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Everything new coming to Meta’s AI agent Muse

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Big Announcements from Made on YouTube 2026

YouTube releases new AI features for creators within its Studio app; YouTube’s new ‘Short Series’ feature brings episodic viewing to Shorts; YouTube adds new creator tool

Meta’s Muse is outpacing ChatGPT’s early mobile launch

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Google’s $899 Googlebook is a bet that you’ll buy a new laptop for Gemini

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The fix for rogue AI agents could be more AI

As companies hand off longer and more complex tasks to AI agents, they are running into an oversight problem: Agents can act faster, longer, and at greater volume than hu

Snap tries to make the case again for its $2,200 smart glasses

Spotify expands its partner program for podcasts to 35 new countries; After accusations of selling ‘perv glasses,’ Meta prepares to sell a pair without a camera Learn mor

The AI data center boom is colliding with cities scarred by big industry

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Meta expands subscription push with new AI-focused plans

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Obama urges Democrats to have a ‘clear plan’ for AI safeguards

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Scammers target hundreds of thousands of crypto owners after Trezor confirms data breach of email provider

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Apple Watch’s new AI features are normalizing the idea that technology is always listening

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Meta debuts its Muse AI agent

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What to expect from the upcoming Apple launch

Apple’s annual iPhone release events are always interesting in one way or another, but this year’s presentation is one of the most anticipated in a while. Learn more abou

Oura files to go public

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The sameness problem behind those unappetizing AI-generated menus

Generative AI menus have hit the restaurant business courtesy of models trained on a narrow, “pleasing” aesthetic that feels wrong even when you can’t articulate why. Lea

Google’s latest AI weather model gives you no excuse to forget your umbrella

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Adobe is making its tools available in Slack

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Alexa can now alert you when something new might tempt you to shop

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MapQuest’s app surges to No. 1

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Anthropic gets its first court win over the Pentagon’s supply chain risk label

Plus - Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open source duck robot; YouTube now lets creators tag Amazon products and earn commissions from purchases Learn more about your