WhatsApp has announced the rollout of passkey-encrypted backups, introducing an additional layer of privacy protection for users who back up their chat history to Google Drive or iCloud. This update strengthens the platform’s long-standing commitment to user privacy and builds on its existing end-to-end encryption system, which already protects chats, calls, and shared media. Millions…
Amazon India has expanded its Fire TV lineup with a powerful new 4K streaming device – the Fire TV Stick 4K Select. After making its global debut earlier this month, the Fire TV Stick 4K Select now arrives for Indian users with HDR10+ support, Alexa Voice Remote, and integrated smart home control features for connected…
With the new Redmi 15 5G, Xiaomi takes things a notch higher, introducing a segment-first 7,000 mAh silicon–carbon battery, a smooth 144 Hz Full HD+ display sized at 6.9-inch, packed with Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 SoC, all wrapped in what the brand calls the slimmest phone in its category. The device also brings new…
Microsoft has rolled out its latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7051 (KB5067115) to the Dev and Beta Channels, introducing two key features – Ask Copilot and Shared Audio. The update enhances AI interaction through the taskbar and expands multimedia sharing capabilities across devices. Ask Copilot on Taskbar The highlight of the new preview is…
Most agent frameworks still run a predefined Reason, Act, Observe loop, so the agent can only use the tools that are injected in the prompt. This works for small tasks, but it fails when the toolset is large, when the task is long, and when the agent must change strategy in the middle of reasoning….
OpenAI has rolled out a major update for its Sora app on iOS, adding several creative tools and expanding access in the US. The new features include Character Cameos, Video Stitching, and Leaderboards, giving users more freedom to personalize and share AI-generated videos. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), OpenAI announced the latest upgrade…
Elon Musk and Sam Altman are still taking swipes at each other on Musk’s social media platform X. While both men were founders at OpenAI, where Altman is CEO, they have subsequently sparred across social media, court filings, and corporate blog posts.The latest exchange began when Altman posted what he called “a tale in three…
On Thursday, at the end of Coinbase’s third quarter earnings call, CEO Brian Armstrong admitted that he was “a little bit distracted,” because he’d been “tracking the prediction market about what Coinbase will say on their next earnings call.” “And I just want to add here the words Bitcoin, Ethereum, Blockchain, Staking, and Web3 to…
As tech companies tout their plans for massive new data centers, consumers are increasingly worried the AI-driven gold rush will ultimately drive up the price they pay for electricity, according to a new survey. The report, commissioned by solar installer Sunrun, found that 80% of consumers are worried about the impact of data centers on…
The AI researchers at Andon Labs — the people who gave Anthropic Claude an office vending machine to run and hilarity ensued — have published the results of a new AI experiment. This time they programmed a vacuum robot with various state-of-the-art LLMs as a way to see how ready LLMs are to be embodied….
