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Meta Superintelligence Labs is launching its first model since Mark Zuckerberg spent billions overhauling the company's AI efforts. Called Muse Spark, the model now powers the Meta AI app and the Meta AI website in the US, per the company's announcement. In the coming weeks, Meta says, it will appear in WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, and Meta's smart glasses, as well as roll out in other countries. Like Google Gemini, which easily integrates into Google's product suite, Meta touts Muse Spark as "purpose-built for Meta's products." The model, the first in a new series, will also be available to some of Meta's partners in private … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/908769/meta-muse-spark-ai-model-launch-rollout

Amazon’s Smart Thermostat is down to its best price of the year. | Image: Amazon With temperatures on the rise and Earth Day right around the corner, now’s a good time to invest in a smart thermostat if you haven’t already. A good one like Amazon’s Smart Thermostat can help reduce energy use and lower your bills without sacrificing comfort, and right now it’s just $61.99 ($18 off) at Amazon . Aside from a brief drop during Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, it’s spent most of 2026 at full price, making this the best deal we’ve seen since it dropped to $51.99 on Black Friday.   Amazon Smart Thermostat Where to Buy: $79.99 $61.99 at Amazon $79.99 $63.99 at Best Buy $79.99 $63.99 at B&H Photo My colleague Jennifer Pattison Tuohy was impressed by how much the smart thermostat delivers for the price. It can learn your habits over time so you can set it and forget it, which is a feature typically found in more expensive options, and it can automatically adjust based on ...

Just look at all that vertical space. | Image: Google Google's Chrome browser is getting a couple of new features, both of them extremely welcome and wildly overdue. The first is a reading mode , which does what it already does in most other browsers: strip out a lot of website cruft to make pages easier to read. Reading mode is good, you should use it, a lot of websites are bad. The second feature is the big one: vertical tabs. Instead of having all your tabs in a row across the top of your browser, you can now right-click on the tab bar and select "Show Tabs Vertically" to have them appear in a sidebar instead. Vertical tabs are hardly a new idea about browsers - even the original Chrome team … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/907998/google-chrome-vertical-tabs

The WPC introduced the Qi2.2 standard in April 2025, but the rollout of faster wireless chargers has been relatively slow. Following companies like Nomad , Belkin , and Kuxiu , Satechi has announced a new charger that supports Qi2.2. The 3-in-1 Foldable Wireless Charging Stand is an updated version of an existing product ; the new incarnation boosts wireless charging speeds up to 25W for devices that support it, including iPhone 16 and 17 models and the Pixel 10 Pro XL . Available now through Satechi's online store and Amazon for $129.99, the 3-in-1 charger is the same price as the older Qi2 version but features an updated design with corners an … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/906126/satechi-3-in-1-foldable-travel-qi2-2-stand-wireless-charger-25w-pricing-availability

Autonomous vehicle companies are refusing to disclose key details about their use of remote assistance teams, including how often these workers are forced to intervene to help their self-driving cars. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) had asked robotaxi companies to disclose the information as part of an investigation by his office into the use of remote assistance operators (RAO). The senator's office sent letters to seven robotaxi companies - Aurora, May Mobility, Motional, Nuro, Tesla, Waymo, and Amazon's Zoox - seeking information about the use of remote workers to monitor the driverless vehicles and occasionally intervene when the vehicles nee … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/transportation/907478/robotaxi-remote-assistance-markey-investigation-waymo-tesla

Netflix has made family-friendly titles a key part of its current games strategy , and now it's pushing a little harder with the launch of a new app. Called Netflix Playground, the app is focused on games aimed at kids aged eight and under, and, like the rest of Netflix's gaming lineup, Playground games are included as part of a Netflix subscription, and feature no ads or in-app purchases. Playground is available now in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, and New Zealand, and will be rolling out to the rest of the world on April 28th. The launch lineup primarily consists of titles based on popular kids shows like Peppa Pig and Se … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/907293/netflix-playground-kids-games-app