The US ban on foreign-made advanced robotic devices targets more than just futuristic humanoid machines. It also reaches into people’s homes by covering robot vacuums, too. As PCMag reports, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has confirmed that the newly announced ban, which stems from a White House order, covers both robot vacuums and robot lawn mowers. In announcing the […]
After people used Nano Banana 2 in Google Earth to make misleading images, Google is rolling it back “while we work on implementing stronger guardrails.” Google had originally integrated its Nano Banana 2 image model into Google Earth, pitching it as a way to visualize a location’s past or future using natural language prompts. However, users had the ability […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Spotify is doubling down on its AI push with a new dedicated chatbot that creates custom playlists and answers questions about songs, audiobooks, podcasts, and your listening history. As PCMag reports, the “Talk to Spotify” prompt bar is now available on the Home and Now Playing pages for Premium subscribers in select regions. To get […]
Apple is suing OpenAI for alleged trade secret theft, accusing the company and two staffers of stealing the iPhone maker’s confidential information to help build its own hardware. “As a natural result, OpenAI’s nascent hardware business now rests on the shakiest of foundations, rotten to its core by its illegal reliance on misappropriated trade secrets,” […]