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9 Smart Home Devices That Could Be Spying On Your Family

Smart home devices make life easier. You can turn off lights with your voice, check who’s at the door from your phone, or adjust the thermostat without getting up. But there’s a catch. Many of these devices collect data about you and your family. Sometimes, they even listen or watch…

Clever Dude · Aug 4, 2025

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says his employees are refusing Zuckerberg’s $100 million payout—and he's not even matching salaries to keep them

Anthropic’s billionaire boss Dario Amodei isn’t willing to fight fire with fire by raising his own staffers’ salaries to convince them to stay—yet retention is higher there than at Meta, OpenAI, or Google DeepMind.

Fortune · Aug 4, 2025

ChatGPT use by companies fell for the first time since 2022, report says

For the first time since its launch nearly three years ago, ChatGPT is being used less by companies, which are increasingly opting for competitors from Microsoft and Google.

Euronews · Aug 4, 2025

Apple is ready to catch up in the AI market, CEO Tim Cook says

Apple might be planning on expanding data centers and investing more in AI as it fights to keep up with Microsoft, Google.

TechRadar · Aug 4, 2025

Did Alphabet Stock Just Become a Screaming Buy? CEO Sundar Pichai Says ‘Nearly All Gen AI Unicorns Use Google Cloud’

Alphabet’s Q2 proves AI dominance with surging cloud adoption, innovative search, and strong monetization — positioning it as an AI backbone.

Barchart · Aug 4, 2025

Apple’s rumored ChatGPT rival could fix the thing I hate most about Siri – and it can’t come soon enough

Apple is working on adding AI chatbot powers to Siri, a new report claims –and that would fix my biggest frustration with its voice assistant.

TechRadar · Aug 4, 2025

Apple is working on a ChatGPT alternative — what we know about the 'Answers Engine'

Apple is looking to compete in the world of AI with a new team working on a ChatGPT alternative.

Tom’s Guide · Aug 4, 2025

Microsoft's up to its old tricks, this time pushing Copilot AI in your face when searching on Bing - and this is getting tiresome

Microsoft dips into its underhand promo playbook (again), this time pushing Copilot AI via Bing.

TechRadar · Aug 4, 2025

AI Whiz Kid Turned Down $125 Million From Meta — Here's Why Zuckerberg Wanted Him

Matt Deitke, a 24-year-old AI researcher, rejected Meta's initial $125 million offer, leading Mark Zuckerberg to intervene.

International Business Times UK · Aug 4, 2025

This £35 smart scale gave me more useful health data than I expected

A smart scale with sleek looks that doesn’t overcomplicate things but, best of all, is cheap as chips

T3 · Aug 4, 2025