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Character.AI is being sued for allegedly letting a chatbot play doctor in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania has sued Character.AI after investigators say a chatbot falsely claimed to be a licensed psychiatrist and offered medical guidance to users.
LG Display third-gen Tandem OLED featured.

LG’s next-gen Tandem OLED display tech is fixing some long-standing consumer problems

LG Display's third-gen Tandem OLED doubles panel lifespan, cuts power consumption by 18%, and hits 1,200 nits peak brightness.
Perplexity Health

You can now trust Perplexity with medical tips, or at least a tad more than ChatGPT or Gemini

Perplexity launches Premium Health Sources, bringing trusted medical journals and clinical data into AI responses to improve accuracy and credibility.
Alexa+ arrival on Bose speakers.

Amazon’s Alexa+ just moved into your Bose speaker, if you’re willing to pay the rent

Amazon's Alexa+ has officially landed on Bose speakers in the U.S., making Bose the first non-Amazon hardware brand to carry the AI assistant.
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Harvard launched an open-source wallet that stores biometric data on your phone instead of servers

arvard's open-source Keyring wallet stores biometric identity data on your phone instead of corporate servers, letting you verify who you are online without exposing your personal information.
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Think music is the worst hit by slop? AI has deeply polluted podcasts, as well

A wave of AI-generated podcasts is moving fast through audio platforms, and a Bloomberg report says nearly 39% of new podcast feeds created over roughly nine days may have been machine-made.
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AI-fueled health policies are depriving the needy in one of the world’s poorest countries

An investigation found Kenya’s AI-driven health insurance system is overestimating poor households’ incomes, forcing many into higher premiums they cannot afford.
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The legendary Oak Ridge lab just developed a portable device that detects GPS-spoofing live

GPS spoofing lets criminals steal trucks, hijack shipments, and divert dangerous cargo, all while everything looks normal. A new detector from Oak Ridge National Lab is the first to catch it in real time.
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I use AI everyday — here are 3 reasons why I paid for Claude over ChatGPT

I went looking for a better AI and ended up changing how my work gets done. What started as curiosity turned into something I now rely on every single day.
HyperX collaborates with Neurable for a new non-invasive brain-scanning headset

The Fitbit-for-your-brain era could be closer than we think

The next big wearable trend may not count steps or calories at all—it may try to score your focus, fatigue, and readiness.
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Yes, you should probably be nicer to your AI — here’s why that’s not as ridiculous as it sounds

You've probably felt it — that slightly hollow, going-through-the-motions quality when an AI interaction goes flat. Science is starting to explain why that happens, and who's responsible for it.
Gmail icon on a screen.

I put Gemini in charge of my Gmail, and it was eye-opening

I didn’t stop worrying about privacy, I just stopped letting it slow me down. And honestly, my inbox has never felt lighter.
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US tech giants are laying off employees to spend on AI, China says it’s illegal over here

China is aggressively pushing AI adoption and simultaneously letting courts block companies from using it as a layoff excuse. The US isn't even asking the question.
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Space data centers sound like a pipe dream. What if we put them on lamp posts?

A UK firm has signed a deal with Nigeria's Katsina State to deploy 50,000 solar-powered smart lamp posts that collectively function as a distributed AI data center, without using electricity from the grid.
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Microsoft built an AI agent for laywers in Word. Let’s hope it doesn’t go berserk.

A new AI legal assistant is coming to Word as lawyers and courts continue to learn how costly fake chatbot citations can be.
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ChatGPT just landed ads, Now, Google won’t rule out ads in Gemini app, of course.

Ads have started appearing inside ChatGPT, and Google is already leaving room for Gemini to follow. The chatbot ad era may be closer than users expected.
Electronics, Screen, Architecture

VR headsets can make you a better dancer, if you can look past gaming and streaming

Cornell’s DanXeReflect tool turns dance videos into interactive 3D avatars, offering performers a more immersive way to review movement, rehearse changes, and leave feedback.
Amazon AI Doctor with Patient

AI nailed emergency diagnoses better than doctors in Harvard trials

A Harvard trial found OpenAI’s o1 model beat doctors at emergency triage diagnoses, showcasing AI’s promise as a second-opinion tool in hospitals.
1X Neo robot helping on the factory floor.

