Anthropic has introduced Claude Tag (@Claude) for Slack, an always-on AI assistant that can be summoned in channels to help with tasks and share information. Currently in research preview for Claude E…
Oracle laid off 21,000 employees over the past year, reducing its workforce to 141,000, and cited AI adoption as a reason for the cuts. The company spent $1.8 billion on restructuring and may continue…
Meta's Oversight Board has called on the company to strengthen protections for ordinary people targeted by sexualized deepfakes, recommending that AI-generated impersonations be added to its Adult Sex…
Meta paused its Model Capability Initiative, an AI training program that tracked employee keystrokes and mouse movements, after sensitive data including private conversations and performance data was …
OpenAI signed a multi-year partnership with Getty Images to display licensed visual content in ChatGPT and AI search results. The deal follows Getty's earlier agreement with Perplexity AI and marks a …
General Motors announced it will drop Android Auto from its EVs and eventually all vehicles, replacing it with a conversational system powered by Google's Gemini AI. Other manufacturers like Rivian an…
Nothing's budget brand CMF will not release a new phone this year due to rising memory prices, co-founder Akis Evangelidis announced. The company cited supply shortages driven by AI demand as the reas…
A growing number of users are abandoning smartwatches for simpler analog or minimal wearable devices, citing notification overload and feature fatigue as key reasons. Despite the smartwatch market's s…
Norway will ban generative AI use for elementary school students from first through seventh grade starting late August, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere announced. The policy restricts AI for teens ag…
Google has discontinued the Nest Home Mini and Nest Audio smart speakers to focus on its new Google Home speaker, which integrates the Gemini chatbot. Existing devices will continue to receive softwar…
Adobe is integrating its Firefly AI Assistant directly into Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Frame.io via a new sidebar interface, starting today as a public beta. The assistant can aut…
VSCO launched Studio Pro, a new iOS app for professional photographers that can batch edit up to 100 photos at once, with features like Style Match for color and mood replication. The company also pla…
Midjourney, the AI image generator, announced it is developing a full-body ultrasonic scanner that can scan a body in 60 seconds, and plans to open spas housing the machines. The company is partnering…
OpenAI has rolled out a new Scheduled page in ChatGPT's sidebar, allowing users to view, pause, edit, and delete scheduled tasks. The update makes tasks faster and more reliable, and supports monitori…
Epic Games announced at Unreal Fest that it is integrating generative AI into Unreal Engine, releasing an experimental Model Context Protocol plugin for UE5.8 that connects to AI models like Claude an…
Anthropic has updated its Claude Design assistant with deeper integration into its coding agent Claude Code, allowing designs to be handed off for programming and enabling direct design creation from …
Smart fridges and other internet-connected appliances risk losing functionality and security when manufacturers stop providing software updates, a process known as 'zombification.' A 2025 FTC report f…
Google began pre-orders for its all-new Google Home speaker at $100, featuring 360-degree audio and Gemini as the primary digital assistant, with official sales starting June 25. The speaker offers de…
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel unveiled the company's new AR Specs at AWE, positioning them as a 'see-through computer' rather than AI glasses. Spiegel emphasized that Specs are designed for computing overlay,…
Google launched Android 17 on Pixel devices, introducing 'bubble' multi-tasking that turns any app into a floating window and a foldable gaming mode with optimized layouts. The update also includes AI…