Android 17 Reaches Pixel Phones With Official Floating Windows
Google starts shipping Android 17 to Pixel phones and watches today, adding official floating Bubbles windows as the main visible change.
Apple released version 1B211 for the Beats Studio Buds to close a microphone-related security hole, while AirPods Pro models received separate firmware bumps with no listed changes.
NVIDIA XR AI enters public beta, giving developers tools to build multimodal agents that run on AR glasses and other XR hardware.
Copilot Cowork now runs complete long-running workflows and charges by actual consumption.
Apple released firmware 1B211 for the Beats Studio Buds to close a microphone vulnerability, while AirPods Pro models received a separate update without stated changes.
Snap positions its new see-through glasses as a wearable computer with AI context awareness, prescription lenses, and a claimed 115-inch virtual display.
Google published a short blog post highlighting three focus areas for the next Android release but supplied no concrete details.
Google's next wearable platform update introduces quicker information views and defers AI features to later this year on select hardware.
Feds mistook a plain request to fix code for a deliberate jailbreak attempt in the Fable 5 model, according to the paper's author.
Microsoft has released a new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop, both built around Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 chips.
Copilot Cowork exits preview with usage-based billing and support for complete long-running workflows.
Anthropic is seeking to address national security concerns after its Mythos and Fable models prompted an unexpected shift in White House rules.
Italy’s competition regulator has opened an antitrust investigation into Apple’s alleged preferencing of iCloud over rival cloud services.
Easing tensions in the Middle East are prompting investors to consider stocks outside the artificial intelligence names that have led gains for most of the year.
Wedbush analyst sees friction with the Trump administration, faster AI deal flow, and heavy losses at OpenAI ahead of its planned IPO.
Xbox is preparing another round of cuts at three established first-party studios as it attempts to reset its gaming operations.
Upstage CEO says American limits on advanced models make independent national AI systems essential.
Microsoft acquired the studio behind We Happy Few and South of Midnight in 2018, and fresh reports indicate it may now be shut down amid broader cuts.
Anthropic altered its Claude models to enforce stricter limits on surveillance and weapons applications, even after the Department of War sought broader legal access.
Microsoft is reportedly planning to shut several first-party Xbox studios as part of an internal reset.
Siri gains access to personal data across Mail, Messages, and Photos and gains reasoning capabilities that let it compete with standalone chatbots.
Salesforce has agreed to acquire the customer-messaging company formerly known as Intercom in a transaction valued at $3.6 billion.