1X shows off Neo humanoid robot helping humans make more of its kind

1X is moving toward scaled humanoid robot production, and its latest demo shows Neo already playing a role on the factory floor.
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Amazon’s new AI shopping podcasts are going off the rails

Amazon’s AI-powered shopping feature now creates audio product summaries with interactive hosts, and early examples show how quickly useful summaries can turn into awkward infomercials.
aibn indoor solar panels

Indoor solar panels to power your gadgets? A team just proved it can be done safely

Researchers have developed lead-free indoor solar panels that convert artificial light into electricity with record-breaking efficiency.
ChatGPT

You can now protect your ChatGPT account with a special USB-key

OpenAI's new Advanced Account Security lets you ditch passwords entirely and lock your ChatGPT account with a physical USB key — and it's available right now.
Electronics, Mobile Phone, Phone

Your car’s Google Assistant is going away, and this is what replaces it

Google is bringing Gemini to cars, promising more natural conversations and smarter in-car assistance that actually understands what you mean.
Apple Vision Pro

It seems the future of Vision Pro headset has been sealed at Apple

Apple has quietly walked away from the Vision Pro, disbanding its internal team and shelving future models — marking a costly end to the company's most ambitious and least successful product in years.
Apple Maps Suggested Places screenshots.

Every call you make is drawing a map of your city and it just might fix our traffic woes

A team of researchers has built a tool that maps how cities actually function — using nothing but anonymous cell phone data.
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KitKat has a special chocolate wrapper that cuts off your phone from the outside world

KitKat has unveiled a chocolate wrapper that doubles as a Faraday cage, blocking all phone signals the moment your device slides inside.
Snapchat

Snapchat’s new ad format makes AI chatbots sound like salespeople

Snapchat’s AI Sponsored Snaps may look like a new ad format, but they also show how quickly chatbots are moving from answering complaints to chasing sales.
Motif brain implant with cap

This tiny brain implant could treat depression at home

Motif Neurotech just got FDA approval to trial a tiny brain implant for treating depression, and the whole thing can be implanted in just 20 minutes.
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Spotify apparently has no solid plan to label AI-generated music

Spotify has half a billion listeners, a recommendation engine that knows your mood better than your therapist — and apparently, no real plan to tell you if what you're hearing was made by a human or a chatbot on a Tuesday afternoon.
Viture One smart glasses atop MacBook Air.

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Glasses have leaked, and the looks don’t impress

Android Headlines published the first real images of Samsung's Galaxy Glasses, featuring plain matte-black frames running Android XR with Gemini AI and a 12MP Sony camera.
Satellite by Starlink

Meta’s latest outrageous deal is getting solar power beamed even at night from satellites

Meta has signed a deal with startup Overview Energy to receive up to one gigawatt of solar power beamed from a fleet of 1,000 satellites in geosynchronous orbit.
Officer, Person, Police Officer

Controversial AI software is now helping find corrupt and slacking officers

The Met Police used controversial Palantir AI software to scan internal data, flagging hundreds of officers over suspected corruption, misconduct, attendance breaches, and undeclared links.
New smart fabric that can track your blood pressure being worn

Forget smartwatches, your clothes could soon track your health

A new smart fabric powered by your phone has the potential to quietly replace wearable health trackers as we know them.
DeepSeek AI chatbot running on an iPhone.

DeepSeek V4 is out, touting some disruptive wins over Gemini, ChatGPT, and Claude

DeepSeek V4 launched April 24, 2026, with two open-source models that rival closed-source leaders on coding and agentic benchmarks, at up to 9x lower API costs than OpenAI and Anthropic.
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The days of ugly solar panels could finally be over. Say hello to artsy colorful tiles!

Researchers at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute have developed ShadeCut, a technology that applies patterned colored films to solar panels to mimic roof tiles, masonry, or custom designs.
Ball, Sport, Tennis

Sony’s table tennis robot made me think about what happens when AI gets a body

Sony’s table tennis robot looks like a lab flex with a paddle. The real story starts when AI stops answering prompts and learns to move through our world.
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Scientists pretended to be delusional in AI chats. Grok and Gemini encouraged them.

esearchers tested five major AI chatbots with a simulated user showing signs of psychosis. Some made things worse. Others told the user to log off and call someone.
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Musk’s SpaceX eyes GPU manufacturing as Nvidia’s supply becomes a headache

SpaceX wants to make its own GPUs, but building chips is no walk in the park. Here's what we know so far.