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Meta AI is now available as a more capable desktop app for Mac
Meta continues to get serious about its AI technology. The latest sign? A dedicated Mac app for Meta AI. The new Meta AI desktop app is version 1.0 beta at launch and weighs just 16MB once installed. Based on initial inspection, it runs natively on Apple silicon Macs with macOS 15 or later, using an AppKit […]
Apple Accidentally Reveals AirPods With Built-In Cameras in macOS Update
Apple appears to have accidentally (or accidentally-on-purpose?) revealed camera-equipped AirPods through a short video found in the macOS Tahoe 26.7 release candidate. The clip depicts a person wearing AirPods, looking at a book, and speaking with Siri. The wearer appears to ask Siri to recognize or save information about something in view. An offscreen voice […]
One of the most controversial federal agencies is banning workers from using Meta smart glasses
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has banned employees from wearing Meta smart glasses in federal workplaces over concerns that they could capture sensitive information and undermine privacy or legal protections, according to The New York Times. The rule applies to everyone at ICE, not only agents working in the field. ICE is effectively treating personally owned […]
Hydra Overclocking Software Now Lets You Push RTX 50-Series Power Limits and Memory Speed
If you enjoy pushing your graphics card especially hard, the Hydra tool from Yuri “1usmus” Bubliy is now more capable than ever. VideoCardz reports that with the latest update, you can now push the power limit and memory frequencies of RTX 50 graphics cards much higher, opening up new potential daily-driver overclocks and more extreme […]
5 Tech Brands That Are Owned By Logitech
Smith Collection/gado/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Since its founding in a Swiss farmhouse in 1981 by its three owners, Logitech has become a major player in the general tech sector, primarily through its various PC peripherals like mice and keyboards, […]
Hidden AirTag appears to confirm suspicions about illicit AI book scanning
Suspicious bulk orders of used books have led many booksellers to believe they are being purchased on behalf of AI companies so that they can be scanned and used as training material without author consent or payment. An AirTag hidden inside a rare book sold as part of a bulk order appears to confirm the […]
Amazon Is Shredding Rare Books in the Name of AI Training
Hope you didn’t want to read those. Credit: Alexander Spatari/Getty Images Decades after becoming the internet’s first major bookseller, Amazon is now buying rare books to scan and destroy them. It joins the likes of Google and Anthropic, which have reportedly been buying up physical books in bulk from rare book shops to scan them […]
From experimentation to execution: why AI in B2B marketing must now prove commercial value
Every year, marketing teams are expected to deliver more. Marketing leaders are under growing pressure to prove the return on investment they deliver and demonstrate the value they bring to the business. At the same time, budgets remain tight, sales cycles are getting longer, and more people are becoming involved in buying decisions. Against that […]
GLM-5.3 hits the API at $1.4/$4.4 per million tokens
After a stunning debut last week with cyber capabilities so advanced they reportedly found a previously undetected vulnerability in Cursor, GLM-5.3, the new frontier open source language model from Chinese startup z.ai, has now hit the application programming interface (API) — allowing developers the ability to build atop it and plug it into their agents […]
Apple Wallet driver’s license: which states are next?
At WWDC 2021, Apple announced support for storing your driver’s license in Apple Wallet on iPhone. At the time, Apple touted this as the last step before you can be “fully free of your physical wallet.” Here are the states where support for the Apple Wallet driver’s license feature is coming next … Apple Wallet […]