Garmin’s Latest Training Features Fend Off the Advances of the Apple Watch
…Garmin decided it was time to step up its update game. The likes of the Apple Watch Ultra-esque Venu X1 ($700), Fenix 8 Pro ($1,889), and Forerunner 970 ($750) were…
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The Fanfare Around the Band Geese Actually Was a Psyop
…These ginned-up interactions push the songs and the discussion about them higher up a platform’s algorithmic rankings. And social media platforms like TikTok and YouTube are, increasingly, where (real) fans…
Meet the Gods of AI Warfare
…Maven Smart System—the software platform built by Palantir that brought together disparate battlefield and other data on a digital map and displayed AI detections that could be deployed in targeting—was…
Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones
Code discreetly added to Meta’s AI app over multiple updates this year shows that the feature, internally called “NameTag,” identifies people captured by the glasses’ camera and, when activated, alerts the…
Android Is Fighting Phone Scams With a New Feature to Prove Who’s Calling
…Beginning today, it will start rolling out in updates for all Android phones running Android 12 (from 2021) and later. The mechanism uses RCS to digitally bind your phone number with your…
The Pope’s Warnings About AI Were AI-Generated, a Detection Tool Claims
…It undermines journalism and social platforms alike. Text generated at least in part by AI accounts for more than a third of all new websites as of 2025, according to a study…
Meet the Accidental Editor in Chief of Muslim Media
…He runs @Muslim, with more than 12 million followers across platforms—6.7 million on Instagram alone. He has interviewed Zohran Mamdani, Riz Ahmed, Mo Amer, and Motaz Azaiza. The success of…
Here’s How to Choose Which Smart Home Assistant Is Best for Your Home
…The best system for you will be the path of least resistance, whether that's using your smartphone's dedicated assistant or sticking with a platform that best integrates with the devices…
What’s Worth More Than Cash in San Francisco Real Estate? Anthropic Stock
…As a result, Anthropic updated its policy around “unauthorized Anthropic stock sales” this spring, which notes that “if someone purports to sell Anthropic shares without proper board approval, that transaction is invalid…
Data Brokers’ and AI Firms’ Opt-Out Forms Are Built to Fail, Report Finds
…Added comment from Palantir and Spokeo, and updated attribution of SoundThinking and HireVue's statements, which were provided by intermediaries who clarified those details post-publication. Updated 6:35 pm ET, May…