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.

KitKat has unveiled a chocolate wrapper that doubles as a Faraday cage, blocking all phone signals the moment your device slides inside.

Snapchat’s AI Sponsored Snaps may look like a new ad format, but they also show how quickly chatbots are moving from answering complaints to chasing sales.

Motif Neurotech just got FDA approval to trial a tiny brain implant for treating depression, and the whole thing can be implanted in just 20 minutes.

Spotify has half a billion listeners, a recommendation engine that knows your mood better than your therapist — and apparently, no real plan to tell you if what you're hearing was made by a human or a chatbot on a Tuesday afternoon.

Android Headlines published the first real images of Samsung's Galaxy Glasses, featuring plain matte-black frames running Android XR with Gemini AI and a 12MP Sony camera.

Meta has signed a deal with startup Overview Energy to receive up to one gigawatt of solar power beamed from a fleet of 1,000 satellites in geosynchronous orbit.

The Met Police used controversial Palantir AI software to scan internal data, flagging hundreds of officers over suspected corruption, misconduct, attendance breaches, and undeclared links.

A new smart fabric powered by your phone has the potential to quietly replace wearable health trackers as we know them.

DeepSeek V4 launched April 24, 2026, with two open-source models that rival closed-source leaders on coding and agentic benchmarks, at up to 9x lower API costs than OpenAI and Anthropic.

Researchers at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute have developed ShadeCut, a technology that applies patterned colored films to solar panels to mimic roof tiles, masonry, or custom designs.

Sony’s table tennis robot looks like a lab flex with a paddle. The real story starts when AI stops answering prompts and learns to move through our world.

esearchers tested five major AI chatbots with a simulated user showing signs of psychosis. Some made things worse. Others told the user to log off and call someone.

SpaceX wants to make its own GPUs, but building chips is no walk in the park. Here's what we know so far.

Research suggests self-driving cars could make traffic significantly worse, not better, and the evidence on the streets is already starting to back that up.

Researchers at Nottingham Trent University have developed a vibrating smart pillow sleeve that alerts deaf users to fires, burglar alarms, and phone calls at night

OpenAI introduces workspace agents in ChatGPT, allowing teams to automate workflows, run tasks in the background, and turn AI into a collaborative work assistant.

ChatGPT Images 2.0 brings smarter, more accurate image generation with better text handling and consistency, pushing AI visuals closer to real-world usability.

A robot built by Honor just ran a Beijing half-marathon in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the human world record of 57 minutes.