Ars Technica

Retraction: After a routine code rejection, an AI agent published a hit piece on someone by name

Following additional review, Ars has determined that the story “After a routine code rejection, an AI agent published a hit piece on someone by name,” did not meet our standards. Ars Technica has ...
TechSpot

Steam will soon let users add hardware specs and performance data to reviews

Crystal ball: A seemingly minor update to the Steam beta client might lay the groundwork for Valve to collect performance data for many games across a wide variety of PCs. While the company's plans ...
CNET

Anthropic Pinky-Promises It Won't Add Ads to Claude

Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content ...
Yahoo

Speak in code, delete the chats: The tactics Venezuelans are using out of fear of phone checks

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Police guard the street leading to Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 4. - Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters ...
CNN

Speak in code, delete the chats: The tactics Venezuelans are using out of fear of phone checks

These recent WhatsApp messages of a Venezuelan family – who asked to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals – underscore the caution civilians are taking in their daily conversations, on social media ...
PC Gamer

Open source Steam Controller-a-like is a beast with new screens and gyro controls: 'there's so much more I can add' says creator

Hardware Valve quickly updates its own Steam Machine update, recommitting to a 2026 launch despite AI woes: 'Nothing's really changed on our end' Hardware Valve clarifies what's required for a game to ...
TechCrunch

Adobe Acrobat now lets you edit files using prompts, generate podcast summaries

Adobe has been aggressively adding AI features to all its products in the last few years. The company is now adding more AI tools to Acrobat, including the ability to generate podcast summaries of ...
ExtremeTech

Elon Musk Says X Will Open-Source the Code That Determines Which Posts You See

If X follows through, it would be the first major social platform to regularly publish the complete code behind its algorithm. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...
Outside

Want More Outside? Here’s How to Add Us as a Preferred Source on Google.

Algorithms be darned. Google recently gave its users some autonomy over their search results with its “Preferred Sources” tool. And if you’re an outdoor junkie like us, you can now put Outside news ...
Android Authority

Breaking: Google will now only release Android source code twice a year

The operating system that powers every Android phone and tablet on the market is based on AOSP, short for the Android Open Source Project. Google develops and releases AOSP under the permissive Apache ...
Engadget

LG will let you delete the previously unremovable Microsoft Copilot shortcut on its smart TVs

Several LG smart TV owners, including some Engadget staff, were surprised to find what looked like an unremovable Microsoft Copilot app suddenly installed on their devices earlier this week. After all ...