Opera is injecting its Android browser with new AI features like an Ask AI search bar and page context analysis. The company promises data isn’t used for training, but the privacy model still raises questions.
Spotify’s annual Wrapped recap is back with new features for 2025. The big addition is Wrapped Party, a competitive mode that lets you challenge friends to see who had the weirder or more dedicated listening year.
Nexus Data Centers is proposing a massive 612MW, natural gas-powered data center campus in Hubbard, Texas. The plan includes a novel partnership with AirJoule Technologies to use waste heat to produce water for the facility’s operations.
According to Uber’s CFO, the company’s market penetration in the US sits at just 15%, matching its average across its top 10 countries. This surprising stat highlights Uber’s focus on growth in suburban “sparser markets” and grocery delivery partnerships. The company is also expanding into AI traini
Europe is moving to build its own AI chip factories to compete with the US, targeting a formal bidding process in early 2026. Meanwhile, Meta is making a huge play for the future of AI devices by hiring two of Apple’s most iconic design leaders.
A large-scale study has found that 12-year-olds who own a smartphone face significantly higher health risks than their peers without one. The data shows clear associations with depression, obesity, and sleep deprivation, prompting a call for more careful consideration from parents.
Nabu Casa is the for-profit company founded in 2018 by Home Assistant creators Paulus Schoutsen and Pascal Vizeli. It funds the open-source project through optional subscriptions and hardware sales, making the smart home platform more accessible while keeping it independent.
Google isn’t wasting any time. Following the rollout of the Android 16 QPR2 update to Pixel devices, the company has already published the corresponding source code to the Android Open Source Project. This gives the custom ROM community immediate access to build on the new software.
Google has officially ended its annual Android release schedule with the new Android 16 QPR2 update. The move to smaller, biannual SDK releases aims to get new features to more phones faster, not just Pixels.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has declared an internal “code red,” pausing projects to focus on improving ChatGPT’s speed and reliability. This comes as Google’s Gemini hits 650 million users and outpaces it on key benchmarks. The pressure is officially on.
