YouTube Tests Creator Collaborations Inspired by Instagram and TikTok
YouTube is currently testing a new feature that allows creators to directly tag collaborators in their videos, a move that mirrors similar tools already available on Instagram and TikTok. According…
Nintendo Increases Original Switch Console Prices Citing ‘Market Conditions’
Nintendo has announced a price increase for its original Nintendo Switch game consoles, with the changes taking effect on August 3. The company stated that the price hikes are a…
Instagram Tightens Live Streaming Access for Non-Influencers
Instagram is implementing a new policy that restricts live-streaming access. Moving forward, only users with at least 1,000 followers on a public account will be able to go live. This…
Nintendo Sells Over 6 Million Switch 2 Consoles, Working to Prevent Shortages
Nintendo is maintaining its sales predictions for the first year of the Switch 2, despite the console’s performance exceeding the company’s own expectations. According to its latest financial results, the…
Reddit Plans to Consolidate Search Interface in Bid to Become a Search Engine
During a recent second-quarter conference call, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman stated that the platform has ambitions to become a go-to search engine. He believes that with search results often cluttered…
Google Launches Gemini Deep Think AI, a Reasoning Model Testing Multiple Ideas Simultaneously
Google DeepMind is launching Gemini 2.5 Deep Think, which the company claims is its most advanced AI reasoning model to date. This system can tackle questions by exploring and evaluating…
Tesla Expands Robotaxi Coverage in Austin Once Again
Tesla is once again expanding the service area for its Robotaxi service, marking the second such expansion in a single week. The autonomous ride-hailing service, which initially launched in June,…
Public ChatGPT Queries Are Being Indexed by Google and Other Search Engines
Hours after initial reports surfaced, OpenAI announced it has removed the feature in ChatGPT that allowed users to make their conversations publicly discoverable by search engines. The company described this…
Google’s Appeal Denied in Epic Games App Store Overhaul Case
Google’s appeal against a court order to overhaul its app store practices has been rejected by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, according to Reuters on Thursday. This legal…
Figma CEO Says AI Superintelligence Is Not an Imminent Threat to the Company
Figma co-founder and CEO Dylan Field expressed confidence Thursday that artificial intelligence does not pose a serious threat to the design software company’s future, even as it prepares to go…
Google Tests Machine Learning-Powered Age Estimation Technology in the US
Google is piloting a machine learning-powered system in the U.S. designed to estimate the age of users and adjust content across its products accordingly. The new technology uses signals from…
Uber Eats Enables Merchants to Message Customers About Their Orders
Uber Eats announced on Wednesday a new feature allowing restaurants and merchants to chat directly with customers during the order process to quickly resolve issues. The update also includes AI-powered…
UK Regulator Finds Microsoft and Amazon Are Hindering Cloud Competition
Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Thursday expressed concerns that Microsoft and Amazon are harming competition in the cloud computing sector. The regulator called for an investigation under the…
Tesla Stops Accepting Orders for Model S and X in Europe
Tesla has quietly stopped accepting new orders for its Model S and Model X luxury electric vehicles across Europe. After reviewing Tesla’s European websites—including Italy, Germany, France, Spain, and Croatia—it…
Amazon CEO Proposes Introducing Ads into Alexa+ Conversations
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy highlighted the opportunity to deliver advertisements during user interactions with the company’s AI-powered digital assistant, Alexa+, during the second-quarter earnings call on Thursday. “People are excited…
GitHub Copilot Surpasses 20 Million Users to Date
GitHub Copilot, the AI-powered coding assistant offered by Microsoft-owned GitHub, has now reached more than 20 million users, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced during the company’s recent earnings call. This…
Allianz Life Reports ‘Majority’ of Customer Personal Data Stolen in Cyberattack
U.S. insurance giant Allianz Life confirmed that hackers accessed a third-party cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) system on July 16, 2025, stealing personally identifiable information of the majority of its…
Major ChatGPT Feature Disabled Due to Rare Outage
On July 30, ChatGPT’s conversation history feature experienced a significant outage, leaving many users unable to access their saved chats. The disruption caused frustration among users who rely on the…
Zuckerberg Warns Those Without AI Glasses May Face Future Disadvantages
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reinforced his optimistic vision that smart glasses will soon become the primary way people interact with AI. Speaking during Meta’s second-quarter earnings call, Zuckerberg told…
Google Proposes Expanding Play Store Access to More Real-Money Games in India
Google has proposed sweeping revisions to its Play Store and advertising policies in India, aiming to allow more real-money gaming apps onto its platforms. This move is part of an…