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Pinwheel launches a retro-inspired landline phone for kids
If you remember racing home after school to grab the family landline and call your best friend before dinner, a new device from Pinwheel is aiming to reboot that experience for a new generation. The kid-focused tech company announced Tuesday the launch of Pinwheel...
Microsoft tests Windows Search without all the ads and fluff
Microsoft is testing a streamlined Windows 11 search interface that removes ads, recommendations, and distracting content to improve user experience and rebuild customer confidence.
The US government warns that Russia state hackers are coming after your router
The U.S. government warned Monday that Russian state-sponsored hackers are compromising home and small office routers to mask malicious activity targeting critical infrastructure sectors.
Apple’s public betas for iOS 27 and more are out now
Apple has released public betas for iOS 27, iPadOS 27, watchOS 27, and macOS 27 Golden Gate ahead of their fall launch, featuring the new AI-powered Siri AI system.
Now, defenders are embracing the prompt injection, too
Researchers have developed a defensive technique called context bombing that plants prompt injections in stored secrets to shut down AI-based hacking agents before they can compromise systems.
The New York nurses replaced by AI: ‘It should concern every patient who cares about quality of care’
Twelve nurses at Montefiore hospital in the Bronx were laid off after being replaced by AI-powered software, sparking union concerns about patient care quality and contract violations.
Young men report more ‘sextortion’ than any other age group, Australia’s online safety watchdog says
Australia’s online safety regulator found significant gaps in how major tech platforms address sexual extortion and child exploitation, with young men aged 18-24 filing the most complaints.
Use of VPNs to bypass age checks on porn sites to be investigated by Australia’s eSafety watchdog
Australia’s eSafety watchdog will investigate whether adult websites are allowing users to bypass age verification requirements using virtual private networks, as compliance with age checks reaches 90% among top sites.
Meta pulls new AI image feature after days of backlash
Meta has withdrawn a new AI image generation feature from Instagram after facing backlash over privacy concerns, with the tool allowing users to create fake images using public account content without permission.
Anthropic ships major Claude Design overhaul with design system imports, code round-trips, and a fix for its token-burning problem
When Anthropic quietly released Claude Design in April as a "research preview," it generated the kind of instant traction most product teams dream about: more than one million users in its first week. It also generated a problem. The tool consumed tokens so...
Only 16 percent of Americans think AI will have a positive impact on society, a new study shows
Despite the fact that AI increasingly dominates our economy (it’s hot IPO summer and we’re all just along for the ride), most Americans are not particularly optimistic about the technology’s long term impact on the country, a new study from Pew Research reveals. In...
Two Stanford grads raise $11M to build a noninvasive wearable for hormone tracking
Stanford graduates Jenny Duan and Abhinav Agarwal want to solve two hard problems: create a good-looking wearable and measure hormones to help women understand their health better. The pair is building a startup called Clair Health to track inflammation and bloating...
Google bets on Gemini to reinvent the smart home speaker
After years of incremental updates, Google is betting that its Gemini AI can reinvent its smart speaker. On Wednesday, the company introduced its first audio device built specifically for Gemini with the $99.99 Google Home Speaker. The new Google Home device is the...
PayPal Ventures shutters as company restructuring continues
PayPal Ventures is no more. Five sources told Fortune that the corporate venture arm, which was founded in 2016, would be winding down operations. A company spokesperson confirmed the news to TechCrunch, albeit with a nuanced statement. “As part of our continued...
The slowtech revolution is here to kill your phone addiction and rescue your attention span
When Tony Fadell entered New York City’s 28th Street Subway Station, he did not expect to come face-to-face with an advertisement for a product he designed over twenty years ago. But there it was: a five-by-four-foot poster promoting the iPod Shuffle, luring passersby...
Collecting robot training data is dirty, unglamorous work. Some AI labs are already paying XDOF to do it.
Two weeks ago, OpenAI said it would relaunch the robotics program it shuttered in 2021 — the latest signal that the biggest AI labs are racing to teach machines to operate in the physical world. But building capable robots requires something the AI industry doesn’t...
SpaceX alum nabs $22M to turn rocket engines into geothermal power plants
Few energy sources can top geothermal’s potential, with at least 42 terawatts of capacity available worldwide, according to the IEA, more than twice the world’s energy use last year. The technology is shaping up to be the energy world’s dark horse, even though...
Canadian pension giant joins race to fund India’s AI-fueled data center boom
As global investors race to fund the infrastructure underpinning the artificial-intelligence boom, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s CPP Investments has committed up to ₹70 billion (about $741 million) to Indian data center operator CtrlS, betting on India’s...
DeepL acquires Mixhalo for live-event audio streaming and translation
At conferences, speakers are often delivering their keynote or panel discussions in languages that many attendees might not know. That leads to users scrambling for their phones and opening translation apps to capture audio from a distance, which is not always...
Uber will bring its premium robotaxi service to Houston in 2027
Uber plans to launch a premium robotaxi service in Houston by mid-2027, making it the second U.S. market under its partnership with EV maker Lucid and autonomous vehicle startup Nuro. The announcement follows a flurry of activity in the San Francisco Bay Area, as the...
Pinterest launches an experimental AI shopping app called ‘Ask Pinterest’
Pinterest on Wednesday announced a new experimental app called “Ask Pinterest” that will allow the company to explore a more conversational approach to shopping and product discovery that could eventually find its way to the main Pinterest app. It also introduced...
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AMD aims at Closing the Performance Gap with 7th Gen Chipsets
Have you ever used an AMD empowered notebook and complained about the processing speeds? If yes, then things are about to change with the company focusing on its latest lineup of laptop chipsets. Touted as the 7th generation of mobile chips, these entities were...