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Spotify Premium is adding AI-powered licensed cover/remix creation (with artist royalties, via Universal Music Group) and a "Reserved" feature that holds concert tickets for U.S. users based on listening history.
The iPhone 19 Pro (2027) will mark the iPhone's 20th anniversary with a major redesign, featuring a quad-curved, near-bezel-free display and under-display Face ID, per supply chain leaker Digital Chat Station.
Google is expanding Gemini's reach into smart home devices by making it easier for manufacturers to build Gemini-powered products. This push means more everyday home gadgets could soon run on Google's AI, bringing smarter,...
The DJI Osmo Pocket 3, now priced at $419, continues to be a top choice for creators despite newer models being available. Its compact size makes it easy to carry daily, while 4K/120fps footage, a 1-inch sensor, and 3-axis...
Google's new smart glasses aim to fix what made Google Glass a flop by focusing on five key improvements, including better design, more practical features, and stronger privacy protections, making them feel less intrusive and...
Google's AI-powered search overhaul will deliver personalized answers and automated alerts instead of traditional links, potentially eliminating website traffic entirely — a feared "Google Zero" event. This shift transforms...
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Anthropic will pay SpaceX $1.25B monthly ($45B total) through 2029 for access to 200,000+ NVIDIA GPUs in its Colossus clusters, highlighting AI's massive compute demands and SpaceX's growing role as an AI infrastructure provider.
Headlights have always lit the road ahead, but Huawei is now asking them to screen a movie too. The company's new XPixel system transforms a car's front headlights into a full-color projector, capable of throwing a roughly...
Every night after Magic Kingdom closes, hundreds of engineers work through the dark to keep decades-old rides running flawlessly by morning. From cranes lifting Tea Cups turntables to animatronic repairs on "It's a Small World,"...
Shanghai-based Agibot, the world's largest humanoid robot maker, shipped 5,100 units in 2025 and recently surpassed 10,000 cumulative units. Company president Dr. Yao Maoqing says the industry is shifting from demos to real-world...
Palantir's recent manifesto signals a major shift in how sovereign power is being rebuilt — not through traditional government, but through AI-driven systems that fuse data, military force, and social control. As cheap drones...
JAXA successfully tested a hydrogen-fueled scramjet engine capable of exceeding Mach 5, potentially cutting Japan-to-US flight times to just two hours and bringing ultra-fast commercial air travel closer to reality.
Discord now auto-encrypts all voice and video calls using its audited DAVE protocol, boosting privacy without affecting user experience. Text chats and Stage channels remain unencrypted due to technical limitations.
Built in 1978 for $10 million near the Las Vegas Strip, this underground bunker sits 26 feet below a normal-looking house. Designed by Jerry Henderson and architect Jay Swayze, it features a disco dance floor, indoor pool, fully...
Hovercraft is a new Mac app that keeps you visible on video calls while sharing your screen, instead of replacing your video feed. It works as a virtual camera, letting shared windows float as an overlay. Free to try, it costs...
Tesla's FSD software is expanding into Europe, now approved in Lithuania and the Netherlands. At $99/month and still requiring driver supervision, it needs to scale from 1.3M to 10M subscribers by 2035, tied to Musk's pay package.
A massive 40,000-acre data center called the Stratos Project, backed by investor Kevin O'Leary, was approved in Utah's Box Elder County despite fierce public opposition. The $4 billion project could raise local temperatures,...
Roscosmos now allows advertising on Russian rockets and spacecraft, with six ads already placed in 2026 for brands like PSB Bank and the Russian Olympic Committee. However, the revenue — a few million dollars annually — barely...
SpaceX has filed for an IPO that could become the largest in Wall Street history, valuing the company at $1.25 trillion. Because Elon Musk owns a majority stake, his net worth could surpass $1 trillion, making him the world's...
Yapsnap is a lightweight command-line tool that transcribes audio from YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X, and other video sources into plain text — all on your CPU, with no internet connection required after the first setup. It...
Google's latest AI Search push, announced at Google I/O, signals a shift away from linking users to websites and toward serving AI-generated answers instead. This effectively buries the open web behind a Google-controlled layer,...
Microsoft is replacing SMS-based authentication with passkeys—using biometrics or a device PIN—to reduce phishing and SIM-swapping risks, though users relying on SMS verification may face some disruption.
Airbnb is evolving into a full travel platform by adding boutique hotels, experiences, and grocery delivery, consolidating multiple trip-planning needs into one app.
Smart glasses that can identify a board game, translate a stranger's voice, and redecorate a room in medieval style, all from the bridge of your nose, are coming this fall. At Google I/O, the company pulled back the curtain on...