The internet is full of curious projects, but Apocalypse Early Warning System might be one of the most curious. It takes a semi tongue-in-cheek approach to alerting us to the end of the world. It…
“AI” infecting everything is the theme of 2026, so much so that even Microsoft is scaling things back a bit. But don’t tell that to MSI. Apparently, they saw Razer’s slop-powered anime girls back at…
Voice chatting with today’s AI can feel as stilted as an old-school CB radio exchange, where you’re forced to take turns as you talk. “Hey ChatGPT, let’s talk about the movies! Over.” “Sure Ben, what…
The internet today has a permissions problem. As non-humans — chatbots, AI agents and automated systems — have proliferated on the web, so has the need to provide them with credentials, permissions, and identities. That’s…
Perplexity just opened up its Comet browser to users beyond its paid subscription service, albeit with a lot of paywalled features. But every longstanding browser (with one notable exception) seems to be cramming “AI” into…
During a press conference on Monday, Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, showed off a Huawei smartphone that China’s President Xi Jinping gifted him, calling it “the best phone in the world,” and making a bold claim.…
Enlarge / Kevin Scott, CTO and EVP of AI at Microsoft speaks onstage during Vox Media’s 2023 Code Conference at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel on September 27, 2023 in Dana Point, California. During an interview…