Google is making Gemini and Search work better with the apps you love
Google is expanding Connected Apps across Gemini and Search, with more than 50 integrations and a new developer platform that could make juggling multiple apps a thing of the past.
AI bots are now trying to sabotage public health policies, like banning disposable vapes
A total of 118,756 public responses were submitted to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in the form of multiple-choice questions, and an astonishing 76% of them were flagged as fraudulent.
A tiny smartphone gadget can detect some of the nastiest chemicals in your water
Researchers in Japan have developed a compact smartphone-connected sensor that detects extremely low concentrations of toxic forever chemicals in water, potentially making contamination testing faster, cheaper, and more accessible.
Did comets help life begin on Earth? New simulations challenge the idea
A Cambridge-led study suggests comets rarely delivered useful quantities of life’s molecular ingredients to early Earth because impacts destroyed them and surviving material wouldn’t have stayed concentrated at the surface for long.
Robot dogs were supposed to help humans. Now humans are being asked to babysit them
Dimensional advertised $20-an-hour robot dog walkers who might need to carry the machines home. Its software and Anthropic's research show how much human help useful AI-powered robots can still require.
Forget smartwatches; this smart bed could soon help keep you safe from being a fall risk
Sleeptite and RMIT University have secured a US patent for flexible sensors built into mattress protectors, designed to monitor body position and help caregivers identify potential fall risks.
Anthropic’s sensitive internal data was exposed, and AI helped make it happen
A cybersecurity startup managed to uncover weaknesses in Anthropic's internal systems using AI agents. The company says its core AI technology and customer conversations remained secure, but the findings raise bigger questions about how AI companies protect sensitive information.
A new startup wants to fix the military’s working-dog shortage with cloning and gene editing
Warhound says gene editing and cloning can fix why military dog candidates fail, but questions about genes and oversight remain.
AI can describe a picture, but it still struggles to understand blind users
AI-powered visual assistance can help blind users understand their surroundings, but a University of Maryland study finds that lengthy responses and limited user controls can make getting a simple answer unnecessarily complicated.
Etsy cracks down on AI slop listings. Everyone else needs to take note.
A handmade marketplace now wants proof a human was involved, and Spotify, Snap, and LinkedIn are taking similar steps.
This touchscreen is made from thread, and scientists want to put it in your clothes
Researchers at the National University of Singapore have developed a garment with a touchscreen woven into its fibres. The flexible display can show images, play videos, respond to touch, and survive washing.
Scientists have figured out how to send smells over the internet, and coffee is just the beginning
Researchers have developed Scentronic, an AI-powered system that detects and recreates smells remotely. It currently supports five aromas, with potential applications in online shopping and virtual reality.
Mori might be the cutest AI companion robot yet, and it reacts to you like a pet
OKA’s Mori is a cute AI companion that can recognize people, remember interactions, react to music, and behave more like a pet than a home assistant.
Forget seasoning, your music playlist might be the secret ingredient to a tastier meal
Can the right soundtrack make food more enjoyable? A new study suggests music can influence how your brain processes taste.
AI chatbots are falling prey to manipulative prompts that could help stalkers spy on victims
Spyware, tracking and shared accounts need human help. Here’s what to do before trusting a chatbot’s tech-safety advice.
Your AirPods can now double as a retro gaming gun, and you can try it for free
A Duck Hunt experiment lets you aim with an AirPod, shoot with a tap, and play 30 free Mac games.
Researchers developed an AI tool that predicts cancer survival odds by analyzing patients’ face
Could a selfie reveal clues about a cancer patient’s survival risk? Researchers have developed an AI model that estimates biological age and predicts mortality risk, using facial photographs of a patient.
Yelp’s new AI assistant will call restaurants for you so you can skip the dreaded wait-time call
Yelp’s AI agent will call restaurants and text you the wait, but at launch it’s US iPhones only.
A smart scale with a screen on its handle? Wyze might be onto something
For about $30 more than the original, Wyze’s Plus model adds a handle screen and phone-free readouts.
