AI has a water problem. Google thinks it has a fix
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Google Must Let Publishers Opt Out of AI Search Features, Rules UK
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Verge subscribers, here’s how to set up ad-free podcasts
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Google Photos is about to launch its AI-generated “digital wardrobe” full of your clothes.
It uses data from your pictures to mix and match outfits in a virtual try-on you can save and share. It’s rolling out in the US, India, and Brazil as part of the June Android drop, starting with AI Pro/Ultra subscribers and “other select users” on Android, but you’ll need at least 1,000 photos of yourself to be eligible to try it out without a subscription.
xAI's New Grok-2 Chatbots Bring AI Image Generation to X
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Today’s Vergecast: Nvidia just started a new chip war.
Nvidia is betting that AI is going to change the way you use your computer — and with a new chip, the RTX Spark, it’s hoping to ensure it powers that new-fangled AI machine. The Verge’s Sean Hollister explains what’s inside the Spark, why Nvidia is taking on Apple, Intel, AMD, and the rest of the chip industry, and whether the world’s most valuable company has a shot at reinventing the personal computer. Without charging a fortune.
PlayStation State of Play June 2026: All the news and trailers
While the majority of Summer Game Fest takes place over the weekend, Sony is getting a jump on things with its next State of Play showcase, which airs on June 2nd at 5PM ET. It’s coming at a pivotal time for the PlayStation brand: The PS5 keeps getting more expensive and Sony’s big bet on live-service games has largely fallen flat. A good showing at SGF won’t fix everything, but it could help show that PlayStation is on the right path moving forward.
Microsoft Build 2026: The 7 biggest announcements
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Trump signs executive order to review AI models before they’re released
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Google’s Phone app will tell you if a scammer is impersonating one of your contacts
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Microsoft Scout is “the first real personal assistant we’ve offered customers”
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Microsoft makes it more secure to run OpenClaw on Windows.
Microsoft Build 2026: All the news about Windows, AI, RTX Spark, and more
Microsoft's Project Solara is an OS for AI agent gadgets
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Anthropic is giving Claude Mythos Preview to around 150 more organizations.
With this expansion of Anthropic’s Project Glasswing initiative, organizations in “several industries that weren’t well represented” in the initial cohort, like power, water, and healthcare, will get access to the model so they can use it to find security vulnerabilities.
With 5 million weekly users, OpenAI says Codex isn’t just for programmers.
As Microsoft shows off its AI tools at Build, close frienemy OpenAI is once again promoting Codex as something for all kinds of information and knowledge-based work that goes beyond ChatGPT’s features. It’s launching new plugins, and says that business and enterprise customers have access to a new preview capable of building “interactive, hosted websites and apps” that it can keep updated with new data.
Martin Scorsese's Reported AI "Embrace" Doesn't Live Up to the Hype.
Fresh off interviewing the chatbot-powered stunt that is Tilly Norwood, the NYT tells us of Martin Scorsese's advisor and partner arrangement with Black Forest Labs (whose Flux tech has powered xAI's image generation) in what it calls "a clear sign of Hollywood's softening stance on artificial intelligence."
Microsoft’s new developer-optimized Windows embraces Linux even more
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Microsoft created the mini Surface dev box that Qualcomm couldn’t
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Microsoft Build 2026: All the news about Windows, AI, RTX Spark, and more
Microsoft Build 2026 kicked off with a keynote presentation that introduced some developer-focused Windows updates, an OpenClaw-based AI assistant called Scout, the new Majorana 2 quantum computing chip, and a Surface mini PC designed for AI developers. Microsoft also rolled out a new Android-based OS called Project Solara that’s designed for gadgets that run AI agents.
Nanoleaf Lines review: color behind the lines
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