Apple is reportedly testing an AI tool called Live Notes that records and summarizes conversations at the Genius Bar, Apple’s in‑store technical support. Per Bloomberg’s notable Apple insider Mark Gurman, the system listens to discussions between customers and technicians and then generates a text transcript and short summary that staff can see on their iPads. […]

Late last week, 1Password introduced a unique integration with Claude that lets the AI sign in to third-party websites using your stored credentials. The integration is said to be able to do this without seeing your passwords or OTPs. Claude triggers 1Password when you give it a prompt that requires a third-party account to fulfill. […]

Zillow, the real estate technology company, doesn’t get one conversation with its customers. They move from a phone screen to a loan officer to a real estate agent, sometimes over months or years, and expect the context to follow them. A single chatbot could never carry that thread. At VB Transform 2026, Zillow SVP of […]

Presented by Atlassian Most companies are approaching AI adoption backwards by optimizing how individuals use AI instead of how teams work together, said Dr. Molly Sands, head of the Teamwork Lab at Atlassian, during a fireside chat with VentureBeat senior technology contributor Sam Witteveen at VB Transform 2026. Sands leads a team of behavioral scientists […]

Software support for the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro ends soon The Android QPR1 will be the final update for these phones They were first launched by Google back in October 2021 If you’re rocking a Google Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro, launched in October 2021, then your five years of software updates […]

One of the lucky early buyers of a Steam Machine has been unlucky enough to encounter a red warning LED on the front panel. Unfortunately, that red light indicates a GPU failure, meaning the buyer will have to send it back. They’ll get it repaired and returned, but with availability so poor, they’d better cross […]

Google has renamed NotebookLM, the AI research assistant that lets users create virtual “notebooks” from their own documents, PDFs, and web links, then use AI to get summaries, answer questions, and create infographics, videos, and even podcast-like presentations. Now called Gemini Notebook, the platform’s actual user experience remains the same as before. But the product […]

Famed overclocker and Thermal Grizzly founder Roman “Der8auer” Hartung has posted a new video of an impressive RTX 5090 modification. Originally spotted by VideoCardz, the video shows Der8auer taking the already-ridiculous MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z and modding it to support a 360mm AIO cooler instead of the stock design. The RTX 5090 is still […]

Whenever a new AI model arrives, it’s easy to get caught up in the bells and whistles. We talk about how much smarter it is, how quickly it answers questions, or how realistic its images have become. But here’s the thing: none of that matters much if the AI can’t reliably work with the apps […]

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