Microsoft unveils huge spending expansion in Middle East, with new multi-billion dollar sums going to Gulf States
Microsoft unveils huge spending expansion in Middle East, with new multi-billion dollar sums going to Gulf States

Acknowledging the region’s transformation, Microsoft commits $10bn+ to strengthen resilience and local infrastructure.

Google’s creepy new Gemini Live Avatars want to try and make online support bots feel more human
Google’s creepy new Gemini Live Avatars want to try and make online support bots feel more human

Gemini wants its business users to add avatars to customer experiences to make interactions feel more… human?

Cloud and AI bills looking a bit high? Your AI agents may have been let loose and run up huge spending costs
Cloud and AI bills looking a bit high? Your AI agents may have been let loose and run up huge spending costs

Many enterprises don’t have the safeguards in place to prevent AI from using excessive compute, tokens and more.

Smart glasses were being used to secretly film women 12 years ago
Smart glasses were being used to secretly film women 12 years ago

12 years ago Google Glass arrived and so did the privacy concerns. We don’t seem to have learned very much since then.

OpenAI admits ChatGPT in Siri was ‘dramatically underperforming’
OpenAI admits ChatGPT in Siri was ‘dramatically underperforming’

OpenAI says usage of Apple Intelligence was minimal and its ChatGPT tie-in ‘persistently’ underperformed.

Microsoft is reportedly no longer censoring ‘Microslop’ posts on Discord
Microsoft is reportedly no longer censoring ‘Microslop’ posts on Discord

Microsoft is reportedly no longer censoring ‘Microslop’ posts — but if it’s hopeful the term will die off now, it can think again.

I asked Meta’s Muse AI to save me $1,000
I asked Meta’s Muse AI to save me $1,000

I tried Meta’s #MuseMoneyChallenge to see if its AI agent could save me $1,000, but my much more realistic result came to about $35

Meta just announced an AI Tamagotchi — this is Muse Charm
Meta just announced an AI Tamagotchi — this is Muse Charm

Mark Zuckerberg closed out Meta Connect 2026 with one more thing, the Muse Charm, which puts the ever-popular personalized AI assistant in the palm of your hand.

No internet, no problem: Tether just released free AI translation models that work offline on your phone and laptop
No internet, no problem: Tether just released free AI translation models that work offline on your phone and laptop

Tether has released offline translation models supporting 19 African and 9 European languages, with processing handled directly on phones and laptops.