Grammarly Expands With Spelling and Grammar Support for Five New Languages
Grammarly, best known for its English spelling and grammar tools, is expanding its reach. The company announced that its writing assistance features will now support Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, and…
Apple Watch Gains Ability to Detect Hypertension
Apple revealed its latest Apple Watch Series 11 and Apple Watch Ultra 3 on Tuesday, highlighting its first attempt at blood pressure monitoring. How the Feature Works The new system…
Bigfoot, Orca, and Treasure Chest Among Upcoming Emoji Additions
The Unicode Consortium, the nonprofit body that decides which emojis appear across devices, has confirmed its next batch of additions. These emojis will arrive on smartphones and other platforms over…
Oura CEO Responds to Criticism, Envisions Future of Connected Wearables
Oura CEO Tom Hale pushed back against claims that the company shared health data with the U.S. government or Palantir, a data-mining firm tied to defense and law enforcement agencies.…
Plex Advises Password Reset Following Data Breach
Streaming platform Plex is asking customers to reset their passwords after disclosing a security breach involving one of its user databases. In a post on Monday, the company confirmed that…
Nvidia Introduces GPU Built for Long-Context AI Inference
At the AI Infrastructure Summit on Tuesday, Nvidia introduced the Rubin CPX, a new GPU designed to handle context windows exceeding 1 million tokens. Focus on Long-Context AI The Rubin…
Whistleblower Claims Meta Concealed VR Risks to Children
A group of whistleblowers from Meta has accused the company of covering up internal research that showed harmful effects of its virtual reality products on children. The claims center on…
Apple Faces Lawsuit Alleging Pirated Books Were Used to Train AI
Apple is the latest tech company to face legal action over the alleged use of pirated books in AI training datasets. Authors Accuse Apple of Copyright Infringement In a lawsuit…
Google Pulls Pixel 10’s Daily Hub While It Preps Updates
One of Google’s headline AI tools for the Pixel 10 series has been taken offline just weeks after launch. The Daily Hub feature, designed to personalize the Android experience, is…
Nepal PM Oli Resigns After Deadly Protests Over Social Media Ban
Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigned on Tuesday after days of unrest triggered by a social media ban escalated into deadly violence and defiance of a nationwide curfew. Deadly…
Russia Plans Internet Blackouts Targeting WhatsApp, Telegram, and YouTube
Following a series of restrictions on foreign-owned platforms since its invasion of Ukraine, Russia is preparing to block major apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Google, and YouTube in a new…
Spotify Rolls Out Smart Filters to Help Users Organize Libraries Their Way
Spotify has launched a new feature called Smart Filters to help users improve how they arrange and manage their music libraries. Smarter Ways to Organize Your Library Instead of simply…
PayPal Partners With Perplexity to Offer AI Features and Member Perks
PayPal has partnered with AI startup Perplexity to provide U.S.-based PayPal and Venmo users — along with select international markets — access to unique perks designed to expand its consumer…
OpenAI Restructures Research Team Shaping ChatGPT’s Personality
OpenAI is reshaping its Model Behavior team, a small but influential research group tasked with shaping how the company’s AI models interact with users. Internal Reorganization In an August memo…
Roblox Rolls Out Short-Form Video Feed, Adds AI Tools for Creators
Roblox announced at its annual Developers Conference that it is adding a short-form video feature called “Roblox Moments.” The feed, currently in beta for users aged 13 and up, will…
State Attorneys General Tell OpenAI Child Harm ‘Will Not Be Tolerated’
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings have formally raised concerns with OpenAI about the safety of ChatGPT, particularly for children and teens. Their open letter…
Safety Review Labels Google Gemini ‘High Risk’ for Children and Teens
Common Sense Media, a nonprofit focused on child safety in media and technology, released its risk assessment of Google’s Gemini AI products on Friday. The review found that while Gemini…
OpenAI Unveils AI Hiring Platform Aimed at Rivaling LinkedIn
OpenAI says it is developing an AI-driven hiring platform designed to directly connect businesses with potential employees, placing it in direct competition with LinkedIn. The service, called the OpenAI Jobs…
X Expands Encrypted DM Feature ‘XChat’ to More Users
X’s encrypted messaging feature, XChat, is now rolling out to a wider set of users. Originally launched in beta in May, the service is no longer limited to X Premium…
Google Expands Circle to Search With Live Translation While Scrolling
Google is rolling out a new update to Circle to Search, the feature that lets users highlight, circle, or tap on-screen content to look up information instantly. Starting this week,…