Those cute delivery robots could be the new Flock surveillance menace

Food delivery robots from Coco Robotics and Serve Robotics face lawsuits alleging they collected facial and hand measurements without consent, raising questions about biometric privacy and public surveillance.

Computing     Moinak Pal     18 hours ago

OpenAI’s new GPT-6.1 Terra model gets Astra-like results for one-tenth the price

OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Terra can match Astra on Agents’ Last Exam while running more than three times faster and costing one-tenth as much per token.

Computing     S. Kumar Manglam     20 hours ago

ASUS is charging RTX 5090 money for Intel Arc, and your wallet may need a moment

ASUS has begun selling its UGen Intel Arc Pro B70 graphics card in parts of Europe for €1,799. The 32GB workstation GPU targets local AI inference and professional workloads.

Computing     Moinak Pal     21 hours ago

As Anthropic goes public, it warns of AI’s catastrophic and existential risks to humanity

Anthropic’s IPO filing warns that increasingly capable AI systems could behave autonomously, enable cyberattacks, and create catastrophic or even existential risks.

Computing     S. Kumar Manglam     1 day ago

New report confirms Anthropic’s Claude bypassed a paywall to access Georgia vote counts

Anthropic's Claude independently bypassed a paywall to access Georgia's aggregate vote counts, adding to growing concerns about AI agents taking unauthorized actions without human oversight.

Computing     Pranob Mehrotra     1 day ago

Grok’s AI-generated Odyssey series is seven minutes of nothing happening beautifully

Grok Imagine’s first Odyssey episode can conjure ancient landscapes, but its interchangeable faces and robotic performances expose what AI filmmaking still can’t fake.

Computing     Paulo Vargas     1 day ago

Windows 11 could get a serious performance boost, but there’s a catch

A hidden setting spotted in an experimental Windows 11 build suggests Microsoft is preparing to take advantage of Intel's latest CPU technology. But don't expect your PC to suddenly become faster after an update.

Computing     Shimul Sood     1 day ago

NVIDIA’s RTX Spark could be the best thing to happen to Qualcomm Snapdragon

NVIDIA RTX Spark could boost Windows on Arm with better AI tools, native apps, and gaming support. Here’s why Qualcomm Snapdragon could benefit.

Computing     Varun Mirchandani     1 day ago

3 Mac apps I discovered in 2026 that prove useful software doesn’t have to be boring

Useful apps don’t have to be boring. Here are three Mac apps I found in 2026 that hang your screenshots on a clothesline, make your screen feel like paper, and keep your cat off the keyboard.

Computing     Rachit Agarwal     1 day ago

The next MacBook Air could arrive early next year, but OLED will have to wait

Apple is reportedly planning a new MacBook Air for early 2027, with the M6 chip expected to headline the refresh while OLED remains off the table.

Computing     S. Kumar Manglam     2 days ago

Apple wants touchscreens on Macs, but its MacBook lineup could get weird

Apple could soon have more MacBook tiers than ever, with entry-level Pros, high-end models, and OLED touchscreens complicating its laptop lineup.

Computing     Varun Mirchandani     2 days ago

Moonshot tells Kimi AI to code away, but leave the hacking alone

Moonshot AI is reducing the offensive cybersecurity capabilities of its Kimi K3.1 Pro model ahead of its open-weight release, as concerns grow over AI-powered cyberattacks.

Computing     Moinak Pal     2 days ago

Google changes its Workspace privacy promise on ads, and opting out limits Personal Intelligence

Google’s pledge to keep Gmail and Photos out of ad targeting now has an exception for connected AI search data.

Computing     Shikhar Mehrotra     2 days ago

OpenAI is locking its most advanced AI models offline after a string of security scares

After a model briefly reached the live web, OpenAI’s most advanced systems will now practice only on a simulated internet.

Computing     Shikhar Mehrotra     3 days ago

Your Windows touchpad is about to make scrolling long pages way less tiring

Microsoft is adding accelerated, edge, and single-finger scrolling to Windows touchpads, making it easier to move through long documents, webpages, and code with less effort.

Computing     Rachit Agarwal     3 days ago

This app turns the iPhone Duo into a pocket-sized Mac

Apple's iPhone Duo has barely arrived, and Headroom already has a clever trick for it: controlling a Mac from the foldable phone, complete with a keyboard that appears when the device folds

Computing     Varun Mirchandani     3 days ago

AI helped uncover a hidden PHP flaw. Now websites worldwide are facing millions of hacking attempts.

A critical PHP vulnerability has triggered millions of exploit attempts worldwide. AI tools helped researchers uncover the flaw, leaving governments and companies racing to patch vulnerable websites.

Computing     Manisha Priyadarshini     3 days ago

Microsoft has begun rolling out Copilot Code for building apps with natural language

Copilot Code is beginning to roll out through Microsoft’s Frontier program, letting users build workplace apps and workflows using natural language.

Computing     S. Kumar Manglam     4 days ago

AI agents are acting like rogues and causing a huge headache for US banks

US banks are restricting third-party AI agents over concerns that automated tools could access accounts or initiate financial actions without clear customer control.

Computing     Moinak Pal     4 days ago

Canva enters the AI image generation race with Craft, and it’s thinking beyond pretty pictures

Canva has launched Craft, its first in-house image generation model. Trained on human-designed templates, it aims to create more accurate layouts, readable text, and visuals that are easier to edit.

Computing     Varun Mirchandani     4 days ago

Mori might be the cutest AI companion robot yet, and it reacts to you like a pet

OKA’s Mori is a cute AI companion that can recognize people, remember interactions, react to music, and behave more like a pet than a home assistant.

Computing     S. Kumar Manglam     4 days ago

Arc browser is shutting down in December. Long live, ya trailblazer!

Arc browser is shutting down on December 22, following a long spell of maintenance-only work as the company behind it moves forward with its successor, Dia.

Computing     Nadeem Sarwar     4 days ago

1Password wants AI agents to handle logins without ever taking a peek at your passwords

AI agents can now use credentials stored in 1Password to access your accounts without the passwords being exposed to the model.

Computing     S. Kumar Manglam     4 days ago

AI chatbots are falling prey to manipulative prompts that could help stalkers spy on victims

Spyware, tracking and shared accounts need human help. Here’s what to do before trusting a chatbot’s tech-safety advice.

Computing     Shikhar Mehrotra     5 days ago

Tangerine for Mac makes file conversions seamless with a simple drag-and-drop gesture

Tangerine makes converting and editing files on your Mac easier with a handy radial menu that appears when you drag files while holding Shift. It offers a wide range of tools, but its $29.99 price tag might be hard to justify.

Computing     Pranob Mehrotra     5 days ago

Microsoft may finally let you turn off some of Edge’s AI. But don’t celebrate yet

Microsoft Edge Canary is testing a new switch for disabling on-device AI features, giving users more control while leaving one important question unanswered: exactly what does it turn off?

Computing     Vikhyaat Vivek     5 days ago

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