AI is doing the dirty work for insurance companies, and it’s getting worse

AI is now deciding whether your insurance claim gets approved, and denial rates are climbing fast. Here’s what’s happening and why your doctor’s opinion might not matter anymore.

The ElevenLabs AI music generator turns your ideas into 3-minute songs

Hot on the heels of Google’s music AI launch, ElevenLabs drops ElevenMusic, a text-to-song iOS app that signals the company’s clear ambition to move well beyond voice cloning.

Even astronauts on the way to the moon hit Outlook problems

Astronauts on Artemis II ran into a familiar Outlook failure mid-flight, forcing mission control to step in and troubleshoot. The glitch shows how even deep space missions still depend on everyday software.

Youtube will stream Coachella in 4K for the first time, and there’s a shot-on-Pixel feed too

YouTube is streaming all of Coachella 2026 for free starting April 10, with seven simultaneous stages, 4K streams for the first time, a Pixel-shot vertical feed, and Multiview for watching four stages at once.

Your chatbot may have emotions, and it changes how it behaves

Your chatbot may not feel anything, but new research shows emotion-like signals inside AI can shape responses, steer decisions, and even push systems toward risky behavior under pressure.

Your next Android flagship may get a big Gemini Nano 4 boost

Google is prepping Gemini Nano 4 for Android flagships, promising faster on-device AI and better efficiency while giving developers early access to build and optimize apps ahead of launch.

Amazon, hit by war, adds a fuel surcharge that could make shopping expensive for you

Amazon is adding a 3.5% fuel surcharge on fees for third-party sellers starting April 17, driven by surging oil prices tied to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Shoppers could soon feel the impact too.

Microsoft no longer wants to borrow its AI, it wants to build it

Microsoft wants to stop relying on OpenAI and build its own cutting-edge AI models by 2027, and the move could change how you use Teams, Copilot, and more.

Lectric heads north – Canadians get access to the US’s best-selling e-bikes
Lectric heads north – Canadians get access to the US’s best-selling e-bikes

Lectric eBikes is officially rolling into Canada, setting the stage to shape the future of cycling north of the border.

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AO3 is finally out of beta after 17 years
AO3 is finally out of beta after 17 years

Archive of Our Own (AO3) is officially exiting beta. The Organization for Transformative Works – the nonprofit behind the fanfiction site – announced the update on Thursday, which comes 17 years after AO3’s launch in 2009. “Since 2009, AO3 has grown and changed a lot,” the announcement says. “We’ve introduced many features over the years […]