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OpenAI’s big Codex update is a direct shot at Anthropic’s Claude Code
Codex can control apps on your desktop like Tic Tac Toe. | Image: OpenAI OpenAI is beefing up its agentic coding and development system Codex with a suite of updates that let it use your computer,...
OpenAI’s latest Codex update builds the groundwork for its upcoming super app
Last month, following reporting from The Wall Street Journal, OpenAI confirmed it was working on a desktop super app that would combine ChatGPT, its Codex coding agent and Atlas web browser into one...
Intel launches new Core Series 3 chips for mainstream laptops
Intel has unveiled its new Core Series 3 chips, the official title for its Wildcat Lake-codenamed series intended for mainstream and value-oriented laptops. Built using the same Intel 18A process as...
Microsoft planning Surface Laptop with an OLED display
The Surface Laptop 7. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Microsoft is preparing to launch new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models in the coming months. Windows Central reports that the refreshed...
Iowa lawmakers advance bill tightening rules on prediction markets
Iowa lawmakers are pressing ahead with a bill that would clamp down on a fast-expanding slice of financial trading tied to real-world outcomes via prediction markets. The measure, known as Senate...
Gemini can now draw on your Google data to personalize the images it generates
Your Google Photos library could soon influence the kind of images you can generate with Gemini. After letting users personalize the AI assistant's responses with data from Gmail, Search and...
Gemini can now pull from Google Photos to generate personalized images
An example image from Google. Google's Personal Intelligence feature, which lets Gemini pull data from apps like Google Photos to offer responses tailored to you, can now use that data and its Nano...
Gemini can now pull from Google Photos to generate personalized images
An example image from Google. Google's Personal Intelligence feature, which lets Gemini pull data from apps like Google Photos to offer responses tailored to you, can now use that data and its Nano...
Microsoft’s new Xbox chief starts making her mark
Microsoft's new Xbox chief has had a busy couple of months after promising "the return of Xbox." Asha Sharma met with publishers at the Game Developers Conference in March, and has also been on the...
Anthropic releases a new Opus model amid Mythos Preview buzz
Anthropic has released its most powerful "generally available" model to date: Claude Opus 4.7. The company called it a step up from Opus 4.6 for advanced software engineering tasks, particularly in...