Ever been told to just delete everything and start over? One reader, fed up with scripted help desk nonsense, figured out his own VPN problem while on hold. The fix was embarrassingly simple, and the bill? He didn’t pay it.
X has abruptly restricted Grok’s image generation feature to paying subscribers only. The move follows intense UK government scrutiny over the AI’s ability to create non-consensual “undressed” images, with ministers openly discussing a total ban on the platform.
io9, via Gizmodo, is featuring a new short story from Lightspeed Magazine. “Mother’s Hip” by Corey Jae White and Maddison Stoff is a bleak, emotional tale of a transformed veteran of Amazon’s rainforest wars.
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s total compensation for 2025 remained essentially flat at about $74 million. The package, detailed in a recent SEC filing, is dominated by stock awards and follows a period of scrutiny over executive pay at the tech giant.
Forget AI replacing jobs in healthcare. A new perspective suggests that in behavioral health, AI’s real role is to support clinicians by removing administrative burdens. The goal is to free up therapists and providers to focus more on the human connection that drives healing.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella quietly launched a personal blog called “sn scratchpad” over the Christmas holiday. The site, built on free tools, is a direct play to attract top AI engineers by showcasing his vision, not just Microsoft’s checkbook.
A new device at CES 2026 is claiming the title of world’s smallest mini PC while packing serious AI power. The Tiiny AI Pocket Lab fits in your hand, runs models locally for privacy, and will hit Kickstarter soon at $1,399.
Microsoft is testing a new shopping feature called Copilot Checkout within its AI assistant. It lets users in the US search for and buy items without leaving the chat, using a protocol developed by OpenAI and Stripe.
Cybercriminals are now abusing Google’s own workflow tools to send phishing emails that pass security checks. The emails come from a real @google.com address and lead to fake login pages designed to steal your credentials.
Google is rolling out a massive AI update to Gmail, powered by Gemini. The changes include free features like AI Overviews for summarizing threads, but lock advanced tools behind a new paid subscription tier. It’s a fundamental shift for the inbox used by three billion people.
