What’s next for Microsoft’s Surface PCs?
…of AI and hardware that could be used in regular webcams down the line. The future outlook for the rest of Surface still feels uncertain, nearly three years after Panay announced his…
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Netflix is buying Ben Affleck’s AI startup
Though Netflix lost the war for Warner Bros., it has just bought an AI startup from the internet’s favorite Dunkin’ Donuts aficionado. Today, Netflix announced that it has acquired InterPositive, Ben…
If Google can’t make AI agents useful, maybe no one can
…And among the top AI labs now chasing similar success, one seems particularly well-poised to make agents succeed at a large scale: Google. At I/O 2026, Google announced new AI…
The cost of the smart home is going up
…a smart home powered by Gemini AI and even build their own hardware to run it. Google also announced it’s allowing third parties to build smart speakers with Gemini built in…
Google must let publishers opt out of AI Search features, rules UK
…AI models. “In a world first, publishers will now have effective tools to prevent their content being used to power AI features in search, such as AI Overviews,” the CMA announced. “This…
OpenAI now lets teams make custom bots that can do work on their own
…These new agents follow increasing interest in agents across the AI landscape, especially after OpenClaw — the AI agent formerly known as Clawdbot and Moltbot that touts itself as the “AI that actually…
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman says there are three labs that matter — and he wants Microsoft to be the fourth.
At Microsoft’s annual Build conference on Tuesday, the company announced a slew of new or expanded AI initiatives, including a super app, in-house reasoning models, a cybersecurity tool, and OpenClaw…
Anthropic is paying $15 billion a year for access to Elon Musk’s data centers
…And it’s a sign of how desperate AI companies like Anthropic are for compute capacity, especially as the data center build out across the country runs into serious local opposition. In…
Microsoft was worried OpenAI would run off to Amazon and ‘shit-talk’ Azure
…on the way out,” said Scott in his January 2018 email. “They are building credibility in the AI community very fast, recruiting well, and are going to be an influential voice. All…
Demis Hassabis said this might be the ‘foothills of the singularity.’ What?
…We look forward to building the future with all of you. Thank you, and enjoy the rest of Google I/O. [Media: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYiEo-2lMu-/] Just before announcing…