Substack Adds Reply Rules That Learn From Creator Actions To Auto-Filter Comments
Substack announced on Wednesday a new feature called Reply Rules. The feature gives creators greater control over how their audiences can respond. Creators can establish specific guidelines for comments on…
Google Labs Releases Dreambeans App That Generates AI-Illustrated Stories From User’s Google Data
Google Labs has launched a new AI-fueled app for iOS and Android called Dreambeans. The app uses data culled from across a user’s various Google services to generate a curated…
Google Adds Fake Call Detection To Phone App To Block Deepfake Scams
Google announced Tuesday that Android is rolling out fake call detection in Phone by Google to Android 12+ devices this month, starting with Pixel devices. The feature runs by default…
Microsoft Proposes Agent Control Specification To Govern AI Agents
Microsoft on Thursday released an open source standard called Agent Control Specification (ACS) that aims to let developers, compliance teams, and security staff define consistent, granular rules for AI agents.…
Meta Tests “Series” For Reels To Bundle Episodic Content Into A Dedicated Profile Hub On Instagram And Facebook
Meta is testing a new “Series” feature for Reels that lets select creators bundle new and old Reels into episodic series with a dedicated hub on their profile, mirroring TikTok’s…
X Launches “React With Video” To Let Users Record Video Responses Instead Of Just Reposting
X launched “React with Video,” a new feature that lets users record a video response to posts instead of just using Repost or Quote Post. The feature is currently available…
Anthropic Expands Project Glasswing To 150 New Organizations Across 15+ Countries To Scan For Critical Vulnerabilities
Anthropic is expanding Project Glasswing, its joint industry initiative using AI to find and fix critical software vulnerabilities, to about 150 new organizations across more than 15 countries. The expansion…
Nvidia Unveils RTX Spark PC Superchip For Personal AI Agents, Challenging Intel And Apple
Nvidia unveiled the RTX Spark, a new superchip for PCs designed for the era of personal AI agents, and announced it will power a new line of Windows PCs from…
Meta Developing AI-Powered Pendant To Test Within Next Year After Limitless Acquisition
Meta is developing an AI-powered pendant it plans to start testing within the next year, according to a memo viewed by The Information. The device would build on Limitless, an…
YouTube Will Automatically Label Photorealistic AI Videos
YouTube said it will apply AI labels automatically when its systems detect significant photorealistic AI in a video, and it will make those labels more prominent across long-form uploads and…
ElevenLabs Releases Music V2 Model That Switches Genres Mid-Track
The voice AI company ElevenLabs launched Music v2, a music-generation model that can switch genres mid-track and handle complex vocals and composition. The model allows artists to edit song sections…
WhatsApp zero-click exploit on iPhones sends fake money requests without linked devices showing
A forensic investigation in Italy has linked a new zero-click attack on iPhone users to WhatsApp accounts that sent money requests to contacts without any visible linked device, and the…
Google adds disco-ball app icons to Pixel custom icon set
Google added disco-ball–style app icons to Pixel phones’ custom icon feature, joining a brief wave of glitter-themed home-screen icons that began after Spotify’s temporary disco-ball icon drew widespread attention online.…
Tech firms offer opt-in defenses as spyware targeting journalists and activists rises
Spyware attacks that target journalists, human rights defenders, and political dissidents have become common, and major tech companies now offer opt-in defense modes that change device behavior to reduce exposure…
Google Overhauls Flagship Search Engine With Autonomous Agents and Generative UI
Google unveiled a sweeping, artificial-intelligence-driven transformation of its core search engine during the annual I/O developer conference on Tuesday. The structural shift reengineers the traditional search input field into an…
Google Overhauls Gemini App With Daily Brief, Neural Expressive UI, And Autonomous Background Agents
Google transformed its standalone Gemini application into a centralized artificial intelligence hub during its annual I/O developer conference on Tuesday. The comprehensive system update introduces a morning productivity summary module,…
Google Introduces Universal Cart And Autonomous Agent Payments At Annual Conference
Google introduced an artificial intelligence hub named Universal Cart alongside updates to its Agent Payments Protocol during its annual I/O developer conference on Tuesday. The centralized commerce framework transitions digital…
Alphabet Introduces Continuous Background AI Agent Gemini Spark At Annual Developer Conference
Alphabet unveiled a cloud-based personal artificial intelligence agent named Gemini Spark during the annual Google I/O developer conference on Tuesday. The autonomous assistant utilizes Gemini 3.5 foundation models integrated with…
Google Workspace Integrates Native Voice Based Prompting Architecture Across Core Productivity Applications
Google introduced advanced conversational speech capabilities across its cloud-based Workspace productivity suite during its annual I/O developer conference on Tuesday. The system update deploys native, voice-based prompting infrastructure directly into…
Google Introduces Antigravity Two Point Zero Agentic Coding Platform
Google distributed an updated iteration of its developer ecosystem named Google Antigravity 2.0 during its annual I/O developer conference on Tuesday. The sovereign desktop software framework acts as an alternative…