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Fed Up with AI? Librarians Are Teaching People How to Turn It Off
Workshops showing ordinary people how to disable AI features on their phones and computers are filling up within hours. Two librarians started it, and dozens more have joined.
Midjourney Has Bought the Astrology App Co-Star, and the Reasons Are Genuinely Interesting
The AI image company is quietly building a product empire that now includes horoscopes, medical projects and a spa. What does that mean for its 4.3 million stargazers?
Google's Gemini AI Assistant Is Closing In on One Billion Users
The app hit 950 million monthly users in Q2 2026, tripling its audience in a year, and is now directly chasing ChatGPT's lead.
The Robot That Charmed the Internet Is Back, Sort Of, as an AI Memory Camera
A startup called Lingverse has raised $29 million to build a wearable device it calls the iKairos, invoking the spirit of the beloved Jibo robot. What it actually does is fuzzier than the AI images it generates.
Halliday Gen 2 Smart Glasses Put AI Meeting Notes in Your Field of View
The second-generation glasses ditch the fiddly hidden display for a proper dual-screen setup, and aim to keep workers informed during meetings without touching a phone or laptop.
Apple TV's Search Bar Now Learns What You Like to Watch
Apple's research team has built a smarter video search that starts personalising results from the very first letter you type.
Hinge's founder raises $18 million for Overtone, an AI dating service built around voice
Justin McLeod is leaving swipe culture behind. His new company uses AI to make a small number of carefully chosen introductions, not to feed an endless scroll.
Google Images Turns 25 and Gets a Pinterest-Style Makeover
A scrollable image feed, personalised collections, and AI-generated pictures inside search results are all coming to Google Images in the next few weeks.
Spotify Now Lets You Have a Real Conversation to Pick Your Next Song
A new chat assistant built into the app lets Premium subscribers talk or type their way to the perfect playlist, in real time.
The 1960s Chatbot That Explains Why You Tell ChatGPT Your Secrets
ELIZA, a program built at MIT sixty years ago, tricked people into emotional confessions before anyone had heard the word 'chatbot'. A new book has recovered its lost source code, and the lessons are uncomfortably relevant today.
Sunrun wants to turn your living room into a tiny AI data centre
The solar company is paying homeowners to host small computing units that sell AI processing power to big tech firms. Here is what that actually means for you.
Waze Adds Google Gemini AI So You Can Say 'Find Me a Cheap Gas Station' and Actually Get One
Four new features are rolling out to Waze, two of them powered by Google's Gemini AI. Here is what changes for your daily drive.
OpenAI Is Building ChatGPT for the Whole Household, Not Just the Individual
A new product manager hire and shifting user data signal that OpenAI wants ChatGPT in family life, not just on work desks.