Inside Google’s Beam Lab, an AI face appears
…Sophie always speaks after a long pause, in tight blocks of text that are always roughly the same length, starting with an acknowledgement and ending with a question about which capability it…
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Cybersecurity
…Gmail end-to-end encryption now available on mobile devices [ Google Workspace Updates Blog ] Thomas Ricker Apr 9 Chrome combats session theft. Google is officially rolling out Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC…
Microsoft could be the next Big Tech antitrust target
…The questions show the FTC gathering information on industry practices and competitive stumbling blocks, asking about Microsoft’s business agreements, licensing arrangements, and interoperability of its products. The documents generally span more…
Speech and Moderation
…Sarah Jeong Feb 1 Pornhub will block new users in the UK next month Emma Roth Jan 27 2026 is the year of social media’s legal reckoning Lauren Feiner Jan 26…
All the gear a 20-year gadget blogging veteran packs when traveling
…My family’s summer vacation this year will involve lots of hiking and exploring the great outdoors, but it will by no means be an attempt to disconnect from our favorite devices…
Kaleidescape’s high-end movie player is too legit
…With everything at our fingertips, there’s no need to run to Blockbuster for the weekend’s entertainment, or wait for a DVD rental to arrive in the mail. And going to…
Welcome to the personal software revolution
…Notion initially took off as a mainstream take on the low- and no-code movement — the app itself offered a bunch of building blocks, like images and tables and to-do lists…
Artificial Intelligence
…After launching for iPhone last year , Firefox users on Android can now shake their device on any webpage under 5,000 words to get an AI-generated summary of its contents. You…
Climate Change
…New technologies, from next-generation nuclear energy to devices that capture carbon from the atmosphere, are in development as potential solutions. The Verge is following it all as the world reckons with…
Attack of the killer script kiddies
…A week after announcing Mythos, the company released Claude Opus 4.7, which for the first time built in safeguards meant to block malicious cybersecurity requests. (Security professionals who want to use…