AArtificial intelligence Read More Firmus IPO collapse exposes cracks in AI valuation bubbleOctober 18, 2026 The spectacular failure of neocloud start-up Firmus, previously the darling of Australia’s AI scene, has exposed the “cracks”…
AArtificial intelligence Read More Websites are closing their doors to AI agentsOctober 18, 2026 Autonomous agents are the hottest thing in AI. OpenAI, Meta, Google, Instinct, and others promise their agents can…
AArtificial intelligence Read More Meta to Literally Every Business User: Nice Website You Got ThereOctober 17, 2026 A forthcoming update to Meta’s terms of service allows Meta “or any entity acting on our behalf” to…
AArtificial intelligence Read More Meta’s $100b AI gamble: Zuckerberg’s bet on 29-year-old billionaireOctober 17, 2026 Mark Zuckerberg has gone all-in on Meta’s position in the fast-evolving AI race. After years of watching Anthropic…
CCelebrities Read More Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning Goes Hard After Mark ZuckerbergOctober 5, 2026 Last week, before I saw Aaron Sorkin‘s The Social Reckoning, I was going to write an item on…
MMusic Read More Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and FamilyOctober 3, 2026 Welcome to Kernel Panic!, a weekly newsletter by Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess from inside the new…
AArtificial intelligence Read More Trump’s AI accord mocked after US misspelt in documentOctober 1, 2026 A landmark US document laying out an agreement on policing the development of artificial intelligence – or “super…
VVirtual reality Read More VR Headsets Are So CookedSeptember 26, 2026 On stage at Meta’s annual Connect keynote, Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth (“Boz” for those who partake) delivered one…
AArtificial intelligence Read More Meta debuts Tamagotchi-style “charm” housing an AI agentSeptember 26, 2026 Meta is creating a tiny, portable Muse Charm device for carrying around the company’s AI agent, chief executive…
VVirtual reality Read More Meta VR Glasses Plan Imax Entertainment PushSeptember 25, 2026 The success of Christopher Nolan’s epic The Odyssey brought new awareness to the different Imax experiences out there.…
VVirtual reality Read More Meta’s VR Glasses are getting updated versions of some hit games.September 25, 2026 Posted Sep 23, 2026 at 11:54 PM UTC Meta’s VR Glasses are getting updated versions of some hit…
VVirtual reality Read More ‘No way’: Meta Announces VR Shake-Up With New Meta VR GlassesSeptember 24, 2026 I recently travelled to Tokyo to get an early hands-on look at Meta’s new releases, and its VR…