A LinkedIn feature the average non-paying user likely only glances past could end up setting a legal precedent in the EU regarding how companies treat customer data that they’ve processed. Take a look at your LinkedIn profile, if you have one, and you’ll see a space where you can look at profile viewers. For premium…
Google Home users can now ask Gemini to complete more complex, multi-step tasks and combine multiple tasks in a single command. Google has updated Gemini for Home to Gemini 3.1, which it says will improve the smart home assistant’s ability to interpret and act on requests. The upgrade will also make Gemini for Home better…
Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class action lawsuit that accused it of misleading customers about the availability of its Apple Intelligence features. The proposed settlement would apply to people in the US who purchased all models of the iPhone 16 and the iPhone 15 Pro between June 10th, 2024 and…
An executive for ChatGPT maker OpenAI said in court testimony on Tuesday that the AI model developer expects to burn $50 billion on computing power before the end of the year. Cofounder and president Greg Brockman threw out the number, which was previously reported by Bloomberg, during OpenAI’s closely watched legal battle with hype-fiend Elon…
Xbox needs to move faster, deepen our connection with the community, and address friction for both players and developers. Today, we promoted leaders who helped build Xbox, while also bringing in new voices to help push us forward. This balance is important as we get the business back on track. As part of this shift,…
Astera Labs unveiled an alternative to Nvidia’s NVSwitch for building rack-scale AI systems on Tuesday, claiming it will work with nearly any accelerator. The AI fabric switch, codenamed Scorpio X, crams 320 lanes of PCIe 6.0 connectivity into a single ASIC with 5.12 TB/s of bidirectional bandwidth. Historically, PCIe switches have been used in a…
The next update to Apple’s operating systems could allow users to choose their preferred AI model for running Apple Intelligence. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is planning to allow third-party chatbots to power its AI features system-wide in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27, all expected for this fall. In addition to running…
Shortwave radio enthusiasts are sure to know the problem: You’re trying to tune in to your favorite global broadcast only to find that the signal is fuzzy. Is it you? Your equipment? It might just be the conditions in the ionosphere, which you’d know if you built this DIY device. As detailed in a YouTube…
ServiceNow announced an expansion of its AI Control Tower, transforming what began last year as a governance dashboard into what the company now describes as a command center for managing AI assets across an entire enterprise, including those running outside ServiceNow’s own platform. The updated AI Control Tower, shipping as part of ServiceNow’s Australia platform…
Nearly a year after rolling out Threads direct messaging to everyone on mobile, Meta is finally bringing the feature to the web. Meta says it’s “testing” DMs on the web now, but plans to make the feature “available to more people soon.” In your DM page on the web, you can see your inbox and…