Google has officially announced the new google home speakerPrice $99.99. It is now available for pre-order and is scheduled to ship on June 25th. The device is the first audio hub built around the new Gemini for home voice assistants. It was first shown in October 2025 and underwent nine months of development before its […]
SpaceX is acquiring Anisphere, the San Francisco startup behind the AI coding assistant Cursor, in an all-stock deal valued at $60 billion. The transaction is the largest-ever acquisition of a venture-backed startup. Taking advantage of the high stock price following its record IPO four days ago, SpaceX is getting paid entirely with shares. The deal
Google will remove support for Chrome extensions built on the older Manifest V2 framework later this month. This change means that workarounds that kept ad blockers like uBlock Origin partially functional in Chrome will no longer work. The update will take effect with Chrome versions 150 and 151, which are expected to be released this
A German court has ruled that Google can be held directly liable for incorrect answers given by its AI observation feature. The decision could have significant consequences for tech companies that operate AI-powered search services. The ruling was handed down by the 26th Civil Chamber of the Munich Regional Court, which handles press and defamation
Visa has integrated its payments infrastructure with ChatGate, allowing AI agents to recommend retail products, review vendor catalogs, and complete purchases without user intervention during checkout. This connection uses Visa’s payments network to process transactions at any compatible merchant, rather than limiting AI-powered purchases to a specific retailer. Previously, AI retail integrations were primarily limited
OpenAI has filed preliminary IPO paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, joining the likes of Anthropic and Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the wave of artificial intelligence companies preparing to go public. The company announced a confidential S-1 filing on Monday. Anthropic submitted its confidential filing on June 1, and SpaceX recently launched an
Apple announced new AI-powered features for Safari at WWDC 2026, using Apple Intelligence to enhance tab management, password protection, browser customization, and page monitoring. Apple emphasizes that these features are designed with privacy in mind and do not share browsing data with Apple or third parties. Automatic password correction and AI tab organization in Safari
Meta is working on a new scam detection feature for WhatsApp called Scam Alert. The tool is designed to detect potentially fraudulent messages from unknown senders while preserving end-to-end encryption and without transmitting message content to any servers. The feature was recently spotted by WABetaInfo in WhatsApp beta for Android. There is no announced release
Chrome Canary builds briefly included a flag that redirected all Google search address bar queries to AI mode instead of standard search results. Google’s vice president of search engineering, Rajan Patel, confirmed that the flag was an error and said that the company is not planning to make AI mode the default for Chrome searches.
Microsoft has fixed a Windows Update caching issue that caused driver updates to install on managed devices without notification, bypassing policies set to prevent automatic updates. The issue was acknowledged on June 2 and confirmed as resolved in Wednesday’s update to Admin Center incident report MO1332784. The issue affected enterprise-managed Windows devices enrolled in Intune
Microsoft has unveiled two early-stage AI hardware concepts at its Build 2026 developer conference that aim to make AI agents accessible without the need for a laptop or dedicated app. One of these is a small cube-shaped desk device with a touchscreen and voice controls. The second is a wearable badge equipped with a camera
OpenAI has announced an update that improves GPT-5.5 Instant Model And several older models have been removed from ChatGPT, including O3 and GPT-4.5. The company shared this information in an updated release notes document. The update focuses on improving the response quality and style of GPT-5.5, as well as phasing out older models to optimize
Microsoft has fixed a known issue that caused installation failures and 0x800f0922 errors when deploying the May 26, 2026, Windows 11 security update KB5089549. The fix is included in the KB5089573 preview cumulative update released on May 26 and will be available to all users via the June Patch Tuesday update later this month. The
Microsoft has Surface Laptop Ultra announcedIt is being said to be the most powerful Surface Laptop ever. Developed in partnership with NVIDIA, it features NVIDIA Blackwell RTX GPUs with up to 128GB of integrated memory and full CUDA support. Microsoft is targeting creators, developers, and AI professionals seeking local workloads. It is expected that this
Microsoft has started rolling out the update KB5089573 For Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2, which introduce the Low Latency Profile (LLP) feature. The update is primarily a performance improvement aimed at speeding up app launches and core shell experiences, including the Start Menu, Search, and Action Center. Microsoft reports that LLP can deliver up
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