Duolingo Moves to ‘AI-First’ Strategy, Phasing Out Contract Workers
Duolingo, the popular language-learning platform, has announced its transition to an “AI-First” strategy, aiming to integrate artificial intelligence into more aspects of its workflow. CEO Luis von Ahn shared the…
Oracle Engineers Trigger Days-Long Outage at U.S. Hospitals
Oracle engineers mistakenly triggered a five-day software outage at several Community Health Systems (CHS) hospitals, causing the facilities to temporarily revert to paper-based patient records. CHS confirmed that the outage,…
Zuckerberg’s Funded Elementary School For Low-Income Children Set To Close
The Primary School, a Silicon Valley elementary school backed by Mark Zuckerberg, is preparing to close its doors in 2026. The charter school currently serves around 550 children, operating a…
Google Moves Android Updates to Virtual Event Before I/O Developer Conference
Google has confirmed the launch of a new virtual event titled “The Android Show: I/O Edition,” scheduled to air on May 13. This event will be a great warm-up to…
IBM Commits $150 Billion to Strengthen U.S. Tech and Computer Manufacturing
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) recently dropped some great news. Their announcement includes a commitment to investing $150 billion in the U.S. over the next five years. This historic investment…
Meta’s AI Investments Gain Attention Amid Trump’s Tariff Policies
On Tuesday, Meta Platforms kicked off its first Llama-branded conference for AI developers. This event represents a major step forward in the company’s continued push to develop its artificial intelligence…
Meta Takes Action Against Spam and Hashtag Abuse in Major Facebook Update
Meta has made some other significant changes to its Facebook platform. These updates are intended to address the persistent issue of spam in a more effective manner. Late last month,…
Microsoft Debuts Its Controversial Recall Feature for Windows 11
Microsoft has today officially launched its controversial Recall feature as part of a new beta build of Windows 11 to Windows Insiders. This new functionality is included as part of…
Apple Continues To Develop Its Smart Glasses Technology
Apple is beefing up its smart glasses development, moving from its AR eyewear aspirations. The new Apple Smart Glasses, as reported by Mark Gurman in his Power On newsletter at…
DeepMind UK Employees Reportedly Push to Unionize
According to recent reports, DeepMind—the London-based, Alphabet-owned AI company—is moving in that direction. This change comes amid significant internal dissent over its cloud computing contract with the Israeli military. RenLive…
TikTok’s Rise Ignites a Global Race in Short-Form Video Content
Since its worldwide launch in 2016, TikTok has disrupted the social media landscape. It now claims more than 1.12 billion monthly active users worldwide. The platform evolved into a gigantic…
Instagram Edits Outpaces CapCut with Over 7 Million Downloads in First Week
Instagram Edits, Meta’s newly released video creation app, had a bigger debut than its direct competitor, ByteDance’s CapCut, once did. The new app, which helps users craft videos for Instagram…
SpaceX challenges AST SpaceMobile’s plans for next-gen satellites
SpaceX is pushing back against rival AST SpaceMobile’s plan to test its next-generation satellite, raising concerns about flaws in the proposal that could endanger orbital safety. In a letter to…
YouTube tests AI-powered summaries in search results
This search quality updates mainly the search experience for the general users. This week, the tech giant made waves with richly deserved plans to test a video results carousel. It…
OpenAI Launches Lightweight Version of ChatGPT Deep Research Tool
OpenAI has open-sourced an official new “lightweight” version of its ChatGPT deep research tool. This thrilling release opens up the tool to even more users. This innovative tool is designed…
Intel decides against spinning out Intel Capital
Intel Corporation has also decided against spinning out its venture capital arm, Intel Capital. This decision follows an arduous and contentious process that transpired last year. This decision heralds a…
Spotify Expands AI Playlist Feature to Asia and Additional Markets
Spotify has dramatically expanded the availability of its popular experimental AI playlist tool, rolled out in alpha this past April 2024. The rollout started as an invite-only feature for Premium…
Anthropic Launches New Program to Investigate AI Model Welfare
That’s why Anthropic, one of the world’s top artificial intelligence research firms, has launched a new program to study “model welfare.” Through this program, we want to better understand the…
Dropbox Introduces Enhanced Features to Dash, Its AI Search Tool
Dropbox recently announced some significant upgrades to its own AI-driven search assistant, Dash. These enhancements are primarily aimed at improving the user experience overall, regardless of content subject matter. With…
Google AI Makes Up Fake Sayings and Claims They’re Real and What That Means for Search Accuracy
Google’s AI Overviews attacks on legitimate uses provokes outcry from users and Reuters. Instead, it regularly serves up erroneous search results, which cause consumers confusion and aggravation. During that time,…