Windows is back on the Microsoft menu
…Microsoft announced a slew of new or expanded AI initiatives at Build this week. MAI-Thinking-1, Microsoft’s first reasoning model, was the main addition, along with six other new models…
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Google is launching its own version of OpenClaw
Google is launching its own take on OpenClaw, the buzzy AI agent platform that caused a stir in the tech industry earlier this year. Announced during Google I/O 2026, Gemini Spark…
Snap is laying off 16 percent of its staff as it leans into AI
Snap is laying off roughly 16 percent of its global workforce in a cost-cutting effort to chase improved profitability with the help of AI. The cuts will impact around 1,000…
You’re about to feel the AI money squeeze
…nbsp; The announcement was a sign of the times. Investors have poured hundreds of billions of dollars into companies like OpenAI and Anthropic to help them scale and build out their compute…
The 13 biggest announcements at Google I/O 2026
Google’s I/O 2026 keynote today was once again full of AI-related announcements including a new family of Gemini 3.5 AI models, new features for Search and Gmail, and…
SpaceX cuts a deal to maybe buy Cursor for $60 billion
…has announced an odd arrangement to either acquire the automated programming platform Cursor for $60 billion or pay a fee of $10 billion. Buying this startup that’s focused on AI coding…
Artificial Intelligence
…OpenAI’s ChatGPT is still the best-known AI chatbot around, but with Google pushing Gemini, Microsoft building Copilot, and Apple adding its Intelligence to Siri, AI is probably going to be…
Claude can now plug directly into Photoshop, Blender, and Ableton
…Anthropic said. “AI can also help shoulder the parts of the creative process that eat up time by handling repetitive tasks and eliminating manual toil.” As part of this announcement, Anthropic has…
Nvidia announces RTX Spark as ‘the most efficient PC chip ever built’
…or desktop can also host 120-billion-parameter AI agents, something that Microsoft is seemingly excited about for Windows. At Microsoft’s Build conference this week, it’ll be showing off “new…
AI could bring us a smarter home — if we can trust it
…While every announcement will likely feature “AI,” I’ll be looking for those with real potential to make products better, smarter, and easier to use, while keeping data local and private. I…