Meet Microsoft Scout, Your AI Coworker That Never Logs Off

Microsoft’s OpenClaw-style agent appears in Teams, just like a human colleague, and automates your dull office tasks.

Partiful Is Putting Ticket Payments on Its Platform

In the social event planner’s first major move toward monetization, Partiful is getting ticketing directly in the app.

Flush With Cash From OpenAI, Opal Is Making an AI-Powered Audio Gadget

Opal, the company famous for making a fancy webcam, has pivoted to making other consumer electronics. Fueled by big investments from OpenAI and Samsung, it’s working on an audio gadget first.

Everyone Has Their Targets Set on the MacBook Neo

Dell, Microsoft, and others are unveiling new laptops to compete directly with the Neo, but not all are learning the right lessons from Apple.

Is the Ferrari Luce’s Design Really That Bad? 3 Italian Auto Experts Weigh In

The first electric Ferrari is already this year’s most divisive car. We asked three Italian auto industry professionals to explain where the EV’s design makes sense, and where it doesn’t add up.

Hands-On With Gemini Spark: I Gave It Access to My Life and It Friend-Zoned My Boyfriend

Google’s new AI agent combed through my emails, documents, and calendar to plan a birthday party and still didn’t clock the person most important to me.

Physical Media Is Making a Comeback. The Next Console Generation Might Kill It

Consoles with disc drives are the easiest way to enjoy all kinds of physical media, but that could end with the next-gen PlayStation 6 and Microsoft’s Project Helix.

Meta Copies Snapchat’s Homework Again With ‘Plus’ Features for Instagram and Facebook

Meta’s upcoming Instagram Plus and Facebook Plus subscriptions are the latest example of the company seeing what works elsewhere and mimicking it.

Here Comes Ojai, Waymo’s New Chinese-Made Robotaxi

The pale-blue Ojai vehicles will start picking up members of the public in California and Arizona today.

Oura’s New Ring 5 Is Smaller and Lighter—and Adds an AI Health Coach

It’s slimmer, lighter, and more durable. But the real upgrade is Oura’s push into AI-powered health insights and proactive monitoring.