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Gemini Spark comes to Google's Gemini app for macOS
The Gemini macOS app now has access to Google's Spark agentic AI assistant.
US government allows Anthropic to redeploy its Mythos and Fable AI models
Anthropic will start its users' access to Mythos and Fable tomorrow, July 1.
Samsung teases wide-as-hell new foldable
Samsung teases wide-as-hell new foldable.
E-scooters being advertised for commuting despite UK road ban
A Press Association investigation found major retailers advertising e-scooters for "commuting" and "urban riding".
Discord now runs natively on Meta Quest headsets
The app's arrival follows an announcement at last year's Meta Connect conference.
Amazon will pay $2.25 million to settle FTC identity theft case
The retailer allegedly failed to meet requirements under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
June research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
Also, the science of poop's distinctive shape, boron buckyballs, and the secret to a soccer feint.
Reddit will require you to log in to use old.reddit.com
Logged-out Old Reddit access is “significant source of abusive scraping."
Anthropic's new Sonnet 5 model is better at the tasks that are running up enterprise bills
Anthropic trained its newest Sonnet model to excel at agentic tasks, which have been causing a headache for the company's enterprise customers and power users.
Amazon blames piracy apps with malware for killing new Fire Stick sideloading
New Fire Stick OS helps Amazon block third-party homepage launchers, ad blockers.
Xbox layoff plans reportedly include closing Arkane, canceling Blade
The cuts will apparently start next week.
NASA may send a backup, nuclear-powered Mars rover to the Moon
"That would be an awesome capability."
Google kills Tenor GIF API, forcing changes at X, Discord, and more
Tenor still connects to Google apps, but other platforms must look elsewhere for GIFs.
Netflix used AI to put Gene Wilder's voice into a new reality show
So much for magic.
Apple takes Epic fight over app store fees to the Supreme Court
Supreme Court will weigh if Apple contempt finding in Epic case is “erroneous.”
The Supreme Court will hear an appeal in the long-running case between Apple and Epic Games
Apple filed an appeal after being found in contempt of an order related to App Store fees.
New attack provides one more reason why AI browsers are a bad idea
Telling an LLM that 2 + 2 = 5 is enough to make it follow forbidden instructions.
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We hear concerns that shadow banning is limiting access to health advice for women.
Google's new Nano Banana 2 Lite image model is its fastest and cheapest yet
They may not look as good, but Nano Banana 2 Lite images only take a few seconds to create.
How to set a custom alarm sound on your iPhone
You can use any sound you want for an iPhone alarm, and here's how to set it up.
RFK Jr. stacks FDA panel with peptide peddlers as FDA scientists oppose access
Peptide drugs are popular, but FDA scientists warn they're untested, may be harmful.
Microsoft Warns Poisoned MCP Tool Descriptions Can Make AI Agents Leak Data
New Microsoft research shows how attackers can hijack AI agents that act on a user's behalf, using nothing more than a poisoned tool description to make the agent quietly hand ove…
RustDuck Botnet Rebuilds in Rust to Hijack Routers and Servers for DDoS
A new two-stage malware family called RustDuck is hijacking home routers, IP cameras, Android boxes, and poorly secured servers, then stitching them into a network built to knock …
Trump's plan to redesign every .gov website leads to AI-designed horrors
A year in, National Design Studio delays plan to update government web standards.