Google Search is adding new features to Personal Intelligence in AI mode, allowing it to pull context from Gmail and Photos so it can answer questions that depend on your own history.

Claude AI now connects with Apple Health, letting users talk through their fitness and health data to spot trends, understand metrics, and get plain-language insights instead of raw numbers.

Rokid has launched its AI Glasses Style at $299, positioning them as a lighter, screenless, and more affordable alternative to Meta Ray-Ban glasses while focusing on voice-first AI features like translation and assistance.

Adobe is adding new AI tools to Acrobat that can turn PDFs into podcasts and presentations, making it easier to consume long documents without reading every page or manually building slides.

Apple is reportedly rebuilding Siri into a full AI chatbot, a shift that could make future interactions feel closer to ChatGPT or Gemini as the company works to modernise its long-criticised assistant.

Gemini can now help students prepare for the SAT using realistic mock tests, moving beyond generic AI questions and closer to the format and pressure of an actual standardized exam.

As AI makes scams more convincing and easier to scale, small businesses are losing money at alarming rates, with those losses increasingly showing up in what buyers pay.

Page Match could let Spotify users scan a page from a physical book and instantly jump to the matching point in the audiobook, making format switching far less frustrating.

After being pushed back from its original window, Marathon is finally nearing release, with Bungie promising changes shaped by criticism from its alpha playtest and a renewed push to refine the experience.

Google is testing new Magic Cue upgrades for the Pixel 10 that could surface more useful information from apps like Wallet and Tasks, making everyday actions faster without users having to search manually.

The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 may feature a redesigned display stack that uses new materials to spread folding stress more evenly, potentially making the crease far less noticeable during everyday use.

A popular Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod that let players explore Night City in virtual reality has been taken down after CD Projekt Red issued a DMCA notice against its creator.

Excel now supports IMPORTTEXT and IMPORTCSV functions that load external text and CSV files as dynamic arrays, making it easier to refresh and reuse frequently updated data inside a worksheet.

Sony has teased an upcoming audio announcement with the promise of a “new form of listening,” offering few details but plenty of intrigue ahead of its scheduled January reveal.

ChatGPT can now search through your full chat history and pull details from earlier conversations, making it easier to find things you discussed weeks or months ago, as long as you are a Plus or Pro user.

A chip that produces microscopic “earthquakes” could change smartphone design, allowing manufacturers to shrink internal components while boosting signal handling and data speeds using surface acoustic wave technology.

A robot face developed by researchers can now lip sync speech and songs after training on YouTube videos, using machine learning to connect audio directly to realistic lip and facial movements.

Google Meet is rolling out a smart mobile feature that uses silent ultrasound signals to detect when you enter a conference room, automatically prompting your phone to join the right meeting in Companion mode.

Instagram has rolled out Your Algorithm, a new feature that lets users control the kind of content they see on Reels by adding or removing topics, giving people more say over what shows up in their feed.

Nothing CEO Carl Pei says the era of cheaper smartphones is ending, with memory shortages and AI demand pushing costs so high that brands have little choice but to raise prices or rethink what phones offer.

Microsoft is finally allowing some users to uninstall Copilot in Windows 11, but the option comes with strict conditions and is limited mainly to managed work devices, leaving most free users without a real off switch.

Apple may be preparing to add end-to-end encryption to RCS messages, with new clues spotted in the iOS 26.3 beta pointing to more secure cross-platform chats between iPhone and Android users.

Google Home has added new starters, conditions, and actions that let your automations respond to real activity like media playback and appliance status, making routines more flexible and far more useful than simple schedules.

Microsoft is preparing to retire Edge Collections, the feature many users relied on to organize webpages, notes, and research. With warnings now live in Edge, fans of the tool may need to export their data soon.

Apple has confirmed that Google’s Gemini will power the next generation of Siri, marking a major shift as the company leans on a longtime rival to finally give its voice assistant a long-overdue AI upgrade.

A new artificial skin unveiled at CES 2026 could give robots human-like sensitivity, helping machines better understand pressure and texture to handle objects, adapt their grip, and interact with people and environments more naturally.

CES 2026 introduced a luxury handbag with a built-in OLED screen that lets you change its look on demand, blending high-end craftsmanship with digital customization to create a fashion accessory that adapts to your outfit.

Lollipop Star is an edible candy that doubles as a speaker, using bone-conduction vibrations through your jaw to play music while you bite, blending flavor and sound into one unusual listening experience.

Twelve South’s new Valet wireless charger hides modern charging tech inside a premium leather catchall tray, turning an everyday charging pad into a design-forward tabletop accessory meant to stay on display.

Rokid is pairing its display-free smart glasses with Mudra’s neural wristband to offer wearable, touch-free control at a significantly lower cost than Meta’s smart glasses and Neural Band.

Disney+ plans to introduce vertical videos this year, blending streaming with social-style scrolling as it looks to keep users engaged daily and compete with platforms that already dominate phone-first viewing habits.

Naox is bringing EEG brain tracking out of clinics with Naox Wave, a pair of wireless earbuds designed to monitor brain activity during daily life and translate complex signals into simple wellness insights through a companion app.

Apple may eventually bring a 200MP camera to the iPhone, but fresh reports indicate the ambitious upgrade is still far off, with the earliest arrival expected toward the end of the decade.

Alexa+ is heading to Samsung TVs, BMW vehicles, Bosch coffee machines, and Oura rings, marking Amazon’s biggest move yet to turn Alexa into a cross-device assistant that follows users throughout the day.