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The day that Meta employees have dreaded for a month is here. Loading audio narration… Emails have begun going out to roughly 10% of Meta’s 78,000 employees, notifying them that they are being laid off. The notifications are being sent in three waves at 4 a.m. local time on May 20 across different regions, according to a memo that Meta HR chief Janelle Gale sent to an employee resource group on Monday.The layoffs are expected to eliminate around 8,000 roles. US employees will receive a severance package including 16 weeks — or four months — in base pay, plus two…
Google usually saves its biggest product launches for its I/O conference every year. This time, CEO Sundar Pichai held back, and it says a lot about where the company stands in the AI coding race. Loading audio narration… During the keynote address, Pichai told the crowd that Google’s new flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro AI model wasn’t ready yet, drawing audible groans.I was there, and I’ve spent the rest of the event coming up with a theory for the apparent delay: Google is holding this new model back for a while to get it even better at AI coding tasks.Anthropic’s Claude…
Google’s massive spending on AI is paying off, and that was clear at I/O 2026. Loading audio narration… On Tuesday, the tech giant announced cutting-edge products, like the AI agent Spark, that bring it ever closer to its goal of delivering a super-intelligent assistant to its billions of users.It also showcased soaring traction of its AI products and significant advances in technologies such as AI video generation.All that progress comes with risk. Google’s AI chief, Demis Hassabis, said humanity is getting closer and closer to the “singularity,” the moment when AI begins to improve itself and outpaces human intelligence.Google also…
It’s important to read the instructions. Loading audio narration… On Monday, police arrested a man who they said drove a Tesla Cybertruck into Grapevine Lake in North Texas. Per the Grapevine Police Department, the man said he was trying to test the Cybertruck’s Wade Mode.The only problem? Wade Mode, according to the Cybertruck owner’s manual, is designed for shallow creeks or rivers that have a maximum depth of 32 inches.Grapevine Lake, on the other hand, is 65 feet deep at points. According to a nautical map of the area where the incident happened (Katie’s Woods Park Boat Ramp, for curious…
Google announced at its annual Google I/O event on Tuesday that it’s launching Pics, a new AI-powered design and image-generation app for Google Workspace. The tech giant says it designed the app to be accessible to everyone, from teachers to small business owners. With Pics, users can generate everything from social media graphics and invitations to marketing materials and mock-ups using simple text prompts, without needing any editing skills or advanced tools. By giving users an easy way to generate visuals, Google is looking to take on popular design apps like Canva, as well as products from AI-native competitors like…
Google announced at its annual Google I/O event on Tuesday that it’s launching Pics, a new AI-powered design and image-generation app for Google Workspace. The tech giant says it designed the app to be accessible to everyone, from teachers to small business owners. With Pics, users can generate everything from social media graphics and invitations to marketing materials and mock-ups using simple text prompts, without needing any editing skills or advanced tools. By giving users an easy way to generate visuals, Google is looking to take on popular design apps like Canva, as well as products from AI-native competitors like…
Google isn’t finished infusing AI into your inbox. On Tuesday at their IO 2026 developer conference, the tech giant announced an expansion of its “AI Inbox” functionality for Gmail, which is adding conversational AI features. That means you can ask Gmail about things in your inbox instead of typing in search terms. The company says the Gemini AI-powered feature, called Gmail Live, will help you quickly find information buried in your inbox. Image Credits:Google Perhaps you need information about your upcoming flight, the time of your dentist appointment, the door code for your Airbnb rental, or some details about an…
Google isn’t finished infusing AI into your inbox. On Tuesday at their IO 2026 developer conference, the tech giant announced an expansion of its “AI Inbox” functionality for Gmail, which is adding conversational AI features. That means you can ask Gmail about things in your inbox instead of typing in search terms. The company says the Gemini AI-powered feature, called Gmail Live, will help you quickly find information buried in your inbox. Image Credits:Google Perhaps you need information about your upcoming flight, the time of your dentist appointment, the door code for your Airbnb rental, or some details about an…
At the Google I/O 2026 keynote, the tech giant revealed new agentic capabilities in Search, where users can create, customize, and manage multiple AI agents to stay updated on topics of interest. The announcement is part of Google’s larger push toward agentic AI systems that can take initiative and assist with ongoing tasks instead of answering one question at a time. Unlike traditional search tools that respond only when prompted, Google’s information agents are designed to operate continuously in the background, 24/7, helping users stay informed about their interests without needing to repeatedly search for the same information every day.…
Shay Shwartz knows a lot about email phishing attacks. As a teenager, he made money as a hacker, but after getting caught at age 16, he realized he could use his cyber talents to prevent attacks rather than launch them. He went on to spend about a decade in top-tier cybersecurity roles, leading major projects for Israel’s elite defense and intelligence units, including work connected to the Iron Dome project, before joining Axis, the startup later acquired by HPE. All along, he had been itching to launch his own startup, and two years ago, he finally took the plunge. His…