2026-06-09
Meta pulled facial recognition code from its smart glasses app one day after WIRED found it, then denied the timing was related
Meta removed nearly all traces of an unreleased facial recognition system from its smart glasses companion app on Friday, one day after WIRED reported that the software had been quietly embedded in an app installed on more than 50 million phones. The feature, which Meta internally called NameTag, was designed to convert faces captured by […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-09
Apple and Google both want to monitor the web for you
Two of the biggest names in tech now want to watch the web on your behalf. Within a month, both Google and Apple announced features that monitor web pages and tell you when something changes. Both claim they will use AI to alert you when a condition is met and reduce false positives. At its […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-09
Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5, a Mythos-class model the public can finally use, days before a potential record IPO
Anthropic on Tuesday released Claude Fable 5, a model built on the same architecture as its restricted Mythos system, making Mythos-class intelligence publicly available for the first time. Fable 5 is available to enterprise customers and paid subscribers, but it comes with new safeguards that block responses in cybersecurity, biology, chemistry, and what Anthropic calls […]<br /> This sto [...]
2026-06-09
Rivian begins R2 deliveries as it bets a shrinking US EV market is an opportunity, not a threat
Rivian began handing over the first R2 SUVs to paying customers on Tuesday, opening a new chapter for a company that has burned through billions of dollars trying to prove it can build electric vehicles at scale. The R2 starts at $57,990 for the Performance trim with Launch Package, considerably above the $45,000 price point […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-06-09
Anthropic releases Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 with major gains in coding and science
Anthropic ships two new models, Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, that claim to blow past the current Opus generation, especially in coding and research. Fable 5 finished a code migration for Stripe in one day that would have taken a team two months. Mythos 5 designed drug candidates on its own but stays locked down for now due to its offensive cyber capabilities.<br /> The article Anthropic rele [...]
2026-06-09
Apple Maps has a huge iOS 27 upgrade on the way for Flyover that will help you ‘see cities around the world like never before’ — and users think it’s down to Gaussian Splatting, the next big 3D photography craze
Apple Maps' Flyover view will look even more detailed in iOS 27, and it could give Google a run for its money. [...]
