WhatsApp, the popular messaging app owned by Meta, is reportedly testing an app for Wear OS. That means if you own a Google Pixel Watch, Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 or other smartwatch, you may soon be able to send text and voice messages right from your wrist.  The app is now available to... Read more

On April 28, Felipe Neto, a Brazilian YouTuber with more than 45 million followers, was angry. He had just received a message from YouTube warning him about PL2630, a bill in Brazil’s National Congress dubbed the “Fake News Law” that would regulate online platforms. Influencers like Neto, the company... Read more

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Electronic Arts today released its final earnings report for fiscal year 2023, which includes its fourth quarter performance. Net bookings in Q4 rose by 11% year-on-year to $1.9 billion, while total net... Read more

Much of the AI technology we use today runs in hulking data centers operated by cloud computing giants like Amazon, Microsoft and Google. But with a technology called WebGPU that Google is now building into its Chrome browser, web apps can take advantage of AI processing more directly. Google... Read more

mother’s day is now less than a week away. If you haven’t already purchased a gift for the mother figure in your life, we’re here to remind you that it’s time to get movin’ before May 14. To help you speed up the process, we found great deals on... Read more

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Private Division, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive, announced a new partnership with Game Freak for a new action-adventure IP. The new IP — codenamed Project Bloom — is still early in... Read more

Enlarge / Anthropic’s Constitutional AI logo on a glowing orange background. Anthropic / Benj Edwards On Tuesday, AI startup Anthropic detailed the specific principles of its “Constitutional AI” training approach that provides its Claude chatbot with explicit “values.” It aims to address concerns about transparency, safety, and decision-making in... Read more

The countdown to Google I/O 2023 is almost over. The company’s annual developer conference takes place tomorrow, and it could prove critical for the search giant, especially with strong AI competition from Microsoft and ChatGPT.  As Google gears up for Wednesday’s event, the company is still playing catchup to... Read more

It’s easy to freak out about more advanced artificial intelligence—and much more difficult to know what to do about it. Anthropic, a startup founded in 2021 by a group of researchers who left OpenAI, says it has a plan.  Anthropic is working on AI models similar to the one used to power... Read more

Join top executives in San Francisco on July 11-12, to hear how leaders are integrating and optimizing AI investments for success. Learn More Anthropic, a leading artificial intelligence company founded by former OpenAI engineers, has taken a novel approach to addressing the ethical and social challenges posed by increasingly... Read more