Google augments AI shopping with conversational search, agentic checkout and an AI that calls stores for you

Google is expanding AI shopping with conversational search, agentic checkout, and an AI that calls stores for you about local inventory.

Coding assistant Cursor raises $2.3B 5 months after its previous round

Cursor plans to use the capital to continue developing Composer, the AI model the vibe-coding startup released in October.

Coding assistant Cursor raises $2.3B 5 months after its previous round

Cursor plans to use the capital to continue developing Composer, the AI model the vibe-coding startup released in October.

Why a researcher is building robots that look and act like bats 

These palm-sized robots use ultrasound signals to navigate harsh conditions in search and rescue missions.

iOS 26.2 beta adds new Liquid Glass customization, alarms in the Reminders app, and more

Apple released the iOS 26.2 beta 1 last week, introducing the option to adjust the Liquid Glass appearance of the lock screen clock, and more.

YouTube TV’s Disney blackout is ruining my life (I can’t watch ‘Jeopardy!’)

YouTube TV’s parent company, Google, has been locked in a standoff with Disney for nearly two weeks. The dispute began when the two companies failed to reach an agreement on a streaming deal.

ElevenLabs strike deals with celebs to create AI audio

ElevenLabs struck a deal with actors Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey to AI-generate their voices.

Elon Musk’s X botched its security key switchover, locking users out

As part of an effort to retire the old Twitter.com domain, X is requiring passkey and security key users to re-enroll — but are getting stuck in endless loops and unable to finish.

Court rules that OpenAI violated German copyright law; orders it to pay damages

A German court ruled that OpenAI’s ChatGPT violated the nation’s copyright laws by training its language models on licensed musical work without permission.

‘Chad: The Brainrot IDE’ is a new Y Combinator-backed product so wild, people thought it was fake

Chad: The Brainrot IDE is an actual product that pairs vibe coding with brainrot activities like gambling, Tinder and games.