Gizmodo's io9 has released its monthly list of 70 new sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books arriving in July, including titles like Gregg Hurwitz's 'The Delivery' about an AI companion and Chanel Cleeton'…
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…
Anand Gandhi and Zain Memon have co-authored 'MAYA: Seed Takes Root,' the first book in a new sci-fi series blending science fiction, fantasy, and philosophy. The novel, set on the planet Neh where a …
Anthropic announced that its Claude Fable 5 AI model will be back online Wednesday after the Department of Commerce lifted export controls that had forced it offline on June 12. The model, a consumer …
Neon, the independent studio behind 'Parasite', will release 'Artificial', a Sam Altman biopic, after Amazon MGM dropped the film. The comedy-drama portrays Altman and Elon Musk unsympathetically, and…
Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5, a cheaper AI model designed to balance agentic capability with frugality, costing less than half the price of Opus 4.8. The company emphasized the model's reduced c…
Thieves stole more than $300,000 worth of copper wire and other data center supplies from facilities in Alabama and Florida, with the stolen goods recovered in a Chicago-area truck yard. The theft hig…
Netflix is launching a reality game show based on the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, featuring an AI recreation of Gene Wilder's voice with the estate's approval. The show, Wonka's T…
Grindr CEO George Arison announced plans to make the dating app an AI-native company by imposing AI adoption on staff, hiring an AI tutor, and aiming for AI-generated code despite employee opposition …
Meta introduced Brain2Qwerty v2, an AI system that decodes brain activity into text using non-invasive MEG scans, achieving 78% word accuracy in experiments with healthy volunteers. The research aims …
June 2026 saw major gadget announcements at Computex, Apple's WWDC, and AWE, including Dell's XPS 13 laptop, Segway's Navimow X430 lawn mower, and Xbox Series X25, but rising component costs due to AI…
OpenAI and mechanical keyboard company Work Louder are collaborating on a custom macro pad that turns Codex shortcuts into physical button presses, set for release on July 15. The device, which resemb…
Taiwanese authorities raided Supermicro's Taiwan office and eight other locations as part of a U.S. federal probe into alleged AI chip smuggling to China, signaling a potential shift in Taiwan's enfor…
Project 2029, a liberal group creating a Democratic policy roadmap for the 2028 election, proposed banning social media for children under 16 and regulating AI chatbots. The 'Kids Over Clicks' plan, s…
San Diego charter school chain Altus Schools spent $500,000 on two Ameca humanoid robots to serve as AI teaching partners, despite experts calling for bans on chatbot use by children. The robots, whic…
Amazon faces higher costs under a renegotiated token-based pricing contract with Anthropic, prompting the e-commerce giant to explore alternatives including a potential deal with OpenAI. The tensions …
Mirendil, an a16z-backed startup, raised $200 million in seed funding at a $1 billion valuation to develop AI capable of recursive self-improvement. The company aims to bridge the gap between scientif…
Researchers from Australian National University published a study in PNAS showing that training people to focus on six global facial characteristics—symmetry, proportionality, attractiveness, expressi…
Meta's Fury AI Glasses, the company's cheapest and best smart glasses yet, face severe privacy concerns including unauthorized data collection for AI training and potential facial recognition features…
AR glasses competition intensifies as Rokid, Xreal, and RayNeo unveil new models with advanced features like 6DoF tracking, standalone platforms, and premium displays, signaling a faster-than-expected…