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A couple of days ago, I covered Meta’s announcement of the Muse Image, an AI tool that lets users generate images based on someone’s Instagram profile without asking the account owner.  I also highlighted the risks associated with it in another piece, along with steps for opting out. Three days later, the feature is no longer available.  Statement from Meta:Earlier this week, we announced that one way for people to generate images in Meta AI is by @-mentioning public Instagram accounts that they want to reference. Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control…

Apple’s foldable iPhone is getting closer to its September announcement. Despite rumors of a delay, a recent report claimed that Foxconn is hiring temporary workers to ramp up production of the Ultra. Now we have a number for one of its most important specs: the battery. I’ll be honest: when I saw the battery figure, my reaction was somewhere between “that works” and “I was hoping for more.” So what exactly does the battery leak tell us? Leaker Digital Chat Station shared a Weibo post citing a regulatory filing from Apple’s battery supplier listing two cell capacities: 1,921mAh and 2,962mAh.…

Developers spend a surprising amount of time bouncing between their code editor, browser tabs, API documentation, GitHub issues, and design files. Anthropic thinks Claude Code should simply do all of that without constantly asking users to switch windows. The company has announced a new in-app browser for Claude Code on desktop, allowing its AI coding assistant to open websites, read documentation, inspect designs, and interact with web pages directly from within the application. A browser built into Claude Code According to Anthropic’s documentation, the Browser pane functions as a fully tabbed browser that sits alongside a developer’s workspace. Claude can…

Remember when Google Voice was just that free number you used to dodge spam calls? It’s come a long way since then, and today it’s taking its biggest leap yet: letting Gemini quietly sit in on your calls and handle the note-taking for you. How does AI note taking work on calls? The “Take notes for me” feature, already popular on Google Meet, is now coming to Voice. During any active call, you can tap Notes to start recording and transcription. Everyone on the call will hear an audio disclosure confirming the call is being recorded and captured by AI,…

Earlier this week, Meta announced two new AI products, namely, Muse Image and Muse Video. As the name suggests, these are generative AI tools for making photos and video clips using natural language text prompts. Soon after their rollout commenced, these tools sparked controversy because Meta had automatically opted in Instagram users, allowing others to use their publicly posted media and convert them into remixed AI content. But it appears that Meta courted another loss on its side of the court. What’s the problem? Alongside its new AI tools, Meta introduced something called Content Seal, which serves as an invisible…

If you ever thought that your text messages were missing the panache, you might want to check out this new app on the block. Instead of sending a boring wall of text or a voice message, Pixi Garden allows you to send animated AI characters that deliver your message with style.  What exactly is a Pixi Garden? A Pixi is essentially a smart, animated 3D character that you drop straight into someone’s DM instead of typing out a message. Instead of reading your text, the person on the other end watches this character walk in, put on a little performance,…

XREAL announced its lower-cost xbx sub-brand earlier this year, and its first product is now available in the U.S. The xbx a01+ costs $299 through XREAL’s online store, putting it below the company’s more expensive AR glasses. The a01+ is mainly built for watching videos, playing games, or using a laptop on a large virtual screen. It connects to compatible phones, handheld consoles, and computers over USB-C, so it works more like a wearable display than a standalone headset. What does the a01+ actually offer? The glasses use dual-layer Micro-OLED displays running at up to 120Hz, along with HDR10 support…

As modern homes become more sealed and indoor living becomes more intensive, healthy air is becoming a practical home comfort issue rather than a niche wellness concern.   With remote work keeping more residents indoors for extended stretches, heightened focus on indoor air cleanliness has intensified amid seasonal pollen surges, wildfire haze and other outdoor contaminants. In response, a growing number of companies, including Cozeware, are exploring ways to bring fresh outdoor air indoors without requiring costly renovations or permanent installation, particularly for apartment dwellers and renters.  Spiked indoor CO₂ concentrations, pet dander and wildfire smoke infiltration can constantly degrade living comfort, yet most standard air solutions fail apartment and…

By Larisa Tseng The future of defense won’t be decided by who builds the fastest interceptor or fields the biggest fleet of autonomous systems. It will come down to who can turn raw information into a decision people can actually trust, and do it first. Larisa Tseng Across defense and public safety, the whole idea of operational security is shifting. Commercial drones are now cheap, capable, and everywhere. A drone can run reconnaissance, monitor infrastructure, jam communications, drop a payload, or quietly gather intelligence well before a traditional security system even notices something is wrong. That reality has changed how…

Meta is in big trouble with the European Union over how addictive its apps are, and this time it could cost the company big. The European Commission announced today that Meta breached the Digital Services Act, a law that requires large online platforms to assess and reduce the risks tied to their design. The Commission’s preliminary findings specifically called out Instagram and Facebook features like infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and personalized recommendations, which are the tools that keep you glued to your screen for hours. Why does the EU think Meta’s apps are addictive? According to the Commission, Meta…