Meta has enabled reuse of public Instagram images by default for its new Muse Image AI model, allowing users to generate AI images referencing public posts without notifying the original posters. The …
OpenAI introduced GPT-Live-1 for ChatGPT Voice on July 8, 2026, a full-duplex speech model that enables simultaneous listening and speaking with fewer interruptions, real-time translation, and handoff…
Meta launched Muse Image, an AI image generator integrated into Meta AI, Instagram Stories, and WhatsApp, that can incorporate other users' public Instagram photos when their account is @ mentioned. P…
Google's Pixel 11 lineup will cost $100 more across all models, starting at $899, with the 128GB entry-level tier eliminated, according to leaks. The company blames AI-driven component shortages for t…
Meta announced on July 7, 2026, that its second-generation AI glasses will automatically disable camera capture if the white capture LED is blocked, tampered with, or destroyed. The update turns the r…
Meta announced an update to its smart glasses that will disable the camera if the privacy LED light is tampered with or destroyed, following public backlash and reports of modders physically drilling …
Meta has placed its Conversation Focus feature for Ray-Ban smart glasses behind a $19.99 monthly subscription, limiting free use to three hours per month. The feature, which amplifies voices during fa…
AI engines use brand information in two distinct ways: usage (ingesting content without citation) and citation (directly referencing the brand as a source). A Pew Research study found users click link…
Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke mandated AI usage as a baseline expectation for employees, requiring teams to justify why work cannot be done with AI before requesting resources. The policy risks creating 'ado…
Netflix's 'A Man on the Inside' inadvertently illustrates the privacy concerns of AI-powered smart glasses, as the protagonist uses them to spy on non-consenting seniors. The show highlights the tensi…
Meta has introduced a $19.99 monthly subscription for its Ray-Ban smart glasses, limiting the 'conversation focus' feature to three hours per month unless users pay. The feature runs entirely on-devic…
Meta is quietly launching Pocket, an AI-focused app that lets users generate small interactive apps and games called 'gizmos' via prompts and scroll through a feed of creations. The app follows Meta's…
Meta is launching a $19.99 monthly subscription called Meta One Premium that rate-limits AI features on its smart glasses, including Conversation Focus, which requires no internet connection. Critics …
Fanfiction communities are launching grassroots efforts to detect AI-generated works, but these detection methods often misclassify human authors and fuel social conflict within fandoms. The movement …
The Verge staff published their annual summer 'in' and 'out' list, featuring cultural and tech trends such as motion sickness glasses, fiber, bootleg sports merch, and floating in water as 'in,' while…
Midjourney released a behind-the-scenes video of its full-body ultrasound scanner, showing the machine's hardware assembly but not providing clinical validation data. CEO David Holz said the company's…
Midjourney released a behind-the-scenes video of its dunk-tank ultrasound scanner, but the tour offered little evidence to support the company's claims of transforming medicine. The video, hosted by a…
Meta announced a $20/month Meta One Premium subscription that limits the Conversation Focus feature on its smart glasses to 15 hours per month, down from unlimited use. The feature runs entirely on-de…
Meta is introducing a $20/month Meta One Premium subscription that limits the Conversation Focus feature on its smart glasses to 15 hours per month for subscribers, down from an unlimited free tier. T…
Meta has introduced rate limits on its smart glasses, paywalling the Conversation Focus feature after three free hours per month. Users must pay $20 monthly for a Meta One Premium subscription to unlo…