Apple Has a New Setting to Protect Your Location Data, but Not Everyone Can Use It

You can hide your coordinates from your cell carrier.

?? AI Takes the Wheel on Mars: Claude’s 400m Journey

PLUS: AI Agents are making friends, and we’re freaking out…

What we’ve been getting wrong about AI’s truth crisis

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. What would it take to convince you that the era of truth decay we were long warned about—where AI content dupes us, shapes our beliefs even when we catch the lie, and…

The crucial first step for designing a successful enterprise AI system

Many organizations rushed into generative AI, only to see pilots fail to deliver value. Now, companies want measurable outcomes—but how do you design for success? At Mistral AI, we partner with global industry leaders to co-design tailored AI solutions that solve their most difficult problems. Whether it’s increasing CX productivity with Cisco, building a more…

New firmware update released without any specific new features

Philips Hue continues to tweak its software. Version 5.60 of the Hue app could be released in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store as early as this week. Before that happens, however, there will first be a firmware update for the two Philips Hue control centres. Since 29 January, Philips Hue has been…

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Gemini in Google Calendar: Why AI Scheduling is the New Productivity Battleground

If you want to understand where productivity is really won or lost, don’t start with the meeting itself. Start with everything around it: the email ping-pong, the time zone confusion, the “can you do 3pm instead?” messages, and the reschedule spiral after half the invite list declines. That administrative drag is exactly what Google is […]

Apple Taps Q.ai Tech – Will Face-Controlled AI Change How We Use Devices?

Apple has acquired Israeli artificial intelligence startup Q.ai, bringing technology that can interpret whispered and silent speech by analysing subtle facial micromovements. The deal, valued at roughly $1.6 to $2 billion represents Apple’s largest acquisition since Beats in 2014 and one of the clearest signals yet that the company is betting on new ways for […]

xAI Releases Updated Video Generation Process in Grok

X’s latest video generator sees improvements in various aspects. 

Snapchat Says its Restricted 415k Teen Accounts in Australia

Though Snap also says that the teen social ban has various flaws.

The XR Week Peek (2026.02.02): Meta confirms the work on new headsets, Google Genie builds worlds with AI, and more!

It’s already February! I hope things are going great for you. I’m good, keeping working in XR because I didn’t get the memo about VR being dead… Top news of the week Meta reiterates that it is still working on VR headsets During its quarterly earnings call, Meta reiterated that it is still into VR. The CFO, […]

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10 Hacks Every Nintendo Switch (or Switch 2) Owner Should Know

Get the most out of your Nintendo console.

Quest 3 v85 PTC Can Turn Any Surface Into A Virtual Keyboard

With Horizon OS v85 PTC, Quest 3 can turn any surface into a virtual keyboard, and Meta says you can remap the Quest 3S action button.

This Space-Saving Sonos Soundbar Is $130 Off Right Now

The Sonos Beam Gen 2 is a compact, premium choice, and it’s currently $130 off.

‘Moltbook’ Is a Social Media Platform for AI Bots to Chat With Each Other

This is fine.

??Tutorial: How To Replace a $2K/month Copywriter With Claude (Landing Page + Ads + Emails)

PLUS: All prompts and resources inside…

Inside the marketplace powering bespoke AI deepfakes of real women

Civitai—an online marketplace for buying and selling AI-generated content, backed by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz—is letting users buy custom instruction files for generating celebrity deepfakes. Some of these files were specifically designed to make pornographic images banned by the site, a new analysis has found. The study, from researchers at Stanford and Indiana…

The Download: US immigration agencies’ AI videos, and inside the Vitalism movement

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. DHS is using Google and Adobe AI to make videos The news: The US Department of Homeland Security is using AI video generators from Google and Adobe to make and edit content shared…

X Announces Partnership With Warner Bros. Discovery for Winter Olympics

The deal will provide new opportunities for tie-in campaigns. 

LinkedIn Outlines Measures To Combat Scam Job Listings

Scammers are posing as recruiters to lure people into giving them their information. 

D-Day VR Museum On Steam Is An Entertaining Educational Exhibition

D-Day VR Museum is a PC VR exhibition of one of the most pivotal moments in history, using every audiovisual tool to keep the education engaging.

Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow Refines Gameplay Mechanics In Latest Update

Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow launched its 4.0 update, focused on refining the gameplay experience for an overall smoother feel.

Google’s Project Genie Makes Real-time Explorable Virtual Worlds, Offering a Peek Into VR’s Future

DeepMind, Google’s AI research lab, announced Genie 3 last August, showing off an AI system capable of generating interactive virtual environments in real-time. Now, Google has released an experimental prototype that Google AI subscribers can try today. Granted, you can’t generate VR world on the fly just yet, but we’re getting tantalizingly close. The News Project […]

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XREAL Rolls out Automatic Real-time 3D Conversion Feature for Its AR Glasses

XREAL has rolled out a real-time 3D conversion feature to its flagship AR glasses, which the company says converts any 2D content to 3D. Xreal initially launched its ‘Real 3D’ software on Xreal 1S AR glasses earlier this month, however now the company has rolled out an update to Xreal One and One Pro that brings […]

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Week Wraps with Cargo Packing, Tech Research as Crew-12 Discusses Mission

The Expedition 74 trio wrapped up the week packing cargo for return to Earth and exploring artificial intelligence to benefit crew operations. Earth observations and lab gear maintenance rounded out the shift aboard the International Space Station on Friday.

Seven Products to Protect Your House From Snow and Ice Damage

Freezing temperatures, a blanket of snow, and accumulating ice can do a lot of damage.