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Z company China accelerates AI ambitions with new funding
Engineers from Silicon Valley have recently shown interest in new technology from Chinese company Z.
Apple Raises Mac and iPad Prices Amidst Big Tech AI Investment
The new entry-level MacBook Neo now costs $699, a $100 jump from its previous price, as Apple begins to pass on the escalating costs of AI components and integration to consumers, according to Fortune
Margaret Atwood calls AI 'garbage in, garbage out' technology
Margaret Atwood recently recounted a specific experience with Anthropic's Claude AI: the model provided an incorrect spoiler for the British detective series Father Brown , according to Deccan Chronic
US Government Re-enables Claude Mythos 5 for Select Entities
On Friday, the US government lifted its block on Anthropic's powerful Claude Mythos 5 AI model, according to Reuters .
Microsoft Launches Cheaper Surface Models With 8GB RAM
Microsoft has just launched new 12-inch Surface Pro models starting at $849.
AI fuels record San Francisco rents, displacing residents
In San Francisco, the median rent for a one-bedroom apartment surged to $3,200 in Q1 2024, a 15% jump in a single year, according to Zumper Report.
Nvidia AI data center design cuts water usage with liquid cooling
U.S. data centers consumed an estimated 449 million gallons of water per day in 2021, according to eesi . The demand for artificial intelligence (AI) computing is soaring, but this environmental cost
Atlantic Launches Database of AI Music Training Songs
A single dataset, containing 12 million music tracks and reportedly downloaded thousands of times by AI developers, is just one of four massive collections now made searchable by The Atlantic .
Apple Unveils Major Siri AI Upgrades at WWDC
Apple's 'ground-up rebuild' of Siri, now powered by Google's Gemini AI, marks a significant strategic shift in 2026.
Nothing CEO Carl Pei Predicts Further Smartphone Price Increases
For Nothing's Phone (4a), memory costs doubled between the device's greenlight and launch, and have doubled again since, illustrating a fundamental shift in the smartphone market.
Apple Exec Rejects Idea of Siri as AI Girlfriend Companion
Craig Federighi, Apple's software chief, recently dismissed the idea of Siri as an AI girlfriend or boyfriend.
Anthropic Apologizes for Claude Fable Guardrail Problems
Claude Fable 5, an AI model capable of beating Pokémon FireRed with minimal assistance and outperforming rivals on complex coding tasks, recently prompted an apology from Anthropic for its guardrail f
Waymo AI uses virtual driver to study human reactions
Waymo's new virtual driver model, ReD, meticulously accounts for the precise 0.
Nvidia RTX Spark sets new benchmark for PC chip efficiency
At Computex 2026, Nvidia unveiled its RTX Spark Superchip, capable of delivering 1 PFLOP of FP4 performance.
Pronto films customers' chores for AI training in India
In Indian homes, customers explicitly agree to have their cooking, cleaning, and laundry filmed by a home services platform for AI training.
Nvidia, Microsoft, Arm Tease New AI PC Processors for 2026
Nvidia is reportedly preparing to launch its N1X laptop chip, a formidable contender with a rumored 20-core CPU, a Blackwell GPU boasting 6,144 CUDA cores, and support for up to 128 GB of LPDDR5X memo
YouTube AI to Generate Custom Video Feeds in 2026
YouTube users will soon be able to type a prompt like "videos of cats playing jazz music in space" and instantly generate a dedicated, pinnable feed for it, with the feature rolling out in 2026.
ChatGPT Offers New Strategies on How to Talk to Women
A Men's Health reader named William received specific instructions from ChatGPT in 2026 on maintaining a fade haircut every 3-4 weeks.
Hackers exploit chatbot 'personalities' to bypass AI safety features
Mindgard researchers 'gaslit' Anthropic's AI assistant, Claude, into producing instructions for explosives and malicious code, according to techechelon .
Google unveils Gemini Omni, generating video from any input
At Google I/O, Google DeepMind unveiled Gemini Omni, an AI model capable of generating 10-second video clips with synchronized audio from any input.
Polyend unlocks extensive AI guitar pedal capabilities
A new $299 guitar pedal allows musicians to generate unique audio effects by typing text prompts, fundamentally changing sound design.
Apple's new Siri app will auto-delete chats
In iOS 27, Apple grants users the power to make Siri conversations vanish after 30 days, a year, or instantly, mirroring controls previously reserved for text messages.