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Less than two weeks after an $18 billion multistate settlement, Meta has launched Muse, a personal AI agent for US users that can book travel, pay bills, and make purchases on their behalf.
Apple will livestream its "Surprise and shine" event on Wednesday, September 9 at 10 a.m. PDT, expected to unveil its first foldable iPhone.
Google has shifted Chrome from a four-week to a two-week release schedule, starting with Tuesday's launch of Chrome 153 on desktop, iOS, and Android.
Apple's Phil Schiller is stepping down as App Store chief, reportedly to avoid a new profit-margin push by CEO John Ternus and Eddy Cue.
Three hikers were rescued from California's Mount Shasta after using Google's Gemini chatbot to plan an expedition that turned into a multiday ordeal, according to the Siskiyou County sheriff's office.
Clucky, a new iPhone alarm app for habitual snoozers, offers a crowing-rooster wake-up sound and requires users to complete a mission before the alarm turns off.
Google's Gemini Spark AI agent can now edit photos, curate albums, and organize Google Photos, rolling out over the next few weeks to U.S. English-language subscribers.
Ollie, a family-focused AI assistant, achieved SOC 2 compliance and is betting that privacy — not more data collection — will differentiate it in the crowded AI assistant market.
Google launched Gemini-powered conversational AI features called Gmail Live, Docs Live, and Keep Live that let users query and dictate across their inbox, documents, and notes.
TikTok is rolling out voice comments, comment polls, and photo carousel comments globally, aiming to turn comment sections into places people linger.
MapQuest reached No. 1 on the U.S. App Store after refusing to rename Lake Ontario 'Lake America,' with downloads up more than 50 times over last year.
X will process all U.S. creator payouts through its own X Money service instead of Stripe, starting Wednesday, with instant payments replacing the old two-week cycle.
Amazon's Alexa for Shopping AI can now definitively tell users whether a message claiming to be from Amazon is real or a scam.
Adobe is bringing apps including Firefly, Photoshop, and Premiere into Slack's Slackbot and a new Adobe for Slack MCP app, letting users call more than 70 Adobe tools from a chat interface.
JioHotstar is expanding outside India for the first time, launching in the U.K., Canada, and Singapore without the live sports that drive its audience at home.
Apple changed Lake Ontario's name to "Lake America" on Apple Maps for U.S. users, following Google's compliance with Trump's executive order.
Google is rolling out five new Android features, including a motion-sickness overlay called Motion Assist and a Gemini-powered accessibility tool called Guided Vision.
X said attackers are attempting mass password resets to hijack accounts after the launch of its X Money payments service, with no confirmed breaches so far.
Google is launching Google Pics, an AI image-creation and editing tool built on its Nano Banana model, that will roll out to Workspace and Google AI subscribers over the coming weeks.
OpenAI is integrating ChatGPT Health with Epic's electronic health record system, which holds data for more than 325 million patients, letting clinicians import records and query them with AI.