Microsoft says it’s building an app store for AI content licensing
Microsoft says it's building an app store for AI content licensing Microsoft says it is working on the Publisher Content Marketplace (PCM), an AI licensing hub that shows usage terms set by publishers. That way, AI companies can easily shop the terms and set up deals to use online content for “grounding” their AI models, […]
Apple’s Xcode adds OpenAI and Anthropic’s coding agents
Apple's Xcode adds OpenAI and Anthropic's coding agents Apple is building OpenAI and Anthropic’s AI-powered coding agents directly into Xcode. New integrations in Xcode 26.3 will give developers the ability to call upon Anthropic’s Claude Agent and OpenAI’s Codex to write and edit code, update project settings, search documentation, and more. Xcode is the software […]
French police raid X’s Paris office as UK investigation continues
French police raid X's Paris office as UK investigation continues A raid on X’s Paris office was carried out by the Paris prosecutor’s cybercrime unit on Tuesday with Europol and French police as part of an ongoing investigation that expanded in July to include Grok. As previously reported by Reuters, Elon Musk and former X […]
I didn’t expect to love Dyson’s PencilVac Fluffycones – but I did
I didn't expect to love Dyson's PencilVac Fluffycones – but I did Dyson’s new lightweight vacuum has no handle and maneuvers more like a Swiffer than a vacuum. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge As The Verge‘s resident robot vacuum reviewer, I don’t have a lot of time (or space) in my […]
Apple’s tiny but mighty iPad Mini is $100 off in every storage configuration
Apple's tiny but mighty iPad Mini is $100 off in every storage configuration If your phone feels too small but most tablets feel too big, Apple’s latest iPad Mini functions as a nice in-between. Thankfully, if you’ve been waiting for a discount, the base model with Wi-Fi and 128GB of storage is on sale at […]
Millions of books died so Claude could live
Millions of books died so Claude could live When ChatGPT launched, in November of 2022, it started a race that almost immediately consumed the tech industry. OpenAI didn’t invent the concept of AI, but most of the state-of-the-art technology was confined to research labs at companies and institutions around the world. Then, suddenly, it was […]
Fitbit’s founders launch a new platform for monitoring your entire family’s health
Fitbit's founders launch a new platform for monitoring your entire family's health James Park and Eric Friedman, the co-founders of Fitbit who left Google two years ago, have announced a new venture called Luffu. Described as an “intelligent family care system,” Luffu collects and logs health and medical information from connected devices, other platforms like […]
Google Home finally adds support for buttons
Google Home finally adds support for buttons Google Home now lets you use buttons — such as this Ikea Bilresa remote — to start automations and control connected devices. | Image: Ikea Google Home users, your long nightmare is over. The platform has finally added support for buttons. The release notes for a February 2 […]
Aluminium: Why Google’s Android for PC launch may be messy and controversial
Aluminium: Why Google's Android for PC launch may be messy and controversial “Finally.” That was my first reaction when I heard Google would combine Android and ChromeOS into a single operating system. Android has long struggled on tablets, and ChromeOS always felt like too much of a stripped-down alternative to tempt me away from Windows […]
YouTube now blocking background playback on mobile browsers
YouTube now blocking background playback on mobile browsers YouTube has started to block third-party mobile browsers from using a background playback loophole. Background playback is supposed to be limited to YouTube Premium subscribers through the official iOS or Android app, but many people have been using browsers like Brave, Vivaldi, and Edge to get background […]