Since the launch of Apple Intelligence, we have introduced dozens of features across many languages that are integrated across Apple’s platforms, relevant to what users do every day, and built with privacy protections at every step. These include Visual Intelligence,…

Google Home users can now ask Gemini to complete more complex, multi-step tasks and combine multiple tasks in a single command. Google has updated Gemini for Home to Gemini 3.1, which it says will improve the smart home assistant’s ability…

Xbox needs to move faster, deepen our connection with the community, and address friction for both players and developers.Today, we promoted leaders who helped build Xbox, while also bringing in new voices to help push us forward. This balance is…

The next update to Apple’s operating systems could allow users to choose their preferred AI model for running Apple Intelligence. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is planning to allow third-party chatbots to power its AI features system-wide in iOS…

Nearly a year after rolling out Threads direct messaging to everyone on mobile, Meta is finally bringing the feature to the web. Meta says it’s “testing” DMs on the web now, but plans to make the feature “available to more…

Meta is facing a class action lawsuit filed by five major book publishers and one author over claims the company “engaged in one of the most massive infringements of copyrighted materials in history” when training its Llama AI models, as…

Microsoft’s new Xbox chief, Asha Sharma, has spent the past couple of months making her mark on the Xbox organization. After focusing on highly-requested Xbox console features, reducing the price of Game Pass, and moving Microsoft Gaming back to Xbox,…

The Telepathic Instruments Orchid has been unavailable for a few months now. But a new batch is ready to drop on May 5th for $649, and the company is celebrating with a limited edition clear Orchid: Arctic, which will cost…

Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and Elon Musk’s xAI have agreed to allow the US government to review new AI models before they’re released to the public. In an announcement on Tuesday, the Commerce Department’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI)…

The cars rolling off production lines right now are filled with old ideas. From beginning to end, the creation of a new vehicle can take five years or longer — which is plenty of time for a lot of tastes,…

Last Thursday, in a staged home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, I sat on a couch that was a bit too low and a tad too deep in front of a small, beige-colored smart speaker sitting on the…

Facebook and Instagram have a new way to detect and remove users under 13: AI bone structure analysis. In a blog post on Tuesday, Meta — Facebook and Instagram’s parent company — says its AI system will scan photos and…

Staffers at Google DeepMind’s headquarters have voted to unionize in an effort to prevent the AI firm’s technology from being used by Israel and the US military. In a letter to Google management on Tuesday, employees requested that the Communication…

A prominent data protection group on Tuesday filed a complaint in Austria against LinkedIn over the professional networking platform’s selling of user data. Vienna-based Noyb — which stands for “None of Your Business” — said it filed a complaint with…

A new governance accountability initiative that uses data analytics, field verification and citizen reporting to assess local government performance has been launched in Lagos, as Nigeria expands scrutiny over how public funds are spent at the grassroots level. The initiative,…