CNET tested several subscription-free smart home devices suitable for college dorms, including the Lepro A1 table lamp, Google Home speaker, Tapo smart surge protector, and Amazon Echo Spot. The Lepro…
Spotify is rolling out a new AI assistant feature, 'Talk to Spotify,' to beta users that allows contextual questions about music, podcasts, and audiobooks. The feature, available to eligible Premium u…
A college student's guide to tested smart devices for dorm rooms includes the Lepro A1 Table Lamp, which uses AI prompts to generate light schemes, the Google Home Speaker with Gemini features for voi…
Waze announced a batch of updates this week, including a 'less chatty' mode, personalized navigation, and Gemini-powered voice search and reporting, all underpinned by Google's Gemini AI. The updates …
Apple is accelerating its chip release roadmap, skipping high-end M6 variants to reach the M7 generation faster, driven by AI competition from Nvidia and others, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. …
Adobe's Photoshop now includes generative AI tools powered by its Firefly model that are well-suited for beginner-level photo editing, according to a CNET guide. The tools include AI image generation,…
Meta has removed the most controversial part of its latest Instagram AI update after users objected to being automatically opted into a feature that allowed others to create deepfakes of them. The com…
Back-to-school tech costs more this year due to a memory chip shortage driven by AI, with prices for new and refurbished devices rising. CNET found that 48% of US adults have considered secondhand dev…
Eyebot, an AI-powered health tech startup, has built a self-serve kiosk that delivers a doctor-reviewed prescription for glasses in under 90 seconds with no appointment or insurance required. CNET rep…
Apple sued OpenAI on Friday, alleging that former Apple employees now at OpenAI stole trade secrets related to unreleased technologies. The lawsuit names OpenAI Chief Hardware Officer Tang Tan and sof…
OpenAI will shut down its ChatGPT Atlas browser on August 9, 2026, integrating its technology into a desktop superapp. The company is refocusing on core AI development rather than browser competition.…
Xreal launched the $299 X By Xreal A01 Plus display glasses, a budget-friendly option that sacrifices features like adjustable display sizing and variable-tint lenses for a lower price. The glasses of…
Google announced a new feature in its My Ad Center panel that labels ads created or altered using generative AI, allowing users to see how an ad was made. The labels rely on advertiser self-disclosure…
Apple released iOS 26.5.2 on Monday with over two dozen security fixes, including a memory corruption exploit discovered with help from Anthropic's Claude AI model. The update patches multiple WebKit …
Seventeen news publishers, including The New York Times and Ziff Davis, filed a motion Thursday accusing OpenAI of withholding evidence in copyright lawsuits over the training of its AI models. The mo…
OpenAI released ChatGPT-5.6 Sol, Terra and Luna, a new family of AI models, on Thursday, with the flagship Sol model touted as its best coding model yet. The models are rolling out globally within 24 …
Meta announced Muse Spark 1.1, a multimodal AI model designed for agentic tasks, with improvements in computer use, coding, and multimodal understanding. The model, released by Meta's Superintelligenc…
A certified financial planner used ChatGPT to audit her medical bills after hitting her insurance out-of-pocket maximum, finding that AI tools for patients are scarce and the process required manually…
Anthropic launched a beta feature called 'Reflection' for its AI chatbot Claude, providing users with a visual dashboard to track usage patterns, optimize workflows, and set break reminders. The tool,…
A new Omdia report warns that memory costs driven by AI infrastructure demand will reduce the number of smartphones priced under $400 by 22% through 2027, hitting budget-conscious consumers hardest. C…