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‘College dropout’ has become the most coveted startup founder credential

AI founders are increasingly using their "dropout" status as a credential during YC pitches.

You can’t trust your eyes to tell you what’s real anymore, says the head of Instagram

Instagram boss Adam Mosseri is closing out 2025 with a 20-images-deep dive into what a new era of "infinite synthetic content" means as it all becomes harder and harder to distinguish from reality, and the old, more personal Instagram feed that he says has been "dead" for years. Last year, The Verge's Sarah Jeong wrote […]

Investors predict AI is coming for labor in 2026

The exact impact AI will have on the enterprise labor market is unclear but investors predict trends will start to emerge in 2026.

The phone is dead. Long live . . . what exactly?

"We're not going to be using iPhones in 10 years," Callaghan says flatly. "I kind of don't think we'll be using them in five years."

New York’s landmark AI safety bill was defanged — and universities were part of the push …

A group of tech companies and academic institutions spent tens of thousands of dollars in the past month - likely between $17,000 and $25,000 - on an ad campaign against New York's landmark AI safety bill, which may have reached more than two million people, according to Meta's Ad Library. The landmark bill is called […]

Sam Altman is hiring someone to worry about the dangers of AI

OpenAI is hiring a Head of Preparedness. Or, in other words, someone whose primary job is to think about all the ways AI could go horribly, horribly wrong. In a post on X, Sam Altman announced the position by acknowledging that the rapid improvement of AI models poses "some real challenges." The post goes on […]

VCs predict enterprises will spend more on AI in 2026 — through fewer vendors

Enterprises have been experimenting with AI tools for a few years. Investors predict they will start to pick winners in 2026.

Plaud Note Pro is an excellent AI-powered recorder that I carry everywhere

Plaud Note Pro is a $179 notetaker, which is an excellent recording device first

Hollywood cozied up to AI in 2025 and had nothing good to show for it

AI isn't new to Hollywood - but this was the year when it really made its presence felt. For years now, the entertainment industry has used different kinds of generative AI products for a variety of post-production processes ranging from de-aging actors to removing green screen backgrounds. In many instances, the technology has been a […]

Trump’s war on offshore wind faces another lawsuit

Dominion Energy, an offshore wind developer and utility serving Virginia's "data center alley," filed suit against the Trump administration this week over its decision to pause federal leases for large offshore wind projects. The move puts a sudden stop to five wind farms already under construction, including Dominion's Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. The complaint […]

In 2025, AI became a lightning rod for gamers and developers

2025 was the year generative AI made its presence felt in the video game industry. Its use has been discovered in some of the most popular games of the year, and CEOs from some of the largest game studios claim it's being implemented everywhere in the industry including in their own development processes. Meanwhile, rank-and-file […]

How AI broke the smart home in 2025

This morning, I asked my Alexa-enabled Bosch coffee machine to make me a coffee. Instead of running my routine, it told me it couldn't do that. Ever since I upgraded to Alexa Plus, Amazon's generative-AI-powered voice assistant, it has failed to reliably run my coffee routine, coming up with a different excuse almost every time […]

Make Spirits Bright With Holiday Hits on GeForce NOW

Holiday lights are twinkling, hot cocoa’s on the stove and gamers are settling in for a well-earned break. Whether staying in or heading on a winter getaway, GeForce NOW makes it easy to keep gaming from anywhere. Stream the 13 new games joining GeForce NOW this week across devices — including laptops, tablets and mobile Read Article

Pixel Portraits: AI generated trading cards

Indie Game Awards retracts Expedition 33 prizes due to generative AI

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 had earned another Game of the Year award by the Indie Game Awards last week, but the organization has since announced that the award would be retracted because developer Sandfall Interactive used generative AI during development. The Indie Game Awards also rescinded the Debut Game award given to Expedition 33. Here […]

Here are 5 ways to feast, celebrate and explore with Google Arts & Culture.

This holiday season, transform screen-time into a festive cultural journey with Google Arts & Culture's dedicated "Festive Fun" page. Consider this your AI-powered c…

Marine Biological Laboratory Explores Human Memory With AI and Virtual Reality

The works of Plato state that when humans have an experience, some level of change occurs in their brain, which is powered by memory — specifically long-term memory. This change is what Andre Fenton, professor of neural science at New York University, and Abhishek Kumar, assistant professor of cell and regenerative biology at the University Read Article

5 ways to make 2025 photo recaps with Google Photos

Learn how to use Google Photos to post, share or just look back on your 2025 in photos and videos.