the drugs" and "painful," according to Business Insid…