As the federal government and Google work through potential remedies for the company’s illegal monopoly over online search, OpenAI is interested in purchasing the Chrome browser, should the court order it be sold off to loosen Google’s grip on the market. According to Bloomberg, Nick Turley, OpenAI’s head of product for ChatGPT, signaled the AI […]
Waymo’s Driverless Cars Revealed to Be Narcs as Cops Use Them to Probe Crimes
Well, that didn’t take long. Cops are now using videos recorded by Waymo self-driving cars to assist them in their investigations. If you live in a city where robotaxis are prevalent (i.e. San Francisco or Los Angeles), this likely means you have a good shot at inadvertently ending up in the background of some sort […]
Meta Pissed Off Everyone With Poorly Redacted Docs
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is in the middle of a fight to maintain its social media monopoly-like status, and it’s not making many friends along the way. According to The Verge, the company got an earful in the form of lawyer-submitted smackdowns from fellow tech giants who were less than thrilled over the fact that Meta’s […]
Google’s Powerful AI Video Generator Veo 2 Just Got a Lot More Accessible
If you’ve watched a lot of those horrible AI movie trailers and other weird and disturbing but occasionally cool AI videos than you might already be familiar with Veo 2. The video model from Google is shockingly capable of creating realistic video clips from practically nothing. It’s been available to use for months via Google […]
Google’s Pixel Watch 4 Could Ditch the Pins for Wireless Charging
Good for Google! It has found its Apple Watch equivalent. The Pixel Watch 4, which we expect later this year, is already trudging through the rumor mill. Google has purportedly made some nice tweaks to it. However, most of the changes are minimal. They remind me of how Apple updates the Apple Watch every year, […]
Google Showed Off Advanced AR Glasses That May Never Leave the Lab
All the usual suspects of big tech are engaged in a not-so-secret arms race to be the first to develop mass-market augmented reality glasses. We already know Google teamed up with Samsung to develop an Android-centric pair of glasses, but the company recently showed off another device to a small audience at the TED2025 conference, […]
Arkansas Judge Kills Social Media Age Verification Law, Says It Violates the First Amendment
A judge in Arkansas has shut down the state’s law requiring some social networks to verify the ages of those in the state to create an account and ensure that minors have parental permission. Judge Timothy L. Brooks ruled the law, dubbed the Social Media Safety Act, was too broad as to violate the First […]
Google Is Closing Up Android Development, but It’s Not What You Think
The writing has been on the wall as Google has slowly moved away from Android as the core product and toward the bright light of artificial intelligence. This week’s news about how Google plans to change how it develops the operating system seems to seal the deal. Android Authority confirmed that Google plans to take […]
Android Auto Now Has Gaming Features in Effort to Ape Tesla
After replacing Google Assistant with Gemini, Google’s next big plan for Android Auto is to let you play a cartoon arcade racing game inside your full-sized sedan. The next update to Android Auto 14.1 is adding a select few games you can play on your car’s touchscreen. Before you ask, yes, it’s only available while […]
Apple Snoozed, so Now It Might Lose Google as Its Default Search Engine (and $22 Billion a Year)
We’ve all overslept an alarm or missed a deadline, but has it ever cost you $20 billion? According to Ars Technica, it may have just happened to Apple, which apparently suffered from some decision paralysis that pissed off a federal judge and might cost the company its lucrative agreement with Google to make the company’s […]