WhatsApp Web finally lets your laptop handle calls instead of forcing you back to your phone
WhatsApp officially rolls out voice and video calling on WhatsApp Web, adding call transfer between devices, waiting rooms, QuickHD, and noise suppression.
Researchers have built a tool that can identify the AI used to make a fake video
UC Riverside researchers built SAGA, a tool that traces AI-generated fake videos back to the exact system that created them, using subtle visual patterns as digital fingerprints.
Tokyo lets AI play matchmaker, and hundreds of couples have already tied the knot
Tokyo's government-run AI matchmaking app, Enmusubi, has led to 265 marriages since its 2024 launch, as Japan grapples with a record-low birth rate.
Apple’s new Upgrade program lets you lease an iPhone, Mac, Watch, and iPad
Apple's new Apple Upgrade leasing program is officially live, letting you pay monthly for an iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch through Klarna instead of buying outright.
AI’s latest problem is deepfake disaster content for farming engagement
AI-generated and recycled disaster videos from Venezuela and China show how quickly fabricated footage can outrun reliable information, leaving social media users to separate genuine eyewitness evidence from engagement bait
Think twice before downloading your next Windows 11 app from Google
More than 70 websites are impersonating popular Windows utilities, with convincing clones ranking in search results and some already distributing trojanized installers to unsuspecting users.
China’s Moonshot just handed developers a near-frontier AI model to download
Moonshot has released the weights for Kimi K3, allowing developers to download, fine-tune, and host the 2.8-trillion-parameter model.
Google Chrome could soon let you translate pages right inside Reading Mode
Google is testing a translate button inside Chrome's Reading Mode on Canary, which would translate pages and PDFs without leaving Reading Mode.
AI dramas need actors, so Chinese platforms are turning human faces into stock assets
Chinese platforms are paying people to license their faces for AI-generated dramas, but contracts may offer limited protection once those reusable digital likenesses leave the marketplace.
Experts find it’s easy to manipulate AI chatbots into coughing up bioweapon recipes
Researchers found that persistent conversations could push major AI chatbots past their biological safety barriers, as increasingly capable models acquire knowledge that worries biosecurity experts.
Gem Browser imagines an internet where every website is yours to redesign
Gem Browser uses Gemini to rebuild real webpages around reader prompts, offering more control over the interface while raising uncomfortable questions about what happens to a publisher’s original presentation.
I just found a Mac app that puts volume and brightness sliders on your MacBook’s touchpad edges
Tired of hunting for the volume or brightness keys on your Mac? Slidr lets you slide along your trackpad's edges to control volume and brightness instantly, no keyboard required.
Lenovo’s next ThinkCenter desktop is ready to hit the shelves, but the price will make you blink twice
Lenovo's ThinkCentre X desktop is coming to the US with up to 256GB RAM, dual RTX 5060 Ti GPUs, and a flagship configuration that costs nearly $14,000.
A metallic Hall effect keyboard and a 59g mouse are Lenovo’s latest upgrades for snazzy gaming setups
Lenovo has launched new Legion-branded gaming gear, including a metallic Hall effect keyboard and a 59g mouse that both support 8,000Hz polling.
Asus’ latest Zenbook puts a seriously bright OLED screen inside an impossibly slim body
Asus’ latest thin-and-light laptop pairs a premium OLED panel with a Ryzen AI processor, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD.
Qualcomm is set to ratchet up chip prices in September, and your next gadget upgrade could bear the brunt
Qualcomm has informed customers of double-digit chip price increases effective September 1, 2026, citing exhausted supplier cost absorption and failed alternative sourcing.
OpenAI’s rogue AI hack was just the beginning, Hugging Face warns
OpenAI calls its autonomous Hugging Face breach unprecedented, while security and AI experts say the episode raises an equally uncomfortable question about the company’s own safeguards.
Claude Opus 5 is here, and Anthropic says it can rival Fable 5 in some tasks
Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 5 with major coding improvements, the same API price as Opus 4.8, and performance close to Fable 5 in some tests.
Humans actually prefer talking to an AI than a support person, says gas giant as it cuts jobs
British Gas is cutting 1,300 customer service roles as its CEO argues that people are moving toward digital channels and AI tools.
