Google's Made by Google event for the Pixel 10 took an unconventional turn last year, adopting a late-night talk show format with Jimmy Fallon as host. The event streamed an hour after the phones were unveiled, trading technical deep dives for celebrity cameos and scripted sketches.A Shift in Presen...

Brad Lightcap, who served as OpenAI's special projects lead and previously as its chief operating officer, has left the company after eight years. In an internal memo that he later shared on X, Lightcap informed colleagues that he would be starting something new.A Long Tenure at OpenAILightcap's eig...

Google TV Freeplay, the free, ad-supported streaming service from Google, has expanded its offerings. In addition to its lineup of always-on live channels, viewers can now access a vast library of on-demand content. The service now includes more than 10,000 movies and TV shows that can be watched at...

Meta has officially launched its Threads social media app for Quest VR headsets, the company announced on Tuesday. This move brings the popular microblogging platform to virtual reality users, expanding Meta's ecosystem of apps across its hardware devices.Expanding Threads to New PlatformsThe launch...

Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced on X that Google's Gemini AI assistant has reached 1 billion monthly users, marking a significant milestone for the company. This achievement makes Gemini Google's fastest-growing product ever, according to Pichai.Gemini's Rapid GrowthReaching 1 billion users is a ...

Sonos appears to be preparing a successor to its Ace headphones, with an expected release sometime this fall. The hint came from CEO Tom Conrad during the company's third-quarter earnings call, and an FCC filing has now surfaced, revealing details about the upcoming wireless headphones under the mod...

A Reddit user has shared photos of what appears to be a prototype Xbox controller, likely the upcoming Xbox Elite Series 3. The user claims to have purchased the device for $200 on the secondhand marketplace OfferUp.What the Photos ShowThe images, posted on the r/Xbox subreddit, depict a controller ...

Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch has denied that the company replaced any writers with artificial intelligence, following a former lead writer's claim that they were replaced by ChatGPT. The dispute centers on the upcoming Rideshare Stimulator game, which is being developed by Unigine.Allegations...

OpenAI Completes $7 Billion Employee Tender Offer OpenAI has reportedly completed a $7 billion employee tender offer, providing liquidity to its workforce by buying back shares from employees. The deal, first reported by Bloomberg, values the frontier AI lab at $852 billion—the same valuation as its...

Sergey Brin’s $100 Million Campaign Against California’s Billionaire Tax Google co-founder Sergey Brin has intensified his fight against California’s proposed billionaire tax, donating another $20 million to the opposition campaign. According to new filings, this brings his total contributions to ov...

A Vision That Misses the Mark On Monday, Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word manifesto about personal AI, detailing the possibilities for the "personal superintelligence" systems Meta AI is building. While a version of the essay ran in the Wall Street Journal two weeks ago, this is the most detai...

In a significant development for Android app market competition, Aptoide has become the first rival app store to return to Google Play in the US. The Portugal-based app distributor announced on Monday that its games store is once again available for direct download from Google Play, marking the firs...