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Meta launched cheaper smart glasses under its own brand on June 23, reigniting privacy debates about camera-equipped eyewear. Critics focus on the glasses themselves, but the real privacy concern lies in the broader surv…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos told CNBC on May 20 that AI is like a bulldozer that will upgrade jobs rather than eliminate them, using software engineering and radiology as examples. Critics note Bezos has financial stakes i…
LinkedIn is increasingly filled with AI-generated content, making it harder for job seekers to distinguish authentic posts from automated ones, but career coaches say the platform remains valuable for networking and dire…
Mariska Hargitay will perform the one-person play 'Every Brilliant Thing' at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley in August, benefiting the theater and her Joyful Heart Foundation. The performances are tied to her recently discov…
Anthropic launched new cost-control features for Claude Enterprise, including spend alerts, cost-vs-output analytics, and model defaults, to help organizations manage rising AI inference costs. The move comes as enterpri…
Microsoft will cut 4,800 jobs, or 2.1% of its global workforce, primarily in its Commercial and Xbox divisions, as part of a corporate restructuring. The company said the layoffs are not due to AI replacement but cited i…
A July 6, 2026 UX Collective essay argues that enterprise generative AI programs should adopt Lean Startup principles—shipping smaller experiments, measuring faster, and stopping weak bets early—citing MIT NANDA's 2025 G…
DevilDriver frontman Dez Fafara said in a July 2026 MetalSide interview that the band will not use AI music generators to write songs, though he is open to narrow assistive uses like rhyme suggestions. The comments, repu…
Edge AI-capable smartwatch shipments grew 70% year over year in Q1 2026, reaching 25% of global smartwatch shipments, with Apple accounting for roughly 90% of that segment, according to Counterpoint Research. The data po…
ByteDance and Alibaba are disabling humanlike agent features in their AI products Doubao and Qwen ahead of China's new Interim Measures for the Administration of AI Anthropomorphic Interaction Services, effective July 15…
A former niche blogger describes how AI-generated content and SEO optimization ruined their creativity, but after Google's algorithm changes made niche blogging unviable, they are rediscovering the joy of writing without…
Microsoft announced layoffs of 4,800 workers, or 2.1% of its global workforce, citing shifting customer needs and business models. Chief People Officer Amy Coleman stated the employees will not be replaced by AI, though …
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed SB 315 on July 6, 2026, making Illinois the first U.S. state to require annual independent third-party AI safety audits for large frontier developers with annual revenue above $500 millio…
Three Wisconsin residents filed a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft, alleging that its $7.3 billion AI data center in Mount Pleasant emits excessive noise from diesel generators and HVAC systems, causing property da…
Apple is showing users a consent popup when some AI prompts are sent to Google Cloud, including for image-generation features in Apple Creator Studio and selected iOS 26 and iOS 27 beta features. The company previously a…
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is using Anthropic's Mythos tool to audit government code for vulnerabilities, despite a federal ban on Anthropic's AI. The tool has already identified tho…
Microsoft is laying off 4,800 workers, about 2% of its global workforce, while investing $2.5 billion in a new AI deployment unit called Frontier Company. The cuts hit Xbox and commercial sales hardest, with Xbox sheddin…
Wealthy parents are enrolling their children in Alpha School, a private network charging $75,000 a year for AI-based tutoring, despite having access to top traditional education. The school, promoted by the Trump adminis…
Australian authors, songwriters, and musicians are demanding payment from AI companies for using their work to train AI models, arguing that tech companies should compensate creators just as other users pay for access to…
Schools are shifting from banning AI tools like ChatGPT to integrating them into curricula, focusing on teaching students to critique and revise AI-generated content rather than produce basic essays. The challenge now is…