Brothers Patrick and Ryan Coughlin, each with impressive careers in the tech industry (Patrick worked in national cyber defense, and at Splunk and Cisco; and Ryan with consumer products at Apple and Spotify), have launched a new kind of security startup. Savi Security seeks to protect everyday...
Meta and Snap rolled out new smart glasses last month, the latest sign that the industry is racing to put a camera and an AI assistant onto users’ faces. As the fast-growing market heats up, upstarts like Even Realities are muscling in on the giants. Even Realities, a three-year-old...
Gemini Spark, Google’s AI agent that can help with aspects of your digital life, is now available on Mac. The company said Spark is being added to the existing Gemini desktop app, as well as several updates and new features, including the ability to stay up...
WhatsApp announced a much-awaited feature: usernames, which will allow users to share their profiles without disclosing their phone number. However, WhatsApp will still require a phone number to create an account on the chat app. WhatsApp has been working on adding usernames for a few years, and...
Adobe said it is acquiring Topaz Labs, which offers AI models for video and image enhancement, and that it will make it a part of its creative business. Topaz Labs, which won an Emmy last year for its production tech, has existed for more than two decades,...
Doomscrolling on social media is a very common problem and can feel like an endless loop of constantly losing track of time. Instead of tackling this issue with strict limits, a new mindful screen time app called Mivo Scrolling is trying to shake things up. Mivo doesn’t look...
As Meta tries to catch up in the AI race and boost engagement with its AI bot, the company announced that it’s rolling out new AI features on Facebook that aim to change how users find information, create content, and interact with the platform. The headline update is...
As the rise of AI-generated music on streaming services continues, concerns are growing regarding how AI companies use copyrighted material to train their models, as well as how potential manipulations in streaming systems could lead to fraud. However, many music streaming services have yet to...
Meta is doubling down on its subscription offerings. The social networking giant announced it’s now rolling out its consumer subscription plans globally for its flagship apps, Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, and beginning tests of new subscriptions for businesses, creators, and Meta AI users. For a...
In Spotify’s rapidly evolving quest to become the home of everything audio-related, the company announced that it’s bringing narrated long-form magazine articles to its app. The articles will be available to Premium subscribers as part of their 15 hours of audiobook listening time per month. Free users can opt...
