Facebook is getting a free verified badge to help spot real people

Facebook is rolling out a free, selfie-based Verified badge so you know there's a real person behind a profile before you swipe, chat, or buy.

Social Media     Rachit Agarwal     1 day ago

Humans actually prefer talking to an AI than a support person, says gas giant as it cuts jobs

British Gas is cutting 1,300 customer service roles as its CEO argues that people are moving toward digital channels and AI tools.

Computing     Sudhanshu Kumar Mangalam     1 day ago

Space is becoming Bezos and Musk’s next data center site, and we have every reason to worry

SpaceX, Blue Origin, and others want enormous orbital data center constellations, prompting warnings over atmospheric pollution, debris, and an astronomy problem satellites are already making worse.

Space     Vikhyaat Vivek     1 day ago

Instagram is finally going after Ray-Ban Meta-wearing creeps

Instagram has started banning accounts that post footage captured secretly using Ray-Ban Meta glasses.

Wearables     Pranob Mehrotra     1 day ago

The first possible exomoon is here, and it makes our Moon look hilariously tiny

Astronomers have found strong evidence for a Jupiter-mass object orbiting a brown dwarf, potentially marking the first convincing detection of a moon beyond our solar system.

Space     Vikhyaat Vivek     1 day ago

Intel just pulled its 14A production schedule forward by a year

Intel has moved 14A risk production to 2027 and plans to begin high-volume manufacturing in 2028, one year earlier than previously reported.

Computing     Sudhanshu Kumar Mangalam     1 day ago

Gemini Spark is no longer restricted to Google’s priciest Ultra tier

Google is rolling out Gemini Spark to users on the $20 Pro plan in the US. The AI agent will roll out to Pro users in more countries soon.

Computing     Pranob Mehrotra     1 day ago

A Florida pastor asked ChatGPT if he was okay. It nearly got him killed.

A Florida pastor is suing OpenAI after ChatGPT dismissed his symptoms as harmless for weeks, he later suffered a near-fatal blood clot doctors blame on the bot's advice.

Emerging Tech     Rachit Agarwal     1 day ago

Scientists made robots curious like toddlers, and it helped them learn language twice as fast

Researchers at OIST gave a virtual robot curiosity, and it learned language twice as fast, playful detours and toddler grammar slip-ups included.

Emerging Tech     Rachit Agarwal     1 day ago

Ford’s UEV platform will feature Apple Maps built in

Ford's upcoming Universal Electric Vehicle platform will run Apple Maps as its built-in navigation system.

Cars     Pranob Mehrotra     1 day ago

Geekbench now lets you check how a phone will actually handle your boring daily chores

Geekbench 7 brings new CPU and GPU tests, a smarter multi core benchmark, CUDA support, and bigger data sets, all free for personal use starting today

Phones     Rachit Agarwal     1 day ago

LG agrees to kill McAfee pop-up on Windows PCs after Microsoft steps in

LG has agreed to disable the McAfee pop-up ad in its Monitor App Installer after weeks of user complaints and a direct nudge from Microsoft chief Pavan Davuluri.

Computing     Pranob Mehrotra     1 day ago

Firefox just made work and personal browsing easier to separate

Firefox now lets users keep cookies, logins, and browsing sessions apart through native Containers.

Computing     Sudhanshu Kumar Mangalam     2 days ago

ChatGPT can now connect to your Apple Health data to give more personalized health answers

OpenAI has launched Health in ChatGPT, allowing U.S. users to connect Apple Health and supported medical records for more personalized health conversations.

Computing     Moinak Pal     2 days ago

Latest Pixel 11 series leak offers the clearest look yet at Google’s next flagship

A fresh leak has revealed every colour option for the Pixel 11 lineup, offering the clearest preview yet before Google's August launch.

Phones     Moinak Pal     2 days ago

Framework is downgrading some Laptop 13 Pro orders after a massive RAM cost spike

A sudden jump in LPCAMM2 pricing has forced Framework to revise some existing Laptop 13 Pro and Mainboard preorders, reducing later 64GB configurations to 32GB and some DIY Edition and Mainboard orders from 32GB to 16GB.

Computing     Sudhanshu Kumar Mangalam     2 days ago

You can play Xbox games for free if you don’t mind watching ads

Microsoft is testing free, ad-supported Xbox Cloud Gaming for Insiders, letting them stream owned games for one hour sessions after watching ads.

Gaming     Manisha Priyadarshini     2 days ago

Alexa+ just quietly became way more useful, if your gadgets are on this list

Amazon unveils new Alexa+ developer tools, including a smart home toolkit, MCP support for service integrations, and Amazon Wallet for voice-based checkout.

Computing     Shikhar Mehrotra     2 days ago

Proton reveals how smart TVs track you and the escape situation is pretty grim 

Proton warns that smart TVs use automatic content recognition to track everything you watch, sending data to manufacturers and advertisers by default, even when smart features go unused.

Audio / Video     Manisha Priyadarshini     2 days ago

LG is cracking down on smart TV apps that quietly turn your TV into a secret proxy

LG says it will suspend webOS apps that secretly turn smart TVs into residential proxy nodes, after research found over 42 percent of its apps hid this feature.

Audio / Video     Rachit Agarwal     2 days ago

Ultrahuman’s biggest update ever ditches charts for actual advice

Ultrahuman's Emerald update redesigns the app and adds UltraSphere, a decision engine that turns your ring's data into simple advice, even without internet.

Wearables     Rachit Agarwal     2 days ago

Samsung stirred the wide foldable race, but I’m more excited for an upcoming exotic rival

Xiaomi’s rumored Mix Fold 5 could pair Samsung-like wide proportions with homegrown flagship silicon, a 200MP camera, and a considerably larger 6,000mAh battery.

Phones     Vikhyaat Vivek     2 days ago

Apple could cut off app access on financed iPhones over missed payments

Code spotted in iOS 27 beta suggests Apple has built a system that can lock a financed iPhone down to nine apps if payments fall behind.

Phones     Pranob Mehrotra     2 days ago

Your favorite Android apps could soon work better on foldables

Google has introduced new Android developer tools, adaptive layout guidance and Wear OS 7 widgets to help apps better support foldables and wearables.

Phones     Moinak Pal     2 days ago

Google will now let you sign in with a selfie video

Google will now let you authenticate your identity with a live selfie video verification, instead of using passwords.

Phones     Nadeem Sarwar     2 days ago

Framework Desktop packs Ryzen AI Max, up to 192GB of RAM, and local AI into a mini PC

Framework previewed a new Framework Desktop packing 192GB of RAM and a beefy new chip, built to run large AI models at home. Here's what we know so far.

Computing     Rachit Agarwal     2 days ago

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