CEO Melanie Perkins explains Canva’s big pivot to AI
…It’s like, okay, Slack is going to have a bunch of agents that can go talk to Canva’s database of images. Canva will have a bunch of agents that can…
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New Mexico has a plan to overhaul Facebook and Instagram
…The second was a special agent who has investigated child exploitation crimes. When the multi-week trial concludes, Biedscheid will need to determine whether Meta’s actions have impacted entire communities, and…
Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want
…Dinking around with code is a hobby many tech people enjoy and one the rest of us simply don’t care about. Making it easier to write code doesn’t change that…
Online Shopping
…It’s part of a larger push by retailers into AI-powered agentic shopping — that’s now causing headaches for humans. Brands are upset that 'Buy For Me' is featuring their products…
The new Razr Ultra isn’t your average phone — for better and worse
…I used that front screen to catch up on Slack notifications, present my boarding pass to a gate agent, and entertain my four-year-old for a few minutes with a gyroscope…
Google Assistant
…branding of Google’s smart speakers, which was dropped in 2019 in favor of Nest. Code spotted by 9to5Google suggests the new name. The speaker is expected to arrive on October 1st…
Microsoft’s new Xbox chief starts making her mark
…Today we operate across dozens of surfaces, pipelines, and release models without a shared code repository or common data foundation. As a result, quality and speed too often depends on heroics instead…
A hacker ran me over with a robot lawn mower
…Makris begins by showing me a vibe-coded map with the locations of ostensibly every Yarbo robot in the United States and Europe, around 5,400 devices. (He’s tracking over 11…
Cryptocurrency
…A press release describes the site as a way for users to “generate a private, personal AI agent that doesn’t just answer questions, but actually operates on the user’s behalf…
Roids were all the rage at the Enhanced Games
…A QR code periodically flashed, encouraging spectators to send in selfies that were then turned into AI-generated portraits of what they’d look like “enhanced.” At other times, the traditional kiss…