Google’s Pixel 11 Comes With Plenty of A.I. Does Anyone Want That?
The phone’s artificial intelligence can order groceries, book tables and take photos on a user’s behalf. But is it something people really want?
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Some Stand-Up Comics Are Pivoting Away From Video on Social Media
Comedians used to post footage of their performances to build a following. Now, some are finding that comic strip-style panels with captions pack a bigger
Book Review: The Ultimate AI Guide for Linux Engineers
Even Linus Torvalds is fine with AI being used in Linux kernel development these days, and it’s everywhere else in the Linux and tech world
Murena Just Made The Fairphone (Gen. 6) Better!
We are used to seeing Murena roll out new devices every now and then. Their whole sales pitch revolves around a de-Googled, privacy-focused Android experience.
Amazon aims for delivery drones to reach 500 US neighborhoods by end of 2026
Amazon wants to grow its Prime Air delivery drone service sixfold to reach nearly 500 cities and towns across the United States by the end
Framework responds to complaints that BIOS update bricks Ryzen 7040 laptops
A BIOS update for the Framework Laptop 13 with AMD Ryzen 7040-series processors is bricking the systems, multiple users have reported online. Framework started shipping
Five days after buying Cursor for $60bn, SpaceX tried to buy Cognition
SpaceX approached AI coding startup Cognition about an acquisition, Bloomberg reports, and Cognition did not engage. Chief executive Scott Wu replied publicly that his company
Meta launched a Mac app to put its AI to work for businesses
Meta has released a dedicated Mac app for Meta AI, its chatbot. The company is pushing to turn the assistant into a tool for businesses
The Google Pixel 11 Pro XL: A smarter phone for getting things done
The new Google Pixel 11 Pro XL doesn’t dramatically reinvent the company’s flagship smartphone formula. From a hardware perspective, this year’s model represents an incremental
Apple’s EU App Store truce: What changed — and who’s still angry?
Apple has changed its App Store fee structure in the EU in a move to further satisfy the requirements of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). While critics
Chinese Start-Up Lands Reusable Rocket for the First Time
The milestone by the private company, LandSpace, could put China closer to challenging SpaceX’s rule in lower-cost spaceflight.
Stripe Buys A.I. Start-Up OpenRouter for $7.5 Billion
The deal is significant for the artificial intelligence industry, uniting Stripe’s payments business with OpenRouter’s helping businesses direct their spending on A.I. models.
Google is giving college students a free year of AI Pro, and a raft of study tools
Google is rolling out a wave of study tools across Search and Gemini for the new school year. It is also giving eligible college students
A British AI-chip startup is raising at $6.5bn after an Anthropic deal
Fractile, a British startup building chips for artificial intelligence, is in advanced talks to raise money at a valuation more than six times what it