Threads Expands Live Chats With Translations and New Host Controls
Threads is expanding access to Live Chats while adding translations, co-hosting and moderation tools. The updates are designed to make real-time conversations easier to manage and accessible to users who…
Google Expands Personalized Gemini Image Generation to Free U.S. Users
Google is making Gemini’s personalized image generation available for free to all eligible users in the United States. The feature combines Personal Intelligence with Google’s Nano Banana 2 model to…
Kobo Adds Automatic StoryGraph Sync for E-Books and Audiobooks
Rakuten Kobo has activated its integration with StoryGraph, allowing readers to automatically update their book progress without logging it manually. Kobo is the first e-reader provider to offer native syncing…
Cursor Launches iOS App for Managing Coding Agents From a Phone
Cursor has released a mobile app that lets developers launch, monitor and direct AI coding agents from an iPhone. The public beta arrives shortly after SpaceX agreed to acquire Cursor’s…
WhatsApp Opens Username Reservations Ahead of Wider Launch
WhatsApp has opened reservations for usernames, allowing users to prepare for a feature that will let them connect without sharing their phone numbers. The Meta-owned messaging service will introduce usernames…
Unconventional AI Tests New Computing Architecture With Un-0 Image Model
Unconventional AI has introduced Un-0, an image-generation model designed to demonstrate how a new oscillator-based computing architecture could run modern AI workloads. The current version operates through a software simulation…
Facebook Revives Creator Studio as a Standalone AI Companion App
Facebook is bringing back Creator Studio as a standalone, AI-powered companion app designed to help creators understand their performance, manage audience interactions and decide what to work on next. The…
Deezer Launches Remix Lab With Artist-Approved Fan Remixes
Deezer has launched Remix Lab, an in-app feature that allows listeners to create and share remixes of selected songs with approval from the artists and rights holders. The service is…
Figma Adds Code Layers, Motion, Shaders, and AI-Built Plug-Ins
Figma has expanded its design platform with code layers, animation tools, shader effects, and AI features that let users create custom plug-ins through text prompts. The updates bring more coding…
OpenAI Introduces Jalapeño, Its First Custom AI Inference Processor
OpenAI and Broadcom have introduced Jalapeño, OpenAI’s first custom processor designed specifically for running large language models. The companies describe the chip as an “Intelligence Processor” built around the requirements…
Unpatchable Apple Chip Flaw Could Enable Jailbreaks on Older iPhones
Cybersecurity company Paradigm Shift has disclosed a vulnerability in older Apple chips that could help researchers develop jailbreaks and forensic tools for affected iPhones and other devices. The flaw, named…
Instagram Expands TV App With Channels, Casting, and Longer Video Plans
Instagram is expanding its television app to Samsung smart TVs as it develops new formats designed for shared viewing in the living room. The platform is also exploring longer creator…
Apple’s Hide My Email Domain Change Could Make Private Addresses Easier to Block
Apple will change the domain used for newly generated Hide My Email addresses, making it easier for apps and websites to identify when someone is using an email alias. Later…
FIFA Fixes Security Flaw That Exposed World Cup Broadcast Controls
A security researcher discovered a flaw in FIFA systems that reportedly provided access to internal platforms used to manage live World Cup broadcasts. The vulnerability could have allowed an unauthorized…
Google Releases Android 17 and Wear OS 7 With New AI and Multitasking Features
Google has released Android 17 and Wear OS 7, with both operating systems arriving first on eligible Pixel devices. The accompanying June Pixel Drop adds AI-powered video editing, music generation,…
Snap Launches $2,195 Specs Smart Glasses With On-Device AI and AR
Snap has introduced its consumer Specs smart glasses at the Augmented World Expo in Long Beach, California, pricing the standalone augmented reality device at $2,195. Preorders open on June 16…
WordPress VIP Report Finds AI Visibility Is Rising Faster Than Consumer Trust
WordPress VIP says brands are gaining more traffic from AI search platforms, but many consumers remain cautious about AI-generated answers and want clear links to original sources. Its new report…
Threads Reaches 500 Million Monthly Users and Adds Private Feed Controls
Threads has reached 500 million monthly active users nearly three years after Meta launched it as a competitor to X. The platform also introduced Your Algo, a private setting that…
Meta Adds AI Mode Search and New Editing Tools to Facebook
Meta is rolling out new AI features on Facebook that change how users search for information and edit photos and videos. The main addition is AI Mode, which uses Meta…
Bluesky Adds Group Chats As It Builds More Community Features
Bluesky has launched support for group chats, giving users a way to hold private conversations with up to 50 people as the social network adds more community-focused features. The feature…