From PC World: Google is reshuffling its AI service brands, no longer to use the terms “Gemini Pro” or “Gemini Ultra” going forward, reports 9to5Google. Previously, the company had also stopped using the “Gemini Advanced” brand in connection with Google I/O 2025.

Instead of giving the impression...

From CNET: A massive but partial internet outage wiped out vast swaths of the online world Thursday, kicked off by issues with Google Cloud services and affecting sites including Spotify, Discord, Character.ai, Snapchat, UPS, Pokemon and many of Google's own Workspace offerings.

By about 3 hours...

From PC Mag: Download speeds for Starlink customers in the US appear to have significantly improved over the past year, reaching 100Mbps on a consistent basis.

The findings come from Ookla’s Speedtest.net, which internet users—including Starlink customers—have been using for years to measure their...

From PC World: In a recent Threads post, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote that the company’s microblogging platform has started testing out a new feature: direct messages. Confirmed in another Threads post by Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri, DMs have been the most requested feature on Threads since the...

From CNET: I might be the kind of person who ruthlessly combs through new emails the very second I see that red circle in the corner of the app icon, but I've had enough glimpses at the screens of my friends and family to know that my way of doing things is far from common.

If you're the type of...

From PC Mag: Want to own Google Beam, the company’s futuristic video calling system? You might need a loan because it costs $24,999 for a single unit.

HP, Google’s partner on the project, is preparing to sell the video-conferencing system late this year. Of course, normal consumers wouldn’t be...

From PC World: Mozilla recently announced the discontinuation of Pocket and Fakespot features in Firefox as the organization wants to focus its limited resources on higher priority features in the Firefox web browser.

But Pocket and Fakespot weren’t the last of the cuts. We recently learned that...

From CNET: Meta says a new generative AI model it released Wednesday could change how machines understand the physical world, opening up opportunities for smarter robots and more.

The new open-source model, called V-JEPA 2 for Video Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture 2, is designed to help AI...

From PC Mag: If you’re finding ChatGPT has gone silent, you’re not alone. OpenAI’s chatbot is down for many users around the world right now.

According to Downdetector, the issues began at 3 a.m. ET and have persisted for many users, with reports growing as the United States wakes up. It appeared...

From PC World: A significant update is coming to the Windows 11 Start Menu: Microsoft is now testing a wider, scrollable design, complete with the Windows Phone sidebar. This latest change follows the introduction of a “category” view last year, showing ongoing development.

If this sounds like old...