Opera users can already rely on the capabilities of OpenAI's large language models (LLMs) whenever they use the browser's Aria built-in AI assistant. But now, the company has also teamed up with Google to integrate its Gemini AI models into Ari…
Continue reading "Opera is adding Google’s Gemini AI to its browser"ICQ, which used to be a very popular messaging app for a short period in the 90s and the early aughts, only has a month left before it joins the other apps and software of old in the great big farm in the sky. It will stop working on June 26, according…
Continue reading "Uh-oh: ICQ is shutting down on June 26"The families of the shooting victims at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas have sued Call of Duty publisher Activision and Meta. They alleged that the companies "knowingly exposed the shooter to the weapon [he used], conditioned him to see it…
Continue reading "Meta and Activision face lawsuit by families of Uvalde school shooting victims"A SpaceX testing stand at the company's McGregor, Texas facilities went up in flames during a test of its Raptor 2 engines on the afternoon of May 23. According to NASASpaceflight, the engine had an anomaly that caused vapors to seep out and lead t…
Continue reading "SpaceX Raptor engine test ends in a fiery explosion"OpenAI will not enforce any nondisparagement agreement former employees had signed and will remove the language from its exit paperwork altogether, the company told Bloomberg. Vox recently reported that OpenAI was making exiting employees choose betwee…
Continue reading "OpenAI scraps controversial nondisparagement agreement with employees"Truecaller, a caller ID app that can block and record calls, has teamed up with Microsoft to give its users a way to create an AI assistant that uses their own voice. The company originally introduced its AI assistant that can answer and screen calls f…
Continue reading "Microsoft’s Azure AI Speech lets Truecaller users create an AI assistant with their own voice"OpenAI cast the actor of Sky's voice months before Sam Altman contacted Scarlett Johansson, and it had no intention of finding someone who sounded like her, according to The Washington Post. The publication said the flier OpenAI issued last year lo…
Continue reading "OpenAI didn’t intend to copy Scarlett Johansson’s voice, ‘The Washington Post’ reports"Meta has updated its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses to give it more hands-free capabilities, starting with a new feature that lets you share images as Instagram Stories without having to take out your phone. You can just say “Hey Meta, share my last photo …
Continue reading "Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses can now upload photos directly to Instagram Stories"Nintendo is buying (PDF) Florida-based studio Shiver Entertainment from the Embracer Group, which is splitting up its rather messy gaming empire and is letting go of certain assets. Shiver was founded in 2012 and is mostly known for working with publis…
Continue reading "Nintendo snaps up a studio known for its Switch ports"The tech startup Humane is seeking a buyer for its business, just a bit over a month since it released the AI Pin, according to Bloomberg. Engadget's Cherlynn Low described the AI Pin as a "wearable Siri button," because it's a small …
Continue reading "Wearable AI Pin maker Humane is reportedly seeking a buyer"