Sony’s pocket-sized RX1R camera returns with its first update in 10 years

Sony’s pocket-sized RX1R camera returns with its first update in 10 years

The new Sony RX1R III carries forward the last version’s fixed lens and 35mm sensor. | Image: Sony After nearly a decade, Sony has announced a new version of its fixed-lens compact RX1R camera that was last updated in 2015. The new third generation RX1R III arrives with the same 35mm full-frame Exmor R sensor…

Google’s curated AI ‘notebooks’ talk you through topics from parenting to Shakespeare

Google’s curated AI ‘notebooks’ talk you through topics from parenting to Shakespeare

Google is launching eight featured notebooks to start, with more to come. Google is partnering with authors, researchers, and publications to launch “featured” notebooks within its AI notetaking app, NotebookLM. These notebooks come pre-filled with research, and let you interact with the app’s tools, including its AI podcast maker, to learn more about each topic….

US government announces $200 million Grok contract a week after ‘MechaHitler’ incident

US government announces $200 million Grok contract a week after ‘MechaHitler’ incident

A week after Elon Musk’s Grok dubbed itself “MechaHitler” and spewed antisemitic stereotypes, the US government has announced a new contract granting the chatbot’s creator, xAI, up to $200 million to modernize the Defense Department. xAI is one of several leading AI companies to receive the award, alongside Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI. But the timing…

Anthropic’s Claude chatbot can now make and edit your Canva designs

Anthropic’s Claude chatbot can now make and edit your Canva designs

Canva users can now create, edit, and manage their designs by describing their requirements to Anthropic’s Claude AI. The connection is the latest of several integrations that allow Claude users to access third-party tools and services, including Figma, Notion, Stripe, and Prisma, without having to leave their conversation with the AI chatbot. Starting today, Claude…

Why GM’s CEO is still betting on electric vehicles (and racing)

Why GM’s CEO is still betting on electric vehicles (and racing)

GM was the first major US automaker to make the promise to go all-electric by 2035, just four years ago. Those promises have since turned into rough estimates under the second Donald Trump presidency, with the company softening language about its electrification goals. But GM is riding high on EV sales, and as CEO Mary…

xAI explains the Grok Nazi meltdown, as Tesla puts Elon’s bot in its cars

xAI explains the Grok Nazi meltdown, as Tesla puts Elon’s bot in its cars

Several days after temporarily shutting down the Grok AI bot that was producing antisemitic posts and praising Hitler in response to user prompts, Elon Musk’s AI company tried to explain why that happened. In a series of posts on X, it said that “…we discovered the root cause was an update to a code path…