Category: Tech Made Simple

OpenAI’s not the only one with rogue AI: Anthropic Says Claude Hacked 3 Organizations

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Anthropic has discovered that Claude AI models unknowingly “gained unauthorized access to the real systems of three different organizations.” As PCMag reports, prompted by OpenAI’s disclosure that its internal models had escaped a sandboxed test environment and breached the open-source machine learning model platform Hugging Face, Anthropic reviewed “141,006 evaluation runs where Claude could have obtained internet access.” It found […]

ChatGPT Health is Officially Available for All US Users

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ChatGPT Health is officially here for all signed-in US users, allowing them to share their medical records and health data to better inform chatbot responses. As PCMag reports, OpenAI says over 300 million people ask ChatGPT health-related questions every week, so these tools are built to offer more informed, personalized AI-based advice by learning as much as possible about […]

Anyone in the US with an AI Pro subscription can Now use Gemini Spark… for Free!

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Gemini Spark was one of the most exciting announcements at I/O 2026, unveiling what Google calls a “24/7 personal agent,” but until now, it has been locked to an expensive subscription tier. Now, Google is allowing anyone in the US with an AI Pro subscription to use Gemini Spark. As PCMag reports, the feature is rolling out in […]

Xbox Tests Ad-Supported Cloud Streaming

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Microsoft is testing ad-supported Xbox games, giving consumers a free way to play in exchange for viewing a commercial. As PCMag reports, the test, announced on July 23, involves streaming select games over the internet to supported devices. For now, it’s limited to those in the Xbox Insider program, which offers early access to beta features and upcoming […]

Some of the Biggest Names in the Tech World have shared an Open Letter in Support of Open-Weight AI Models

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On Friday, any hopes AI tech reporters may have had about easing quietly into the weekend were dashed by some of the biggest names in the business sharing an open letter in support of open-weight AI models — published while the White House accused China of ‘large scale’ theft from US companies in building its […]

JBL Shows Off Headphones as a Fashion Accessory for Personal Style with JBL Live 780NC

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JBL is making a case for headphones as personal style, and has doubled down on its cultural moment with the launch of the JBL Live 780NC — the hero product at the center of its expansive new global headphones campaign. As Hypebae reports, born from over 80 years of professional sound engineering, JBL built its reputation […]

Meta Now Alerts Parents if their Kids Discuss Suicide or Self-Harm with AI Chatbots

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Meta will now alert parents if their teenager discusses suicide or self-harm with its AI chatbot.  As PCMag reports, the company already directs teen users to a crisis hotline or advises them to talk to a parent if signs of self-harm pop up in a chatbot conversation. However, Meta has now developed a new alert […]

What’s New about Starlink’s V5 Dish (and What’s Not)

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Starlink’s new V5 dish won’t offer increased internet speeds, but it does feature upgrades that reduce the hardware’s weight, size, and power consumption, according to SpaceX.  As PCMag reports, Starlink.com was updated last week with new pages about the next-generation dish, shortly after the information was added to the Starlink mobile app. The product follows the current V4 […]