Google Says Gemini Passes 750 Million Monthly Users As Adoption Accelerates
Google said its AI chatbot Gemini has surpassed 750 million monthly active users, according to its fourth-quarter 2025 earnings, marking a sharp rise in usage as the company continues to…
Gizmo App Uses AI Prompts To Turn Ideas Into Interactive Mini Apps
A Feed Built Around Play, Not Just Video Gizmo, a mobile app from startup Atma Sciences, is offering a new way to create and share interactive media by letting users…
Amazon Prepares Closed Beta Of AI Tools For Film And TV Production
AI Studio Moves Beyond Internal Testing Amazon MGM Studios will begin a closed beta program in March for the AI tools developed by its dedicated AI Studio, according to a…
ShinyHunters Claims Harvard And UPenn Breaches And Publishes Stolen Alumni Data
Hackers Post Records On Leak Site A hacking group known as ShinyHunters said it was responsible for last year’s data breaches at Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania and…
Roblox Opens Beta Of 4D Creation Tools That Add Interactive Objects
From 3D To 4D Objects Roblox has opened the beta of a new 4D creation feature that lets creators build interactive objects, expanding beyond the static 3D models generated by…
Uber Names Balaji Krishnamurthy CFO As Company Steps Up Autonomous Vehicle Push
Leadership Change And Financial Context Uber said it is promoting Balaji Krishnamurthy, its vice president of strategic finance and investor relations, to chief financial officer, replacing Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah, who is…
Amazon Makes Alexa+ Available To All US Prime Members With Free Access And New AI Features
Wider Release Across Devices And Pricing Amazon said Alexa+, its generative AI-powered upgrade to the Alexa assistant, is now available to all customers in the United States, with the company…
Spotify Expands Lyrics Features With Offline Access, Global Translations, And New Placement
Feature Changes And Subscriber Push Spotify said on Wednesday that it is updating its built-in lyrics feature by adding global access to translations, allowing lyrics to be viewed offline, and…
Intel Says It Will Build GPUs As It Seeks Turnaround And Challenges Nvidia
Announcement At Cisco Event And Leadership Team Intel said it will begin producing graphics processing units, marking a shift beyond its traditional focus on central processing units, as the company…
Homeland Security Uses Administrative Subpoenas To Seek Data On Critics Of Trump Administration
Reports Describe Requests For User Information The US Department of Homeland Security has been using administrative subpoenas to seek user information from technology companies about people who criticise the Trump…
OpenAI And Anthropic Trade Barbs Over Super Bowl Ads And Chatbot Advertising
Altman Responds To Rival’s Campaign The chief executive of OpenAI has drawn criticism after posting a long response to a Super Bowl advertising campaign by rival chatbot company Anthropic, as…
Bitcoin Falls To 15-Month Low Despite Trump Support And Pro-Crypto Policies
Price Slide After Earlier Rally The price of Bitcoin has fallen to its lowest level in 15 months, even as US President Donald Trump continues to offer public support for…
Amazon Plans $200bn In Spending With Focus On AI As Tech Giants Lift Investment
Spending Surge And Market Reaction Amazon said it will sharply increase its spending this year, with much of the money set aside for artificial intelligence projects and infrastructure, a move…
Lotus Health AI Raises $35 Million To Build An AI-Driven Primary Care Service
From Chatbots To Clinical Care A growing number of people are turning to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other large language models for health questions, often finding that the tools provide useful…
TikTok Usage Rebounds In The US After Brief Dip As Rivals See Short-Lived Gains
Usage Falls After Ownership Change Then Recovers TikTok has largely recovered from a short decline in daily active users in the United States that followed a change in ownership, when…
AI Slop Spreads Across Social Platforms As Creators, Companies, And Users Clash Over Quality And Trust
A Viral Image And A Personal Breaking Point Social media feeds are being flooded with low-quality AI-generated images and videos, a trend that is drawing criticism from users, scrutiny from…
