The tech backlash is now in theaters
The tech backlash is now in theaters

Though movies about disruptive tech founders are nothing new, 2026 has been unusually stacked with features that take a much more critical look at how Silicon Valley is reshaping our reality. Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning frames Mark Zuckerberg as a robotic villain whose ambitions are destabilizing society. Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s You Can […]

Trump posts AI-edited photo to brag about White House restoration work
Trump posts AI-edited photo to brag about White House restoration work

President Donald Trump posted a series of photos on Truth Social showing off renovations to the White House – but one of them appears to be modified with AI. The picture, which compares an old White House column to a “restored” one, has several discrepancies and was flagged by Google’s AI detector as “made or […]

Google Rolls Out Its Universal Cart Shopping Tool

The Universal Cart tracks stock availability and price drops, but you’ll need to shop on Google first.

Qualcomm Vs. Arm: The Jury Verdict Is In. Who Came Out On Top?

The jury delivered a mixed verdict, but the most consequential questions about licensing, competitive conduct and remedies remain with the judge.

5 Great Healthcare Solutions To Make You Feel Better About AI

Despite AI safety concerns, rigorously tested healthcare AI is improving patient care through safer triage, medication guidance, follow-ups, clinical checks, and proactive screenings.

Stanford Center For AI Safety Takes Mindful Stock Of Preeminent AI Safety Challenges

Stanford’s 2026 AI Safety Summit explored risks from AI agents, new approaches to testing AI systems and the challenges of making AI safer and more trustworthy.

Meta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs

Meta and Apple have teamed up for the launch of the social media giant’s newest model, Muse Spark Open, which will run locally on Apple silicon.

Bluesky’s AI tool now lets you make games and apps to share on social
Bluesky’s AI tool now lets you make games and apps to share on social

Bluesky’s Attie AI tool, which initially launched earlier this year as a way to use AI to build your own feeds, now lets you make “small” social apps like games, polls, and dashboards that you can then share with others as their own websites. In an interview at TechCrunch Disrupt, Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider said […]

Amazon devices chief Panos Panay sees a future where AI devices replace the need to use apps

Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt, Amazon devices chief Panos Panay described a future where ambient AI devices work in the background, anticipating users’ needs instead of waiting for commands.

Anthropic is letting METR researchers look under the hood with employee-level access

METR will publish its own assessments of Anthropic’s risks, incidents, and practices, and the frontier AI model maker has given up the right to block them.