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Gemini for Google Home can now use your cameras to trigger automations

Google Home is rolling out a new Gemini-powered automation feature that can trigger smart home routines based on what your security cameras can see. This is one of several updates announced yesterday for Gemini for Home, including enhanced voice command support and general stability improvements, following its early access launch in October. “We are introducing […]

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ByteDance is building its own CPUs on Arm and RISC-V to feed its AI infrastructure

The TikTok parent is developing custom data-centre processors on two parallel architectures as Intel and AMD push prices up 10-35% a quarter and US export controls bite. ByteDance is developing its own central processing units to power the data centres behind its expanding AI infrastructure, according to a Reuters report on Thursday citing people familiar […]

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Musk walks back the Anthropic Colossus deal to a six-month lease

SpaceX did not commit to a multi-year lease of its Memphis Colossus 1 cluster to Anthropic, Elon Musk said on Wednesday, describing the agreement as 180 days with a 90-day mutual cancellation right. Elon Musk has clarified that SpaceX did not commit to a multi-year lease of its Colossus 1 data centre to Anthropic, contradicting […]

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A Google employee allegedly used inside information to win $1.2 million on Polymarket 

Federal prosecutors charged a Google employee with fraud after he allegedly made $1.2 million on Polymarket bets related to Search-related trends in 2025, as reported earlier by ABC News. In their now-unsealed complaint, prosecutors allege that Michele Spagnuolo “knew the outcome of these wagers before the trading public did because he had accessed Google’s confidential, […]

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Apple’s newest iPad Air is up to $100 off for the first time

If you want an iPad that’s more powerful than the entry-level model but less expensive than the iPad Pro, the latest iPad Air is the one to buy, and it’s down to one its best prices to date. The 11-inch Air with 128GB of storage and Wi-Fi connectivity is available at Amazon starting at $519.99 […]

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Facebook launches a ‘Plus’ subscription that gives you extra features

After announcing tests of premium subscriptions for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp earlier this year, TechCrunch and Bloomberg report that Meta is launching a global rollout over the next few weeks and is also starting to test subscriptions for Meta AI. With the new offerings, Meta joins many other tech companies in changing up its subscription plans […]

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Sony’s first RGB TV is a statement piece

The first wave of RGB LED TVs are fighting for their spot in the TV hierarchy. They need to outperform OLED TVs in brightness and color (because they’ll never match OLED’s contrast), and they need to outperform regular LED TVs in everything (because their price is so much higher). It’s now time for Sony to […]

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Germany and Spain push back on Brussels’ plans to ban Huawei gear bloc-wide

Berlin and Madrid are resisting the European Commission’s push for binding legislation on Huawei and ZTE, citing Beijing-retaliation risk and the cost of AI-infrastructure build-out. Germany and Spain are leading opposition inside the European Council to the European Commission’s draft plan to ban Huawei and ZTE equipment from EU telecom networks at the bloc level. […]

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YouTube is putting AI labels where you’ll actually see them

In the wake of Google expanding its AI verification efforts at I/O, YouTube is now finally going to start taking AI labeling seriously. YouTube has announced that it’s relocating AI disclosures on Shorts and long-form videos to make them easier to spot and will start automatically identifying and labeling AI-generated content on the platform. For […]

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Xreal’s budget AR glasses feature anti-shake tech and swappable frames

Augmented reality wearables provider Xreal has launched a new “X By Xreal” (XBX) sub-brand, with its first customizable, lightweight smart glasses coming to the US in July. The new a01 AR glasses will be available starting at $299, featuring a “highly stable anti-shake mode” and interchangeable front frames. While the a01 lacks the degrees-of-freedom (DoF) […]

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