Meta’s revenue jumped 24% to $59.9 billion last quarter, powered by AI-boosted ads. Yet on the earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg offered few details on the company’s costly AI reset, instead asking investors to trust the “trajectory” of releases coming in 2026.
According to The Verge, a new platform called Moltbook is a social network built specifically for AI agents. With over 30,000 bots using it, the top post is a viral existential crisis from an AI questioning its own consciousness.
According to a new report, Apple’s internal AI development is powered by custom versions of Anthropic’s Claude. This comes despite the company’s recently announced partnership with Google for consumer-facing AI features.
Windscribe is rolling out a new protocol to help users in Iran and Russia bypass VPN blocks. But the bigger threat is a shift to government “whitelisting” that could make VPNs nearly impossible to use.
The IRS is accelerating its AI adoption, listing 61 specific use cases to handle tasks from processing forms to ranking resumes. This push comes after significant staff cuts, particularly in IT. However, a promised AI for tax collections has vanished from the latest plans.
A developer has released an open-source “Legacy Notepad” that uses just 2.1MB of RAM, compared to the official Windows 11 app’s 52.3MB. The project, created by GitHub user ForLoopCodes, is a direct response to Microsoft’s Copilot AI integration into the classic text editor.
According to Android Authority, Samsung is facing growing consumer disillusionment. The upcoming Galaxy S25 Ultra may lose a core S Pen feature, and the S26 series isn’t expected to bring major upgrades either.
A bellwether trial in California is putting social media giants on the hook for teen mental health issues. But proving a direct link for an individual is a monumental task, and a federal law called Section 230 stands in the way. The outcome could reshape the internet.
A UK state savings bank is in a massive IT crisis. Its transformation program is wildly over budget and behind schedule, forcing a desperate rethink that could mean abandoning old systems.
Nubank, the massive Latin American digital bank, has won conditional approval for a U.S. national bank charter. The move is a major step in its global expansion, with plans to launch deposit accounts and credit cards stateside.
