- AWS and Anthropic Bet $1B on Engineers to Prove AI Pays Off
Forward-deployed engineer job ads jumped 6x for a second straight year as AWS, Anthropic and OpenAI spend billions to prove AI actually pays off.
- Google Quietly Updates Old Nest Speakers: Audio Fixes, No New Hardware
Google hasn't forgotten its older Nest speakers. Firmware 3.79.550760 is rolling out through the Home Preview Program with audio and smart-home fixes.
- Google Links Your Phone Number to Every Android Account by Default
Google Play Services now verifies and links your phone number across all signed-in Android accounts by default, and users are calling it a privacy betrayal.
- Android Blocks 5M Scam Calls a Month, Adds AI Text Shields
Google rolls out AI scam detection for Google Messages, screen sharing and call forwarding, flagging 5 million suspected scams monthly.
- Galaxy S26 Ultra Named Best Android Phone of 2026 at $1,300
CNET experts crown the $1,300 Galaxy S26 Ultra the best Android phone of 2026. The Pixel 11 and Galaxy S26 also earn spots — here's why.
- Hassabis: AI Will Fix Climate, Silent on Data Centre Power
DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis told Dublin's International AI Summit that AI will crack fusion, superconductors and disaster forecasting, while saying nothing about data…