AI can pass the Turing Test in live chats and appear more human than us. I am spooked now

A UC San Diego study found GPT-4.5 was judged human more often than real people in live chats, raising sharper questions about AI disclosure, trust, and online identity.

Google wants Gemini to help build the next big scientific breakthrough

Google’s Gemini for Science pushes AI beyond research summaries, with experimental tools for hypotheses, computational testing, and literature review. The bigger question is whether it can earn trust inside real labs.

Discord calls finally get end-to-end encryption, but your DMs didn’t make the cut 

Discord’s multi-year encryption project is done. Every call is now E2EE by default across consoles, mobile, and browsers. However, there’s a catch that you might want to know.

Microsoft is fixing one of the most baffling things about Windows 11 — ‘spam’ in search results

In an important – if long overdue – move, Windows 11 search is finally giving up spamming you with web results.

RTX 5060, RTX 5070, and even cheap gaming laptops just got great price cuts at Best Buy — including those with 32GB of RAM

I’ve rounded up all of the best gaming laptop deals in the early Best Buy Memorial Day sale — including options from just $749.

Spotting AI images is finally getting easier thanks to OpenAI and Google

OpenAI is teaming up with Google to make AI-generated images easier to spot using invisible watermarks, metadata, and a public verification tool you can use right now.

Google just gave Workspace a 24/7 AI agent that sends emails and books meetings while you sleep

Gmail Live answers inbox questions by voice, Docs Live turns rambling speech into structured documents, and Google Pics lets you edit one element of an image without touching the rest.

Gemini can now make videos, brief your morning, and do digital chores while you sleep

Google’s Gemini app is getting a major upgrade with cinematic video generation, morning briefs, richer answers, and a 24/7 agent that handles tasks.

Google Search is getting AI agents that will monitor the web for you

Google used I/O 2026 to announce a major overhaul of Search, adding background AI agents that monitor the web for you, a redesigned search box, and agentic coding that can build custom apps and dashboards on demand.