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Meta releases code for custom Muse AI gadgets with household controls
Meta has released open-source code enabling users to build their own Muse AI gadgets tailored to their specific needs. The move democratises access to Meta’s new AI assistant by allowing hobbyists and developers to create customised hardware implementations using readily available components like ESP32 boards or Raspberry Pi units. The company has also manufactured a…
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Meta wants people to build their own Muse gadgets, too
Meta is opening up its Muse AI agent to third-party developers through a new open-source project called Muse Gadgets, providing them with the firmware and tools needed to build custom hardware. This move could accelerate innovation around the Muse platform beyond Meta’s own devices, allowing hobbyists and developers to create diverse hardware implementations for interacting…
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Manchester City warned; Celebrity Traitors opens to acclaim
The FA warns Manchester City over integrity findings. Celebrity Traitors opens with 21 celebrities, a new heart valve is approved and violence erupts in France over education.
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Samsung and Google are raising prices on their budget phones
Samsung and Google have significantly increased prices on their budget smartphones, with the Galaxy A17 5G rising by $70 and the Pixel 10a by $100. Both companies are raising costs across their affordable ranges, primarily due to a global RAM shortage affecting the entire technology industry. This matters because budget phones have traditionally been the…
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Amazon pledges $1bn to support communities hosting datacentres
Amazon has announced a $1 billion investment over five years to support communities hosting its datacenters and address growing public opposition to their development. The company frames this as geopolitically critical, arguing that datacenters are essential to US competitiveness and comparing their development to the 1950s highway system. Amazon claims there are over 100 datacenter…
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Apple tightens macOS safeguards as AI agents seek access to sensitive data
Apple will add safeguards to macOS’s Full Disk Access permission after warning that some AI agent developers may not make the privacy risks clear to users. The change is intended to ensure people understand what an app can access before granting it broad access to their data. Full Disk Access can expose files, emails, messages…
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California secures $272.5m Lyft settlement over driver classification claims
Lyft has agreed to pay California $272.5 million to settle allegations that it misclassified drivers as independent contractors between 2016 and 2020, denying them employee protections and wages. State Attorney General Rob Bonta hailed the settlement as the largest misclassification settlement in California’s history and a landmark victory, particularly for workers from immigrant and communities…
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AI could expose how Georgia voters cast their ballot, researchers warn
A Princeton researcher has demonstrated that artificial intelligence can expose how Georgia voters actually cast their ballots by combining publicly available election records with an AI language model subscription costing just $20. This represents a significant breach of ballot secrecy, a fundamental democratic safeguard that protects voters from influence or intimidation. The discovery has prompted…
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Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
Researchers have reported several recent scientific findings, including a possible dark matter signal and quantum entanglement between Z bosons at the Large Hadron Collider. The results add to ongoing research into fundamental physics, but the dark matter observation is only a hint and does not establish a discovery. The LUX-ZEPLIN detector, located in a South…
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Manchester City’s England players are worried about their futures, admits Tuchel
Thomas Tuchel said Manchester City’s England players may be worried about the club’s financial rules case, which has become a regular topic of conversation in the England camp. He acknowledged it could be a distraction, though he has not seen it affect the players in meetings or training. City deny wrongdoing and have appealed against…