Jack Dorsey is reportedly preparing to take on Slack in a space that’s already crowded with workplace messaging apps—but Buzz’s pitch suggests it wants to change the rules of the game rather than simply compete on features. The product, described…
For years, the entertainment internet looked like a set of neatly labeled shelves. Music lived here. Video lived there. Podcasts were over there. Audiobooks had their own corner, and short-form social clips were basically a different planet. Even when platforms…
Substack is adding a new layer of “reader verification” to its platform—one that’s aimed less at fact-checking and more at authorship signals. Starting with a rollout across the web and the iOS app, Substack will let readers scan posts, notes,…
Electricity is quietly becoming the limiting factor for the digital economy. For years, the conversation around data centers has focused on compute capacity, cooling efficiency, and the pace at which cloud providers can build new facilities. But a new wave…
Google’s latest Gemini release is less about a single “big new model” and more about a deliberate reshaping of how the company wants people to think about AI capability. This week, Google introduced three new additions to its Gemini lineup:…
A federal judge has given final approval to Anthropic’s $1.5 billion class action settlement with authors who alleged the company trained its AI models using copyrighted books without permission. The decision, issued in an order dated Monday by U.S. District…
The United States is weighing a new pressure point in its long-running effort to slow China’s momentum in artificial intelligence: sanctions aimed not at a single closed product, but at the open-style AI models themselves. In remarks attributed to U.S.…
Google has introduced Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber, a new AI model aimed squarely at one of cybersecurity’s most expensive and time-consuming realities: finding vulnerabilities quickly, then helping teams patch them before attackers do. The announcement, published by DeepMind in a…
The UK’s AI policy moment has arrived with a familiar political twist: leadership is changing, responsibilities are being rearranged, and the tech sector is watching closely to see whether momentum will be protected—or quietly diluted. Industry figures have broadly welcomed…
Deezer has thrown a spotlight on how fast generative AI is reshaping music distribution. In a new update, the streaming platform says that in June, more than 90,000 AI-generated tracks were uploaded every day—and that AI content now accounts for…
When Halliday first showed up with its smart glasses at CES 2025, the pitch sounded like the kind of thing that could finally make “AI on your face” feel practical. The reality, at least in the demo I tried, was…
National Grid’s decision to commit $1.75bn to a US developer built around supplying power to data centres is being framed as a straightforward bet on the next wave of AI infrastructure. But the deeper story is about how electricity markets,…