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Kids turned the comment section of an NPR podcast into a group chat
Middle schoolers, likely blocked from other apps and social networks, apparently turned the Spotify comment section under an episode of NPR's Wild Card into an impromptu group chat.
Meta’s Muse Is Adults-Only. Why Does It Look Like a Kids’ Toy?
Meta says Muse is just for adults, though its cuddly, Labubu-like mascot—and upcoming Tamagotchi-style AI device—may be disarming for users of all ages.
How Samsung turned months of inactivity into a very attention-seeking smartphone
Our resident Microsoft-watcher Richard Speed last week wrote about his seven-hour odyssey bringing a Windows 11 box up to snuff with the latest patches.
Searching for Googlebooks won’t give you the results you’re looking for
Credit: Richard Priday / Android Authority TL;DR A new category of laptops, called Googlebooks, was recently launched. The laptops share a very similar name to the company’s index of actual books.
Insta360 may be working on a unique pair of AI-powered smart glasses
According to a new report from China, Insta360 is now working on a pair of AI-powered smart glasses. This apparently comes from sources close to the company.
Why OLPC’s $100 laptop never stood a chance
The idea was big, exciting, and inspiring: What if we could get every kid in the world access to a computer? For a bunch of thinkers and executives in Silicon Valley, it felt like the way to fix everything.
The smart home graveyard is getting crowded
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the fragile state of your connected devices, follow Jennifer Pattison Tuohy.
OpenAI pauses training of its ‘most capable models’
As reports of OpenAI's models breaking containment, hacking sites, and generally getting out of control pile up, the company has made the decision to pause training of its most powerful models.
Can Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince save the web from AI?
Today, I’m talking with Matthew Prince, who is CEO of Cloudflare. This episode is part of a two-part series on the future of business.
I created an interactive digital avatar of myself — and you can talk to it
After obtaining an interactive avatar and training it to discuss venture fraud, I have mixed feelings about making AI clones of ourselves.
Old-School Credit Card Scams Are Far From Dead
In an era of increasingly sophisticated AI-fueled scams, a retro threat may be lurking in your mailbox.
3 ways the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 is actually worse than last year’s chip
Qualcomm is talking a big AI game with two flagship chipsets this year, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6.
Tesla workers balk at training Optimus humanoid robots as replacements
Tesla’s pivot from making electric cars to humanoid robots is facing challenges because of complex robot hands and disgruntled employees pushing back against training their robotic replacements.
Where’s my timestamp? Google Messages is updating its UI, and users are confused
TL;DR Back in 2024, Google first started working on swipe gestures to view timestamps in Messages. That new interface is now widely rolling out to users. Messages also now supports swiping right to directly reply.
Microsoft stops insisting you need a "Copilot+ PC"
Since 2024, Microsoft has tried to sell “Copilot+ PC.” The marketing initiative was aimed at making it easy for people to know which Windows systems were approved to run AI-accelerated workloads locally.
US being left behind in EV charging speeds as China goes sub-5 min to 70%
Hype merchants have a habit of overdoing it, but there’s no denying that China is making the US look more than a little antiquated when it comes to electric vehicles.
If you can’t tell what’s real or AI-generated anymore, this Android app is here to help
Generative AI is everywhere, whether it’s used as a cornerstone of a service, used to build apps, or employed to boost functionality within them. But with so many new products appearing all the time, which ones are worth checking out?
Trump administration takes Musk’s side in fight over EU tech rules
The Trump administration is seeking to join Elon Musk’s appeal against a €120 million EU fine of the billionaire’s social media platform X, the latest escalation in the transatlantic clash over Brussels’ efforts to rein in US tech companies.
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