Meta has started rolling out an experimental AI shopping tool to some users in the US, according to Bloomberg. At the moment, it’s reportedly only showing up on desktop browsers when select users visit Meta AI on the web. They’ll know if they have access to the feature if they see the “Shopping research” button […]

Google Home has some significant new quality-of-life updates and a new AI-powered feature, the division’s head honcho Anish Katturkan announced on X. Many of them, including a function called “Live Search,” are powered by the company’s Gemini for Home service launched in October 2025 as the official replacement for Google Assistant on smart devices.  “We […]

This isn’t a Galaxy Note 7 debacle. Oukitel’s WP63 is a ruggedized smartphone that’s meant to set things alight. It has a built-in electric igniter, aimed at emergency response and camping, helping to start fires when you forgot matches, but you brought this beastly phone along for the adventure. It’s got several other notable features, […]

A keyboard is one of those pieces of gear you interact with constantly, yet it’s easy to overlook how much it affects your day-to-day comfort. From firing off emails to long coding sessions or late-night gaming, the right keyboard can make everything feel smoother, faster and less fatiguing.Some setups call for slim, quiet boards that […]

OpenAI’s Sam Altman said the company will amend its deal with the Defense Department (or the Department of War) to explicitly prohibit the use of its AI system on mass surveillance against Americans. Altman has published an internal memo previously sent to employees on X, telling them that the company will tweak the agreement to […]

Australia’s government may take a strict stance on ensuring younger users cannot access AI chatbots. Reuters reports that Australian regulators may require app storefronts to block AI services that do not implement age verification for restricting mature content by March 9. “eSafety will use the full range of our powers where there is non-compliance,” a representative […]

Anthropic is bringing another paid feature to Claude’s free tier. The next time you chat with Claude, you’ll have the option to have it reference your previous conversation to inform its outputs. Anthropic first made its chatbot capable of remembering past interactions last August, before giving it the ability to compartmentalize memories in the fall. […]

Call of Duty is getting a new battle royale mode later this month. The popular first-person shooter will introduce Black Ops Royale as a free game mode on March 13. Black Ops Royale pays homage to Blackout, the series’ first foray into a battle royale game mode back in CoD: Black Ops 4. Matches will have […]

Starlink is getting ready to launch its second generation of satellites, and it’s expected to match the speeds of a traditional terrestrial network. During a keynote at Mobile World Congress, Starlink execs detailed the roadmap for the company’s upgrade towards the next generation of satellites called V2. “The goal of Starlink Mobile … is to […]

X is rolling out a built-in “Paid Partnership” label that creators can apply to sponsored posts, replacing the hashtag workarounds they’ve had to rely on until now. The feature, announced by the platform’s head of product Nikita Bier, adds a toggle that places a disclosure label directly below a post’s content. It can also be […]