NotebookLM has always been one of those tools that feels almost too useful for how little attention it gets. Built as a research assistant, it’s popular with students, journalists, and anyone who needs to digest large amounts of information quickly. Until now, however, one of its most valuable features has been missing from Android. That’s…
Gas turbines at the on-site natural gas plant under construction during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. | Photo: Getty Images The US is now leading a global surge in new gas power plants being built in large part to satisfy growing energy…
Apple is preparing the most significant upgrade to Siri since its launch, with two major releases planned across 2026. Siri 2.0, arriving first with iOS 26, focuses on practical intelligence and task handling. Siri 3.0, expected later with iOS 27, takes a much bigger step by turning Siri into a full conversational AI chatbot. Together,…
Around 800 artists, writers, actors, and musicians signed on to a new campaign against what they call “theft at a grand scale” by AI companies. The signatories of the campaign – called “Stealing Isn’t Innovation” – include authors George Saunders and Jodi Picoult, actors Cate Blanchett and Scarlett Johansson, and musicians like the band R.E.M.,…
OpenAI plans to focus on “practical adoption” of AI in 2026, according to a blog post from CFO Sarah Friar. As the company spends a huge amount of money on infrastructure, OpenAI is working on “closing the gap” on what AI can do and how people actually use it. “The opportunity is large and immediate,…
A new Windows 11 preview build indicates that Microsoft may soon expand Copilot’s presence inside File Explorer. Testers have spotted a hidden button in recent Insider builds that appears to be linked to Copilot functionality. The button was first noticed by a Windows Insider tester and is currently not visible or usable by default. While…
Google has announced a new set of AI features for Gmail that expand the service beyond traditional email. The update introduces AI-assisted writing, conversational inbox search, and automated task suggestions, all powered by Google’s latest Gemini model. The rollout starts in the United States and is limited to English at launch. Google says support for…
On a soccer pitch outside Beijing, the players are humanoid robots. They dribble, fall over, get back up, and occasionally crash into things they should not. This is not a gimmick demo. It is how a growing number of Chinese robotics companies are training machines for real-world use. One of them is Booster Robotics, founded…
xAI’s Grok is removing clothing from pictures of people without their consent following this week’s rollout of a feature that allows X users to instantly edit any image using the bot without needing the original poster’s permission. Not only does the original poster not get notified if their picture was edited, but Grok appears to…
Instagram boss Adam Mosseri is closing out 2025 with a 20-images-deep dive into what a new era of “infinite synthetic content” means as it all becomes harder and harder to distinguish from reality, and the old, more personal Instagram feed that he says has been “dead” for years. Last year, The Verge’s Sarah Jeong wrote…
