From TechCrunch: DoorDash announced on Wednesday that it’s launching a text-to-order AI agent that lets users place orders through Apple Messages. The new tool allows users to send prompts like “order my usual,” and the agent will understand that they mean their Friday night order.

DoorDash says...

From TechCrunch: Instagram announced on Wednesday that it’s bringing an AI video editing tool to Edits, its CapCut competitor.

This conversational AI assistant is intended to provide personalized feedback to creators, rather than generic advice.

“The assistant knows your account’s Instagram...

From ComputerWorld: If you’ve not done so recently, you should update your Apple systems now as the company continues to fight sophisticated, targeted hacks. The latest patch protects against what the company called “an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.”

Apple...

From Thermaltake Press Release: Thermaltake introduces the Stage 500 TG ARGB Mid Tower Chassis, designed to bring PC hardware and personal collections together in one showcase. Available in Black and Snow editions, the Stage 500 TG ARGB features a one-piece curved tempered glass panel, a dedicated...

From TechCrunch: OpenAI has been a close partner of Microsoft from the jump, but the AI lab is increasingly going after the company’s bread and butter, workplace software, with new features that closely resemble an office software suite like Microsoft’s.

At its Dev Day developer conference in San...

From TechCrunch: At OpenAI’s Dev Day event on Tuesday, the company announced the launch of Dots, a new personal agentic assistant powered by GPT-6 Astra. The company describes Dots as “remarkably capable, always-on agents built to handle everything.”

Unlike Codex or ChatGPT, Dots are meant to...

From TechCrunch: At OpenAI’s DevDay event on Tuesday, the company showed off GPT-6.1 Sol, a mere week after it launched GPT-6 Sol. OpenAI says the new model delivers nearly the same level of intelligence as GPT-6 Astra for agentic coding, computer use, and professional work, at one-fifth the...

From Tom's Hardware: In the face of strong demand and device shortages, Sony has decided to filter PlayStation 5 Pro purchasers in Japan using a lottery system. We’ve seen such anti-scalper techniques used by the makers of the most treasured tech before, but the Sony Store in Japan is also insisting...

From Tom's Hardware: What do you get when you cross a bored teenager with free time and excellent computer skills? A hack of a Microsoft database with trillions of records on hand and 25,000 records of employee data, of course. Future legend hacker Faav poked around Microsoft's supposedly internal...

From CRN: MongoDB has begun searching for a new permanent CEO following the surprising news Monday morning of Desai’s departure to take a job overseeing Meta Group’s new Meta Enterprise Platform initiative.

Chirantan “CJ” Desai has stepped down as president and CEO of database developer MongoDB to...