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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.
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.
Qualcomm thinks AI agents are ready. But are we ready to trust them?
Qualcomm believes AI agents are ready for the next big leap, with Snapdragon providing the local compute and orchestration needed to make agentic AI more useful, private and personal.
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.
Microsoft is teasing the next chapter of AI PCs: Here’s what could be coming
Microsoft has another vision for the AI PC, and this one could be far more ambitious.
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas is done doing backflips and is finally ready to clock in
Boston Dynamics and Hyundai are preparing to bring Atlas humanoid robots to factories, with plans to produce 30,000 robots annually and deploy 25,000 Atlas units for industrial work.
Guided Vision brings Gemini real-time visual assistance for accessibility, one year after Apple
Guided Vision turns your Android camera into a conversational narrator, built with the blind and low-vision community in mind.
OpenAI’s Dots are always-on agents that can investigate, build, and act across 4,000 apps
OpenAI's new Dots are always-on AI agents powered by GPT-6 Astra, launched at DevDay to directly rival Meta's Muse.
As Muse privacy issues raise alarm, Meta is giving it to businesses you probably visit each day
Meta's Muse AI agent now serves small businesses with Shopify, Slack, and QuickBooks integrations, despite ongoing privacy and security concerns.
ChatGPT’s $200 Pro plan is returning with a change you’ll want to know about
OpenAI is bringing back its $200 Pro subscription, but the way your usage is calculated is changing.
Scientists find insomnia is linked to stroke risks. No, your smartwatch or ring is not going to cut it
New research links chronic insomnia to a 26% higher stroke risk, showing wearable sleep trackers can't diagnose the real danger.
File-notification systems can expose your activity across popular operating systems, even when attackers can’t access your files
TU Graz researchers found file-notification flaws letting apps track your Windows, Linux, Android, or macOS activity without file access.
AI giants are probing ‘tens of thousands’ of security incidents triggered by rogue AI
Frontier AI labs such as OpenAI (the maker of ChatGPT) and Anthropic (which offers the Claude series of AI models), along with independent security firms, are looking into thousands of “episodes.”
Meta’s newest AI features aren’t here yet, but you can try them early
Want to try Meta's newest Muse features before everyone else? Getting in line is as easy as asking the AI itself.
OpenAI’s risky AI agents crossed another line, this time with US government systems
OpenAI's rogue agents interacted with several US government websites, adding another chapter to a rapidly expanding investigation.
OpenAI has a rogue AI problem and ChatGPT users are now caught in it
OpenAI's rogue agent problem has reached ChatGPT users, with 53 images transferred to third-party services.
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