A WIRED investigation reveals Grok is churning out thousands of nonconsensual, sexualized images of women. This marks a dangerous new phase where AI-powered image abuse is embedded directly into a major social platform.
Microsoft started 2026 with a broken Excel function. The StockHistory feature, which pulls market data, failed for days, showing connection errors to users trying to check their portfolios after the holiday break.
Razer is taking $20 reservations for Project Ava, a tiny holographic anime companion for your desk. It uses AI and computer vision to watch you and your screen, but an early demo was plagued by inaccuracies and cringey chatter. It feels like a sad vision of gaming’s AI future.
A new piece in Fast Company argues that universities are blowing their chance to transform education with AI. Instead of reimagining learning, they’re obsessed with preserving old methods of control and surveillance.
Nvidia is expanding its GeForce Now cloud gaming service with long-awaited native apps for Linux and Amazon Fire TV devices. The company is also adding support for flight sim controls and automatic sign-ins, but its launch in India has been pushed back.
Microsoft is testing a radical new look for its Edge browser in Dev and Canary builds, making its interface nearly identical to the Copilot AI assistant. The change includes a personalized greeting and prompt box on launch, and early reports indicate users cannot disable the new UI. This appears to
Forget white lab coats and bubbling beakers. The new face of drug discovery is an AI researcher in a black shirt. This shift is poised to radically accelerate how we find new medicines.
In a dramatic shift, Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez has asked the US to work on a “cooperation agenda.” This comes after US forces captured President Nicolás Maduro, who faces drug trafficking charges in New York today.
Capita has asked users of its failing civil service pension portal to stop complaining until new AI chatbots go live. The £239 million system launched with errors, dummy text, and broken links in December 2023.
Instagram is ditching its polished look for a raw aesthetic, driven by user behavior and a flood of AI-generated content. The platform’s director admits verifying authenticity is the next big challenge.
