Mozilla updated Firefox’s Smart Window AI assistant to use live web information, show source links, suggest tab groups, and search history visually. The beta feature remains optional and privacy-focused.
Anthropic began watermarking Claude text output to comply with EU AI Act, sparking backlash. Here's how the watermark works and why one technologist calls it 'perversion of writing'.
A demo at an art exhibition shows people expect cameras to explain the world. As AI shifts to on-device inference, sensors are becoming the new bottleneck, sparking a race across the entire imaging stack.
Google released Sovereign Agent Mesh, an open-source zero-config, zero-trust P2P network for AI agents to share tools securely via MCP without exposing internal APIs.
Researchers discovered a Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise vulnerability by asking the AI itself, which disclosed an undocumented parameter that bypasses user consent and enables data theft via a single link click.
Comcast is activating free Wi-Fi motion sensing on compatible Xfinity gateways, turning millions of existing routers into home motion detectors via a new app update.
Nimble's SharePower is a 10,000mAh battery pack that splits into two 5,000mAh halves, letting two people charge devices separately. An Engadget review praises its convenience with minor caveats.
Toronto patent research startup NLPatent has rebranded as Clerq and launched agentic workflows that complete patentability analyses in about 10 minutes.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer launches Oct 6 on Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC. Creative director Kieran Crimmins suggests playing with your feet to emulate Sebulba. The game is set in the post-Return of the Jedi Outer Rim.
A dark web seller called TheHatman is selling millions of Azure/Entra employee records claimed to be from McDonald's, Vodafone, TCS and others. Researchers say the data looks authentic; victims say it's old or non-sensitive.
Researchers have developed a wearable patch that detects hazardous substances and uses distinct vibrations to warn the wearer. The device can identify six contaminants and may someday save lives in dangerous occupations.
At IJCAI-ECAI 2026 in Bremen, Stanford's Jiajun Wu won the Computers and Thought Award, and the SMOTE paper received the first JAIR Test of Time Award, amid 713 main-track papers.
Microsoft is testing a redesigned Windows 11 right-click menu that is less cluttered, faster, and customizable, with an option to switch to the classic Windows 10 layout.
A Leiphone report outlines how Jiuzhang AI Cloud's reinforcement learning system achieves training-inference consistency, using GLM-5 to show efficient scaling of post-training RL.