Google gets something right in its Wednesday announcement about new Gemini Live voice features when it says, “You shouldn’t have to guess whether a task…
Author: Sarah Perez
Radar makes podcasts searchable — and usable by AI agents |
Particle, the AI newsreader startup founded by former Twitter engineers, is shifting its focus to a potentially more lucrative idea: indexing the spoken conversations buriedin…
AI was supposed to win people over by now — it hasn't |
Despite its technological progress, AI’s reputation out in the real world is getting worse. On Wednesday, Axios reported that the National Republican Senatorial Committee sent…
Amazon makes its AI-powered Alexa+ free on Fire TV, no Prime required |
8:00 AM PDT · August 19, 2026 AI is coming to your TV, whether you want it or not. On Wednesday, Amazon said its AI…
Apple proposes to take a 15% cut of purchases made outside the App Store |
7:54 AM PDT · August 14, 2026 After trying and failing to delay the matter, Apple on Thursday submitted its proposal for the commissions it…
Unforgetful is a new reminders app for people who can't stop hitting snooze |
Marco Arment, the indie developer who created popular apps like Overcast and Instapaper, and who previously served as Tumblr’s chief technology officer, is out today…
Mesh, Automattic's CRM for everyone, comes to Android |
Mesh, the relationship manager and personal CRM acquired by WordPress.com’s parent company, Automattic, last year, is now available to users on Android devices. The software…
Google's Quick Share adds a tap-to-share mode |
In Brief Posted: 7:13 AM PDT · August 12, 2026 Alongside its Pixel 11 product launches on Wednesday, Google announced it is making fast sharing…