Google wants your app code so badly, it’s willing to pay for it
Google has been quietly reaching out to Android developers with an offer to buy access to their code. As reported…
China is moving beyond super-apps to embrace AI agents that do it all for you
Alibaba wants Qwen to handle the everyday app chores people usually do by tapping through menus, from ordering fried chicken…
You can literally save the planet by being less polite to AI bots like ChatGPT and Gemini
Here is something that will make you think twice before typing a long, detailed prompt to ChatGPT or Gemini. Every…
Google wants to kill your expensive voice transcription subscription
If you have been paying for a voice transcription app, you might want to hold off on renewing that subscription.…
As AI spills everywhere with quick answers, research finds that the internet’s soul is dying
A new collaborative study by UC Riverside computer and social scientists has found that as people increasingly rely on AI…
AI bots are a hit across the hotel biz, and if they feel creepy, you’re not alone: Study
If you have ever tried to book a hotel online and found yourself unsettled by the AI chatbot trying to…
I built an offline Grammarly alternative and turned it into a Mac app without any coding
I wrote this entire article while seated on an airplane experiencing unusually high turbulence. The software I used to spell-check…
Gemini allegedly broke production, then wrote itself the hero
A developer claims a Gemini coding agent knocked a live portal offline for 33 minutes, then generated recovery notes that…
AI chatbots are lying to you, and it was embarrassingly easy to make them do it
A BBC journalist recently performed a silly experiment to prove a very serious point. In just 20 minutes, he manipulated…
Spotify’s new AI app can generate daily briefings and personalized podcasts for you
A month ago, Spotify let you build a podcast playlist with just a prompt. Now it wants to skip the…
AI may have just won a literary prize. My heart weeps seeing it poison our love for books.
I had a hard time processing this news. As someone who has been deeply in love with stories since childhood…
AI can pass the Turing Test in live chats and appear more human than us. I am spooked now
AI can pass the Turing Test in live chats, and the latest result lands with a chill. In a UC…
Google wants Gemini to help build the next big scientific breakthrough
Google is building Gemini deeper into the research workflow, starting with ideas, tests, and scientific literature. At Google I/O 2026,…
AI is raising hell for Linux managers buried under a flood of dupe bug reports
AI may be finding Linux bugs faster than humans can sort them. In the Linux 7.1-rc4 update, Linus Torvalds said…
Experts are worried that smarter AI gets, the dumber we might become
AI can now answer questions so quickly that the search itself can feel optional. That convenience worries the Royal Observatory…