Think parental controls keep kids away from nudify apps? This report says otherwise
Removing nudify apps from stores didn’t disable them on test phones, so parents may need to check devices themselves.
E Ink’s new color screen could make PDFs and digital notebooks easier on the eyes
E Ink says its new color e-paper platform improves color range, whites, and contrast, but lists no price or date.
Xreal’s latest AR glasses fix the brightness problem, but leave the rest largely untouched
Xreal's refreshed AR glasses jump to 1,200 nits of brightness and smoother 3D conversion without raising the One Pro’s price.
A $75 gadget that remembers my conversations? Bee has my attention and my reservations
Bee’s new wrist-or-clip Frontier and phone-mounted Eclipse summarize your conversations, but more features need a subscription.
Anthropic warns of imminent self-replicating AI that might even work off an oven or TV
Anthropic claims that these self-replicating AI swarms will need something with as little computing power as an average Internet-connected device, like a smart oven or an Android TV box.
Tiny robots could shrink weeks of heart infection treatment into a single day
Johns Hopkins engineers built rice-sized magnetic robots that deliver antibiotics straight to infected heart tissue, potentially replacing weeks of IV drugs or risky open-heart surgery.
Meta goes toe-to-toe with the big boys as it launches Muse Wonder AI models
Meta has just launched its latest frontier AI models in the Muse Wonder series, rubbing shoulders against the likes of Claude Opus 5.5, Google Gemini 4 Argon, and OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra.
AI can’t tell if you’re gay or straight, but it thinks it knows what both look like
Researchers tested OpenAI's and Google's image-generation models and discovered a surprising inconsistency. While the models refused to make sensitive judgments about people's appearances, they were far more willing to create images based on those very same assumptions.
A clinical study with Google’s special chatbot shows a strong future for AI in healthcare
A new clinical study suggests Google’s AMIE chatbot could support doctors by gathering patient histories and surfacing possible diagnoses before an appointment.
Relaxation music had one job in this pain study, and favorite songs did it better
Patients who picked their own music reported less pain after an IV insertion in a 204-person study. The tested relaxation music didn’t help, while Mozart’s benefits were limited to patients with preexisting pain.
A tiny humanoid robot uses an Android phone as its brain, and it costs just $400
Researchers have developed an affordable humanoid robot that can walk, follow people, and get back on its feet, all with a little help from an ordinary smartphone.
Intelligent UI turns ChatGPT answers into interactive tools while GPT-6 rolls out to a broader audience
ChatGPT can now build interactive answers like maps and bill splitters, and OpenAI says GPT-6 will provide instant replies to searches sooner.
Checking body medication levels may now be as easy as sucking on a peach-flavoured lollipop
Researchers have developed Lollylab, a candy-coated lollipop with a graphene sensor that can detect acetaminophen in saliva in less than two minutes.
A US state just approved an AI doctor. For now, it’ll only prescribe acne cures.
At $4.99 per month, the Nolla Derm app will take care of your acne after making you go through a set of questions and a face scan to identify the skin condition.
AI’s massive appetite could make cheap smartphones much harder to find
The booming demand for AI infrastructure is putting pressure on the same memory supply used by smartphones, and budget devices are feeling the squeeze first.
ChatGPT is taking ads into image generation, and your conversations could decide what you see
ChatGPT image generation is getting ads, placed by guardrails that first judge whether a conversation feels emotionally vulnerable.
OpenAI CEO says AI will cause some bad things, but the benefits are worth it
Sam Altman says the world should accept some bad things happening because of AI, arguing that its benefits outweigh certain risks while rejecting catastrophic outcomes.
A new sunlight-powered trick could make smelly trash bins a thing of the past
Researchers have built a lithium-boosted catalyst that uses sunlight to break down the sour smell of rotting food waste, and it was put to the test in real trash bins for 1,000 hours.
Researchers built a robot that turns a fall from the sky into a sailing trip
Researchers in Singapore built a robot that drops from the sky, spins down like a maple seed, and then sails across remote waters using nothing but wind.