Innovation, AI & Digital Frontier
Bill would let Homeland Security chief decide when an AI should be shut down.
Big Tech Meta Instagram is now banning users who make creepy content with Meta glasses "We don't want people to be surreptitiously taking videos of other people." By Lawrence Bonk July 23, 2026 3:02 p...
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Until now, voice mode has only been available on Claude Haiku, Anthropic's faster but less powerful model. Now the company is making its Opus and Sonnet models available in voice mode, and extending i...
Weeks after OpenAI rolled out a new family of conversational models and updated ChatGPT’s voice mode , rival Anthropic is making its move to make Claude more voice-friendly with a new update. The comp...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Many gamers have been lamenting Sony's recently announced decision to halt sales of physical game discs in 2028. However, new data revealed by Ci...
The clip features the David Bowie track “Five Years,” which includes lyrics such as “Earth was really dying (dying).”
Today’s phone microphones are perfectly adept at picking up sound in all sorts of conditions, and they’re backed by all kinds of processing techniques to filter out noise and capture…read more
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News AI Claude's voice mode just got smarter And you can connect it to apps like Gmail and Slack. By Igor Bonifacic July 23, 2026 3:00 pm EST Anthropic Since last year, Anthropic has offered a voice m...
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Patreon is laying off 20 percent of its workers, or around 93 employees, as reported earlier by 404 Media. In a memo to employees, Patreon CEO Jack Conte writes that the company isn't making these cha...
Hackers are increasingly using AI to launch attacks on a massive scale, with email emerging as a primary target. AI can quickly aggregate personal information—such as information about coworkers, acti...
MSG’s sprawling surveillance system can monitor guests down to the second. Its owners made an exception for the pop star’s rehearsal dinner.
Wearables Here's why Chinese smartwatches like the Oppo Watch X3 are rarely sold in the US The device is ready; the business isn’t. By Will Shanklin July 23, 2026 2:30 pm EST Oppo The Oppo Watch X3 is...
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Gaming Bethesda accused of breaking Canadian labor laws with Montreal layoffs The fallout continues. By Anna Washenko July 23, 2026 2:01 pm EST Bethesda OneBSG, the union that represents game studio B...