AI tools without the right people may keep businesses in pilot mode Most U.S. businesses are running at least one AI tool. Many are running several. The expectation is generally that AI will handle the routine work, your team will focus on the important stuff, and productivity will go up. But for many companies, that…
Meta Platforms said Wednesday it’s rolling out an “incognito” mode for WhatsApp users to have private conversations with its AI chatbot, a move intended to ease privacy concerns about sensitive information that users share in chats. The social media company said in a blog post that incognito chat mode provides a way to have private,…
Google announced five new ways in how it is improving linking to web pages from AI Mode and AI Overviews. Some of these we saw Google testing earlier, and I (we) were fans of these changes and I am glad to see Google officially roll them out. “These experiences are most helpful when they make…
On April 16, 2026, Robby Stein, Google Search’s VP of Product, and Mike Torres, Google Chrome’s VP of Product, announced a new way to explore the web with AI Mode in Chrome. In their announcement, the two VPs wrote that the update makes it easier to “access and engage with content and dive deeper into…
Microsoft Gaming shared updates on its newly announced next-generation hardware Project Helix during the Xbox Developer Summit keynote address at Game Developer Conference 2026, including that it plans to ship alpha versions of the hardware to developers beginning in 2027. “Project Helix is designed to play your Xbox console and PC games, delivering leading performance…
