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Meta made a Tamagotchi-like wearable for its Muse AI agent

Meta is developing Muse Charm, a Tamagotchi-like wearable device with a small screen and avatar, to provide continuous access to its Muse AI agent.

Feds Target AI Critics as "Foreign Agents"

The Trump administration and Justice Department are threatening criminal liability for AI critics, alleging that public opposition to AI and data centers is manufactured by China.

24 Sept8 min read

Meta Connect 2026: The 7 biggest announcements

Meta introduced new lightweight VR Glasses with a tethered compute puck and camera-free Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, alongside other AI features and design options.

24 Sept7 min read

Eight Sleep’s new Pod 6 comes in smaller and solo sizes, starting at $1,999

Eight Sleep launched its new Pod 6 device in smaller and solo sizes, starting at $1,999, featuring 9x more sensors for faster, granular temperature control and pet data filtering.

YouTube announces Custom Feeds, GIF comments, and ’Your podcast lineup’

YouTube introduces Custom Feeds for personalized content organization, GIF comments, and "Your podcast lineup" for AI-driven audio recommendations, enhancing user experience across its platform.

YouTube adds new creator tools like video A/B testing, dynamic thumbnails, and live dubbing

YouTube is introducing new AI-powered creator tools, including A/B testing for video cuts, dynamic thumbnails, and live auto-dubbing, aiming to enhance video performance and audience reach.

YouTube releases new AI features for creators within its Studio app

YouTube is expanding its Studio app with new AI features for creators, including enhanced analytics, AI-powered feedback on video drafts, and tools for generating and testing dynamic thumbnails.

23 Sept5 min read

YouTube Music adding corner access to ‘Ask Music’ with Gemini

YouTube Music will integrate Gemini's "Ask Music" feature, providing a top-right corner access point for conversational AI to customize queues and explore artist information.

23 Sept2 min read

YouTube’s new ‘Short Series’ feature brings episodic viewing to Shorts

YouTube's new "Shorts Series" feature allows creators to organize their short-form videos into episodic seasons, enabling continuous storytelling and competing with microdrama apps.

YouTube is building AI creator tools that do almost everything for them

YouTube is expanding its AI creator tools, introducing an AI agent that optimizes channels, generates thumbnails and titles, and offers video feedback to boost watch time.

US criticises Australia's proposed algorithm opt-out laws as 'censorship'

The United States criticizes Australia's proposed digital duty of care laws, which allow users to opt out of social media algorithms, arguing it constitutes censorship of protected speech.

OpenAI wants to consult elite mathematicians about how to not fumble again

OpenAI established an independent panel of nine elite mathematicians to advise the company and other AI firms on how to review and communicate emerging mathematical research results.

23 Sept8 min read

Nest Doorbell has been triggering Gemini’s American accent, no matter what language you speak; fix coming

Google's Gemini assistant is experiencing a bug where Nest Doorbell notifications trigger an American accent, regardless of the user's preferred language, with a fix reportedly in progress.

22 Sept3 min read

Paramount will need to release way more movies to make this merger work

Paramount's merger with Warner Bros. Discovery requires the combined studio to release a minimum of 30 films annually, a significant increase from their individual past outputs.

22 Sept5 min read

Snorkel AI triples valuation to $3.5B as demand for AI training data booms

Snorkel AI, a startup providing AI training datasets and simulated environments, achieved a $3.5 billion valuation after a $350 million Series E funding round, tripling its previous valuation.

22 Sept3 min read

AstroForge is putting AI in command of its next spacecraft

AstroForge is developing an autonomous AI control system named "Solo" for its asteroid mining spacecraft, aiming to reduce reliance on Earth-based flight controllers and overcome communication challenges.

22 Sept4 min read

Noble Carbon will show how it’s making EV charger installs painless at TechCrunch Disrupt

Noble Carbon developed smart circuit breakers that adjust power delivery to EV chargers and other appliances, enabling installation without expensive electrical panel upgrades.

22 Sept3 min read

Xbox is barely Xbox anymore

Microsoft's latest changes to its gaming division, including layoffs, studio consolidations, and the relocation of Halo development, signal a further retreat from the Xbox brand.

OpenAI is about to eat Jev's lunch – Arcturus Labs

OpenAI is positioned to replicate TypeSafe's Jev product, which uses large language models for classification, by leveraging its existing LLM capabilities and potentially integrating them into future models.

Jev – a curation of Jev demos on X, tools, skills, and integrations

Jev is TypeSafe AI's model for answering typed questions about text or JSON, designed for bounded decisions like routing or ranking, rather than generating new content.

22 Sept12 min read