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 […]

Meta’s AI smart glasses have a creepy reputation, but they are finding a good purpose too

Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses have a growing privacy problem, but blind artist Clarke Reynolds is using them to do something remarkable — run a full marathon guided by strangers from around the world.

PSA: Anyone with a link can view your Granola notes by default
PSA: Anyone with a link can view your Granola notes by default

If you use the AI-powered note-taking app Granola, you might want to double-check your privacy settings. Though Granola says your notes are “private by default,” it makes them viewable to anyone with a link, and also uses them for internal AI training unless you opt out. Granola describes itself as an “AI notepad for people […]

Reddit is moving on from r/all
Reddit is moving on from r/all

Reddit is deprecating r/all, one of its feeds that shows popular posts on the platform, as part of “ongoing efforts to simplify Reddit and improve Home feed personalization.” Reddit has offered both r/popular and r/all as ways to see trending posts, with r/all being a “less filtered feed” where “sexually explicit posts are filtered out […]

Qcells wants solar + storage built into every new home
Qcells wants solar + storage built into every new home

Solar giant Qcells is making a play to get solar and battery storage built into new homes in the US from day one.

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Samsung’s 2026 OLED TVs get a metal makeover with brightness and anti-glare upgrades

Samsung’s 2026 OLED TVs bring a metal design, higher brightness, and improved anti-glare tech, making them better suited for bright living rooms.

Samsung refreshes the Frame TV lineup for 2026 with a pleasant sticker surprise

Samsung’s 2026 The Frame and The Frame Pro bring improved glare handling, new installation tweaks, AI features, and surprisingly enough, lower pricing for the Pro model.

You can now talk to ChatGPT from your car thanks to CarPlay

ChatGPT is now available on Apple CarPlay via iOS 26.4, offering voice-only AI interactions for safer, hands-free use while driving.