Google introduces agentic AI browsing to Chrome with "Auto Browse"
The feature marks one of Google's most determined steps toward agentic AI, where software systems carry out tasks through context-aware reasoning and automated control of user interfaces. Auto Browse is now in preview for paid subscribers in the AI Pro and AI Ultra plans, it uses the company's latest Gemini...
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Meta Reality Labs posts worst quarter ever: losses hit $6 billion, pushing total to $80 billion
Reality Labs' $6.02 billion operating loss was even worse than the $5.67 billion analysts had been expecting. The segment managed to record $955 million in sales, which was at least better than the $940.8 million that had been predicted.
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Windows 11 hits one billion users in less time than Windows 10
While adoption was initially gradual, Windows 11's momentum accelerated over the past year. Chief Executive Satya Nadella told investors the user base is up more than 45 percent year-over-year, attributing the growth to Windows 11's role in modernizing the PC ecosystem and strengthening OEM revenue.
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Nvidia's Jensen Huang says the standalone Vera CPU will challenge AMD and Intel in the data center
This decision represents far more than a new product launch; it is the culmination of Nvidia's push to become a one-stop silicon provider for AI and high-performance computing. The company's strategy is clear: rather than relying on GPUs to accelerate other firms' CPUs, Nvidia now wants its own architecture to...
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Google's Aluminium OS accidentally leaks, showing ChromeOS-Android fusion in action for the first time
The bug report has since become unavailable to the public, but 9to5Google managed to copy it and save the clips. The footage, totaling around two and a half minutes, doesn't reveal much, but Aluminium certainly resembles the fusion of ChromeOS and Android that Google described last September.
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Ubisoft's problems deepen as unions call international strike over job cuts and return-to-office mandate
Ubisoft announced last week that it will restructure its internal operations in the coming months, refocusing its strategy around open-world games, live-service titles, and player-facing generative AI. The changes include delays to seven projects and the cancellation of six others, among them Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
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Microsoft's Xbox struggles continue as console sales fall 32% and first-party games underperform
In its second-quarter results for financial year 2026, which ended December 31, 2025, Microsoft wrote that Gaming revenue decreased by $623 million to $5.99 billion, or 9%. The drop was driven by the 32% decline in Xbox hardware, as well as a small dip in Xbox content and services.
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New York startup builds foam-covered humanoid inspired by WALL-E, not Terminator
Founded in stealth in New York's Flatiron District, Fauna Robotics spent two years building Sprout as a different kind of platform – one that treats robots not as laborers but as companions and collaborators. Its debut this week marks the company's attempt to define a new category of "approachable" humanoids:...
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Nine out of ten DuckDuckGo users don't want AI anywhere near their search
DuckDuckGo recently asked its community whether they actually wanted AI baked into their web browsing experience. The response was loud and clear: an overwhelming majority said no. Now, the company says it's going to honor that choice by offering two different versions of its search experience. Even so, power users...
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ASML slashes 1,700 jobs even as demand for chipmaking machines hits record highs
CEO Christophe Fouquet framed the restructuring as an effort to make ASML more agile. Roughly four percent of the company's global workforce – about 1,700 positions – will be cut, primarily affecting managerial and support roles in the Netherlands, with smaller reductions in the US.
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