2025-03-05

Facebook scammers want you to think Elon Musk can cure diabetes

Elon Musk discovered a simple 30-second “fridge trick” that can reverse diabetes, but the discovery has spooked pharmaceutical companies so much they put a $78 million bounty on his head, forcing [...]

2025-05-20

Google I/O 2025 recap: AI updates, Android XR, Google Beam and everything else announced at the annual keynote

Today is one of the most important days on the tech calendar as Google kicked off its I/O developer event with its annual keynote. As ever, the company had many updates for a wide range of products to [...]

2025-05-19

Google I/O 2025: New Android 16, Gemini AI and everything else to expect at Tuesday's keynote

Google I/O, the search giant's annual developer conference, kicks off on Tuesday, May 20. The event is arguably the most important on the company's annual calendar, offering the opportunity [...]

2025-03-18

Roku testing auto-play video ads before loading the home screen

Roku has begun running video ads that automatically play before loading the home screen, as reported by Ars Technica. This is impacting owners of Roku-branded smart TVs and streaming sticks, so long a [...]

2025-05-18

Netflix has figured out a way to make ads even worse using AI

Netflix will embrace AI-generated ads, whether we like it or not. The streaming service will roll out AI-generated ads in 2026 that will play in the middle of a show or whenever users hit pause for it [...]

2025-04-27

Meta’s AI chatbots were reportedly able to engage in sexual conversations with minors

Meta’s AI chatbots were caught having sexual roleplay conversations with accounts labeled as underage, which sometimes involved its celebrity-voiced chatbots, according to a report from the Wall Str [...]

2025-02-25

Microsoft is testing a 'free with ads' version of Office

A free version of Microsoft Office for Windows might be on its way. Microsoft has been silently testing an ad-supported version of Office reported Beebom. Free versions are currently only available on [...]

2025-01-24

Meta begins a ‘small test’ of ads on Threads

In its year-and-a-half of existence, one of the things that’s set Threads apart from Meta’s other apps is that the service has been entirely free of the advertising that fills up just about every [...]

2025-05-23

The Morning After: Google I/O’s biggest announcements want to keep you Googling

Google I/O 2025 happened earlier this week, and while there was no new hardware to speak of, the company barraged developers with new AI announcements, search features and bafflingly pricy subscriptio [...]