Google is giving the mouse pointer a Gemini-powered upgrade on Googlebook, allowing users to point, speak, and get help across the desktop without writing detailed prompts.

Chrome on Android is getting a major AI upgrade with Gemini at its core, turning the browser into a more helpful assistant that can understand pages, handle tasks, and simplify how you use the web.

Google is bringing these Gemini features to Android, expanding it across apps and devices to automate everyday tasks, simplify browsing, and make your phone feel more helpful while keeping you in control.

Researchers have built a force sensor the size of a grain of rice that lets robots feel pressure and twisting forces using light, and it's already finding hidden tumors in tissue during early tests.

Meta is tracking employee keystrokes, tying AI usage to performance reviews, and laying off thousands — all at once — and somehow seems surprised that morale is in freefall.

Sci-fi promised holograms, floating interfaces, and magic computers. Consumer tech delivered phones, video calls, smart speakers, and the boring version that actually ships.

Google may be preparing a deeper Gemini-powered AI layer that connects more closely with your apps, photos, emails, and everyday phone tasks.

Meta is reportedly building AI tools that can complete everyday tasks, including an Instagram shopping assistant planned for late 2026.

South Korea’s largest Buddhist order has introduced Gabi, a humanoid robot monk, raising fresh questions about how AI and robotics may fit into spiritual life.

OpenAI launched three new audio models that can reason, translate across 70+ languages, and transcribe speech in real time, making voice a genuinely useful interface for developers.

ChatGPT can now alert someone you trust if things get serious. It is a simple feature, but it might be one of the most human things OpenAI has ever built into its chatbot.

Snapchat has walked away from its Perplexity AI search plan, raising fresh questions about how much AI users actually want inside social apps.

A new study from researchers at MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Oxford, and UCLA found that even brief AI use can hurt your ability to problem-solve once the tool is taken away.

Pennsylvania has sued Character.AI after investigators say a chatbot falsely claimed to be a licensed psychiatrist and offered medical guidance to users.

LG Display's third-gen Tandem OLED doubles panel lifespan, cuts power consumption by 18%, and hits 1,200 nits peak brightness.

Perplexity launches Premium Health Sources, bringing trusted medical journals and clinical data into AI responses to improve accuracy and credibility.

Amazon's Alexa+ has officially landed on Bose speakers in the U.S., making Bose the first non-Amazon hardware brand to carry the AI assistant.

arvard's open-source Keyring wallet stores biometric identity data on your phone instead of corporate servers, letting you verify who you are online without exposing your personal information.

A wave of AI-generated podcasts is moving fast through audio platforms, and a Bloomberg report says nearly 39% of new podcast feeds created over roughly nine days may have been machine-made.

An investigation found Kenya’s AI-driven health insurance system is overestimating poor households’ incomes, forcing many into higher premiums they cannot afford.

GPS spoofing lets criminals steal trucks, hijack shipments, and divert dangerous cargo, all while everything looks normal. A new detector from Oak Ridge National Lab is the first to catch it in real time.

I went looking for a better AI and ended up changing how my work gets done. What started as curiosity turned into something I now rely on every single day.

The next big wearable trend may not count steps or calories at all—it may try to score your focus, fatigue, and readiness.

You've probably felt it — that slightly hollow, going-through-the-motions quality when an AI interaction goes flat. Science is starting to explain why that happens, and who's responsible for it.

I didn’t stop worrying about privacy, I just stopped letting it slow me down. And honestly, my inbox has never felt lighter.

China is aggressively pushing AI adoption and simultaneously letting courts block companies from using it as a layoff excuse. The US isn't even asking the question.

A UK firm has signed a deal with Nigeria's Katsina State to deploy 50,000 solar-powered smart lamp posts that collectively function as a distributed AI data center, without using electricity from the grid.

A new AI legal assistant is coming to Word as lawyers and courts continue to learn how costly fake chatbot citations can be.

Ads have started appearing inside ChatGPT, and Google is already leaving room for Gemini to follow. The chatbot ad era may be closer than users expected.

Cornell’s DanXeReflect tool turns dance videos into interactive 3D avatars, offering performers a more immersive way to review movement, rehearse changes, and leave feedback.

A Harvard trial found OpenAI’s o1 model beat doctors at emergency triage diagnoses, showcasing AI’s promise as a second-opinion tool in hospitals.

1X is moving toward scaled humanoid robot production, and its latest demo shows Neo already playing a role on the factory floor.

Amazon’s AI-powered shopping feature now creates audio product summaries with interactive hosts, and early examples show how quickly useful summaries can turn into awkward infomercials.

Researchers have developed lead-free indoor solar panels that convert artificial light into electricity with record-breaking efficiency.

OpenAI's new Advanced Account Security lets you ditch passwords entirely and lock your ChatGPT account with a physical USB key — and it's available right now.

Google is bringing Gemini to cars, promising more natural conversations and smarter in-car assistance that actually understands what you mean.

Apple has quietly walked away from the Vision Pro, disbanding its internal team and shelving future models — marking a costly end to the company's most ambitious and least successful product in years.

A team of researchers has built a tool that maps how cities actually function — using nothing but anonymous cell phone data.