Google is significantly reshaping how people manage email as Gmail enters what the company calls its Gemini era, introducing a wave of AI-powered features designed to reduce inbox overload and surface the information that matters most.  With more than 3 billion users relying on Gmail daily, Google is positioning the inbox not just as a place to read messages, but as a proactive assistant that understands tasks, context, and priorities. The updates include a new AI Inbox, exp

Google is continuing to expand the role of artificial intelligence in education with a new Gemini-powered feature in Google Classroom that allows teachers to turn traditional lessons into podcast-style audio episodes.  Designed to increase student engagement and comprehension, the tool taps into the growing popularity of podcasts, particularly among younger audiences who increasingly consume information through audio formats. By offering lessons in a conversational, on-deman

Sony is exploring a new way to help players overcome frustrating moments in modern video games through a patented feature often referred to as an “AI Ghost”.  According to multiple reports, the company has filed a patent for an AI-driven system that can either guide players through difficult sections of a game or temporarily take control and complete those sections on their behalf (Yahoo Tech; Mandatory; PC Gamer). As games continue to grow more complex and time-intensive, S

At CES 2026, AMD made a strong statement about the future of personal computing by positioning artificial intelligence as a built-in, everyday feature rather than a niche capability.  Chair and CEO Lisa Su opened the company’s keynote with a clear message: AI is for everyone, and AI-powered PCs are central to how people will work, create, and play going forward. To support that vision, AMD unveiled a broad lineup of new processors, platforms, and software designed to push AI

Ahead of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Plaud has unveiled its latest AI-powered notetaking hardware, the Plaud NotePin S, alongside a new desktop application designed to capture and structure notes from digital meetings. The launch signals a clear expansion of Plaud’s strategy, moving beyond in-person recording tools and into a broader ecosystem that blends wearable hardware with software-based meeting intelligence (Yahoo Tech). Plaud originally entered

Mozilla has appointed Anthony Enzor-DeMeo as its new CEO at a critical moment for the browser industry, as artificial intelligence begins to reshape how people interact with the internet.  After years of relative stability dominated by Firefox, Google Chrome, and Apple’s Safari, a new generation of competitors including Perplexity, Arc, OpenAI, and Opera is pushing AI directly into browsers. These companies are positioning the browser as the first point of contact between us

Cashmere sweaters have become widely available at surprisingly low prices, offering consumers access to a fiber prized for its softness, warmth, and lightweight feel. But behind these bargains is a growing sustainability problem.  Cashmere comes from the fine undercoat of specific goat breeds, and each goat typically produces only four to six ounces of usable fiber per year through two shearings. As demand has surged and prices have fallen, herders have been pressured to she

Amazon is rolling out a new AI-powered feature for Kindle readers that promises to make following books easier, especially for those tackling dense classics or complex novels with sprawling casts.  The feature, called Ask This Book , is now available to users in the US through the Kindle iOS app and allows readers to highlight any passage and ask questions directly within the book. Instead of leaving the page to search for explanations, readers can instantly ask about plot p

Google is expanding its AI powered virtual try on feature, making it easier for shoppers to see how clothes might look on them without needing a full body photo.  Announced this week, the update allows users to upload just a selfie to generate a full length digital version of themselves for virtual clothing try ons. Previously, users had to upload a full body image, which could be inconvenient or limiting. With this new approach, Google uses Nano Banana, its Gemini 2.5 Flash

Nvidia is developing new location tracking software for its AI chips at a time when concerns about smuggling and unauthorized use in China are escalating.  According to multiple reports, the company has created location verification technology capable of identifying the country where a chip is operating by measuring computing performance and analyzing delays in communication between servers, which can reveal geographic distance. The feature draws on the confidential computin

Amazon’s Ring video doorbells are beginning to do something that, until recently, felt like science fiction: recognize the people who walk up to your front door.  The company is now rolling out an AI powered facial recognition feature called “Familiar Faces” to Ring device owners in the United States, after first announcing it in September (TechCrunch). The promise is convenience and better home awareness, but the rollout is already triggering loud concerns about privacy, su

Anthropic is pushing AI coding assistants into the place developers already live all day: team chat.  On December 8, 2025, the company announced a beta “research preview” that brings Claude Code into Slack, letting developers delegate real coding tasks directly from a conversation thread instead of bouncing between Slack and an IDE. The shift matters because the competitive edge is starting to look less like raw model quality and more like workflow ownership, meaning who can

OpenAI appears poised to accelerate the release of its next major ChatGPT model as the competition in generative AI tightens.  According to reporting cited by multiple outlets, OpenAI plans to unveil GPT 5.2 this week, earlier than its original late December target, after CEO Sam Altman reportedly declared a “code red” internally in response to Google’s Gemini 3 launch last month (TechBuzz). While OpenAI has not publicly confirmed unreleased product timelines, the company ty

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is reportedly exploring an unusually literal way to scale artificial intelligence: putting parts of its computing infrastructure in space.  According to reporting summarized by multiple outlets, Altman has shown interest in building a space oriented business not to pursue Mars colonization, but to support AI data centers that could draw abundant solar energy and potentially reduce the environmental burden that earthbound facilities create (Smith; “Sam A

Opera is rolling out a major expansion of its browser-based artificial intelligence, introducing a new generation of AI tools across Opera One, Opera GX and Opera Neon that will now be freely available to more than 80 million users worldwide.  This upgrade is the result of Opera’s deepened partnership with Google, which brings the latest Gemini models directly into the browser environment. By integrating AI at the browser level rather than relying on standalone chat interfac

OpenAI is reportedly working on a new large language model codenamed “Garlic,” a move that signals just how quickly the competitive balance in AI can shift.  According to reporting based on The Information, OpenAI’s Chief Research Officer Mark Chen told colleagues the model has been testing strongly inside the company, especially on coding and reasoning tasks, where it was described as performing well against Google’s Gemini 3 and Anthropic’s Opus 4.5. (Bakolia; “OpenAI De

Nvidia is accelerating its push into what it calls physical AI by unveiling new open AI models and developer tools designed to advance autonomous driving and robotics research.  The centerpiece of this launch is Alpamayo R1, an open reasoning vision language model that the company describes as the first action-oriented model tailored specifically for autonomous driving. By combining visual perception with language-based reasoning, Alpamayo R1 allows vehicles to interpret the

The artificial intelligence hardware market has long been defined by Nvidia’s dominance, but new developments from Qualcomm and Alphabet suggest the landscape may be shifting.  With a market cap exceeding $4.4 trillion, Nvidia has reached a level of influence rivalled historically only by corporations built to run colonial trade empires. Its GPUs became the gold standard not just for gaming and crypto mining, but also for powering the deep-learning boom thanks to a combinati

Anthropic has introduced Claude Opus 4.5, a significant upgrade to its most capable AI model and one built specifically to excel at coding, professional workflows, and long-running agent tasks.  Released shortly after updates to Google’s Gemini 3 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.1, the new model takes a different approach by focusing less on flashy content generation and more on dependable workplace performance (CNET). Anthropic says Opus 4.5 is designed for getting real work done, buildi

Apple’s next major iPhone software release, iOS 27, appears to mark a shift in strategy as the company prioritizes stability, efficiency, and meaningful AI enhancements instead of bold visual changes.  After the sweeping Liquid Glass redesign introduced with iOS 26, the upcoming update is being shaped with a philosophy similar to macOS Snow Leopard, a release remembered for refining performance rather than reinventing features. According to reporting from Mark Gurman, Apple’