Intel just pulled its 14A production schedule forward by a year
Intel has moved 14A risk production to 2027 and plans to begin high-volume manufacturing in 2028, one year earlier than previously reported.
Gemini Spark is no longer restricted to Google’s priciest Ultra tier
Google is rolling out Gemini Spark to users on the $20 Pro plan in the US. The AI agent will roll out to Pro users in more countries soon.
LG agrees to kill McAfee pop-up on Windows PCs after Microsoft steps in
LG has agreed to disable the McAfee pop-up ad in its Monitor App Installer after weeks of user complaints and a direct nudge from Microsoft chief Pavan Davuluri.
Firefox just made work and personal browsing easier to separate
Firefox now lets users keep cookies, logins, and browsing sessions apart through native Containers.
ChatGPT can now connect to your Apple Health data to give more personalized health answers
OpenAI has launched Health in ChatGPT, allowing U.S. users to connect Apple Health and supported medical records for more personalized health conversations.
Framework is downgrading some Laptop 13 Pro orders after a massive RAM cost spike
A sudden jump in LPCAMM2 pricing has forced Framework to revise some existing Laptop 13 Pro and Mainboard preorders, reducing later 64GB configurations to 32GB and some DIY Edition and Mainboard orders from 32GB to 16GB.
Alexa+ just quietly became way more useful, if your gadgets are on this list
Amazon unveils new Alexa+ developer tools, including a smart home toolkit, MCP support for service integrations, and Amazon Wallet for voice-based checkout.
Framework Desktop packs Ryzen AI Max, up to 192GB of RAM, and local AI into a mini PC
Framework previewed a new Framework Desktop packing 192GB of RAM and a beefy new chip, built to run large AI models at home. Here's what we know so far.
AI is becoming the shoulder we cry on, and that worries me
A study found leading AI chatbots can outperform people at easing anger and fear, raising uncomfortable questions about who we increasingly turn to during difficult moments.
You can now buy a computer mouse controlled entirely by your tongue
Augmental has opened public US sales of its tongue-controlled MouthPad and released a beta of Vox, a new device built to handle hands-free dictation.
A MacBook Neo refresh may already be in testing and could address its biggest performance bottlenecks
The first MacBook Neo refresh may address two of the original model’s biggest performance limitations through a faster chip and additional memory.
The MacBook Air and iMac are next in line for Apple’s OLED push
Apple is reportedly developing OLED versions of the MacBook Air and iMac, although both will arrive well after the first OLED MacBook Pro.
WhatsApp can now open and edit PDFs without making you download them first
Adobe Acrobat now lets WhatsApp Web and Windows users open and annotate PDFs inside a chat, removing the usual download-first routine while retaining password protection and end-to-end encryption.
Substack now lets you check if a post was written by AI
Substack is rolling out a Pangram-powered scanner that lets readers check posts, notes, and replies for AI-written text. Writers get their own tools too, including a pre-publish scan and a "How I make this" disclosure.
China’s AI talent shortage has tech giants recruiting teenagers
China's AI companies are running short on engineers, so they're now scouting talent as young as 13 with camps, mentorships, and even guaranteed jobs straight out of high school.
OpenAI says AI models autonomously pulled off a major hack, but only a Chinese AI helped recovery
GPT-5.6 Sol and an unreleased OpenAI model exploited zero-day vulnerabilities to escape a testing sandbox and access Hugging Face’s production infrastructure
TSMC might set up a price hike that could come straight for your next phone, laptop, or tablet
TSMC is reportedly planning to raise chip prices by up to 10% starting in 2027, a move that could push up costs on phones, laptops, and GPUs.
Apple fixes Hide My Email bug that exposed users’ real email addresses
Apple quietly patched a Hide My Email vulnerability that exposed real addresses in bounced emails, over a year after it was first reported to the company.
Gemini Notebook’s new Collections arrive just as Google turns it into a bigger workspace
Gemini Notebook’s new Collections help users organize growing research libraries as Google expands the former NotebookLM across Gemini and Search, although the feature remains more limited than a proper folder system.