2026-06-09

The EU just ordered Meta to let rival AI assistants back onto WhatsApp within five days

The European Commission has ordered Meta to “restore free access to WhatsApp for rival general purpose AI assistants” within five working days. The interim measures, announced on Tuesday, are designed to prevent what the Commission called “serious and irreparable damage to competition” in the AI assistant market. Meta said it would appeal. The company described […]<br /> This story [...]

2026-06-09

One day after discovery, Meta pulls facial recognition code from its smart glasses

Meta won't say why or whether it's coming back. [...]

2026-06-09

Google's Gemini 3.5 Live Translate delivers real-time voice translation across 70+ languages

Google releases Gemini 3.5 Live Translate, an audio model for real-time translation across more than 70 languages. The system translates continuously without waiting for a sentence to end and claims to preserve the speaker's tone, pace, and pitch. In Google Meet, language support jumps from five to over 70 languages.<br /> The article Google's Gemini 3.5 Live Translate delivers rea [...]

2026-06-09

Amazon wants to end dodgy knockoffs with its own AI-generated custom merch printing

Amazon wants users to design their own AI-generated artwork to print onto clothing or drinkware – shipping available via Prime. [...]

2026-06-09

Liquid Glass for Linux? PearOS makes another Mac move - how it looks now

PearOS has been promising to become the MacOS of Linux for some time now, and the latest release just might deliver. [...]

2026-06-09

25 stretches that counteract sitting at a desk all day

A complete guide to desk-friendly stretches that relieve tension, restore mobility, and counteract the physical toll of prolonged sitting [...]

2026-06-09

Anthropic is releasing a public version of its Mythos AI model as Claude Fable 5

The model costs $10 per million input tokens and $50 per million output tokens, and includes hard limits on cybersecurity and biology queries [...]

2026-06-09

Stocks opened higher on Iran deal talk. Then Trump said the US "must respond" to Iran. The Nasdaq fell 3%.

Major indexes opened higher on hopes for a U.S.-Iran deal, then reversed as tech stocks wiped out Monday's gains [...]

2026-06-09

Boeing delivered 60 jets in May after clearing a 737 Max wiring problem

The 60 handovers trailed Airbus's 81 for the month but included a post-strike high of 51 737 Max jets [...]