Google is reportedly working on a new desktop OS codenamed “Aluminium OS,” internally called “Android desktop.” For it to succeed, it needs to master multitasking, clipboard history, and true desktop apps. The author plans to buy the first device that ships with it.
Family offices manage over $3 trillion but often rely on basic tools like Excel and 67 separate QuickBooks logins. Asseta AI is building a platform to consolidate it all, charging $35,000 per year and aiming for profitability in 18 months.
An anti-AI activist who helped found the Stop AI group is now missing and considered armed and dangerous by San Francisco police. Sam Kirchner, 27, allegedly threatened to buy weapons and target OpenAI workers, leading to a lockdown at the company’s offices last month. His former colleagues are more
Travel agencies are adopting AI, but the strategy is to augment human expertise, not eliminate it. New tools help advisors track price drops for clients and personalize trips for the ultra-wealthy, blending data with personal touch.
MIT researchers have created an aerial microrobot that can fly with the speed and agility of a real insect. Using a novel two-part AI controller, it’s 450% faster and can perform consecutive somersaults. However, significant hurdles remain before these bots can search disaster zones.
A new analyst note suggests Apple might use Intel’s 18A-P process for non-Pro iPhones in 2028. This follows Ming-Chi Kuo’s report of an NDA and sample procurement. But shifting core silicon away from TSMC is a monumental risk.
Google is rolling out a series of updates to Chrome’s autofill feature across desktop, iOS, and Android. The changes let autofill access more personal data from your Google Account and Google Wallet, while also improving how it handles international addresses and displays suggestions.
Intuit’s new AI accounting agent saves small businesses an average of 12 hours monthly with over 90% accuracy. The company’s AI push fueled better-than-expected Q1 earnings and a $100M deal with OpenAI.
The scale of investment flooding into artificial intelligence is almost incomprehensible. We’re talking about sums that make historic government projects and previous tech frenzies look like small change.
A key architect of Microsoft’s massive AI infrastructure is moving to one of its most important cloud partners. Nidhi Chappell is joining Nscale as president of AI infrastructure, following a $14 billion deal between the companies in October. This signals the intense battle for talent and hardware i
