Google’s $250 AI agent can only help you book restaurant reservations
Google’s $250 AI agent can only help you book restaurant reservations Summary Google has added an agent to its AI Mode for Search, but the new agent is extremely limited:…
Microsoft continues Control Panel farewell tour
Microsoft continues Control Panel farewell tour Summary Microsoft has moved time and language settings from the legacy Control Panel into the Windows Settings app in Windows 11 Insider Preview Canary…
Google joins government AI discount frenzy, undercuts competition with $0.47 deal
Google joins government AI discount frenzy, undercuts competition with $0.47 deal Summary Google has joined the General Services Administration’s OneGov purchasing programme, offering government agencies access to Google AI (including…
DeepSeek’s new V3.1 release points to potent new Chinese chips coming soon
DeepSeek’s new V3.1 release points to potent new Chinese chips coming soon Summary DeepSeek has issued a V3.1 point release that looks optimised for an upcoming generation of Chinese accelerators.…
Anthropic scanning Claude chats for queries about DIY nukes for some reason
Anthropic scanning Claude chats for queries about DIY nukes for some reason Summary Anthropic has deployed an experimental classifier to scan a portion of Claude chat traffic for queries related…
Japan’s Fugaku supercomputer follow-up adds Nvidia GPUs
Japan’s Fugaku supercomputer follow-up adds Nvidia GPUs Summary RIKEN, the Japanese research institute behind the Fugaku supercomputer, has announced it will add Nvidia GPUs to its next-generation system, FugakuNEXT. Fujitsu…
Bank reverses decision to replace 45 customer service staff with AI chatbot
Bank reverses decision to replace 45 customer service staff with AI chatbot Summary Australia’s Commonwealth Bank has reversed plans to replace 45 customer service staff with an AI chatbot and…
IBM, NASA cook up AI model to predict solar tantrums
IBM, NASA cook up AI model to predict solar tantrums Summary IBM and NASA have open sourced Surya, an AI foundation model designed to forecast space weather — specifically solar…
Microsoft lets devs tell Copilot to STFU in Visual Studio
Microsoft lets devs tell Copilot to STFU in Visual Studio Summary Microsoft’s August 2025 update for Visual Studio 2022 (version 17.14.13) gives developers more control over Copilot’s suggestions. The update,…
Saved you a click: Firefox 142 offers AI summaries of links
Saved you a click: Firefox 142 offers AI summaries of links Summary Firefox 142 introduces in‑browser link previews that can include AI‑generated summaries processed on‑device, plus several UI and developer…