Leaked internal documents and a video reveal Project Aion, an experimental Microsoft operating system prototype from 2024 or earlier that places Copilot at the center of the interface, replacing the t…
Google is in advanced talks to license technology and hire staff from AI startup Mechanize in a deal valued at more than $1.5 billion, according to Business Insider. The agreement would expand Google'…
Apple Inc. announced the M6 Mac mini and M5 Ultra Mac Studio, aimed at local AI workloads and Mac clustering, with preorders open and most versions shipping September 22. The M6 is Apple's first 2nm c…
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT for Teens, a version of its chatbot for users aged 13 to 17, featuring Study Mode, homework reminders, quizzes, and default safety protections such as content filters and p…
AliExpress, the e-commerce platform owned by Alibaba Group, has been found running silent audio processes in users' browsers to fingerprint and track devices, according to researchers. The code, linke…
A $29 Apple AirTag hidden inside a rare book tracked a shipment to an Amazon warehouse in Las Vegas, where employees cut off spines and scan pages for AI training data, contradicting Amazon's earlier …
Amazon is making Alexa+ free on Fire TV devices for US customers, eliminating the need for a Prime or Alexa+ subscription to access the AI assistant. The update, rolling out automatically to supported…
Apple has reportedly trained a China-specific large language model with assistance from Alibaba, marking a shift from its earlier plan to rely solely on third-party Chinese AI models for Apple Intelli…
Stripe Inc. has reportedly finalized an agreement to acquire OpenRouter Inc., an AI gateway startup that helps companies switch between AI models, for more than $7 billion, according to Bloomberg, cit…
Mozilla is rolling out an optional ad blocker in Firefox for iOS, disabled by default and using an EasyList-based filter to block third-party ad networks, ad-related trackers, and pop-ups, but it does…
Chinese AI company DeepSeek released DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 on its web interface, mobile app, and API, claiming it matches rivals like Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 at lower cost. The model scored 62.7 on the D…
Google is rolling out ChromeOS 151 (version 16733.48.0, browser version 151.0.7922.141) to Chromebooks and ChromeOS Flex devices on the Stable channel, adding a bookmark bar auto-hide option, real-tim…
Twitch introduced a setting on August 12, 2026, that allows streamers to opt out of having their channel content used to train Amazon's generative AI models, but the toggle was enabled by default for …
Google confirmed that Gmail was not breached after reports claimed 183 million Gmail passwords had leaked, stating the figure refers to credentials collected from infostealer malware and older data br…
AI startup Perplexity has made an unsolicited $34.5 billion offer to buy Google's Chrome browser, a bid larger than Perplexity's own valuation, following a US antitrust ruling that found Google holds …
Microsoft will merge its consumer Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot into a single app, retiring Podcasts, Deep Research, and Group Chat on August 18. The Verge reports the consolidation aims to simpli…
WhatsApp is testing a new optional Scam Alert feature that uses an on-device machine learning model to warn users about potential scam messages, with no message content leaving the device. The feature…
Nvidia has raised the price of its RTX Pro 6000 96GB Blackwell workstation GPU to $16,000, a 110% increase from its $7,600 preorder price, due to an ongoing memory shortage driven by AI demand. The co…
Microsoft is expanding its Low Latency Profile (LLP) feature to all Windows 11 apps with the August Patch Tuesday update KB5121003, after previously limiting it to the Start menu and native interface.…
OpenAI expanded its ChatGPT ads test to the United Kingdom, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, and South Korea on August 11, 2026, after starting in the US in February 2026. The ads appear for logged-in adult use…