Android Auto users now have access to Google’s AI-powered assistant. Android Auto users now have access to Google’s AI-powered assistant. by Andrew J. Hawkins Nov 20, 2025, 5:00 PM UTC Andrew J. Hawkins is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New… Continue reading Google’s Gemini is now on Android Auto
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As Windows turns 40, Microsoft faces an AI backlash
Microsoft wants to overhaul Windows into an agentic OS, but that’s easier said than done. Microsoft wants to overhaul Windows into an agentic OS, but that’s easier said than done. by Tom Warren Nov 20, 2025, 5:00 PM UTC Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things… Continue reading As Windows turns 40, Microsoft faces an AI backlash
Waymo enters 3 more cities: Minneapolis, New Orleans and Tampa
Waymo has three new cities in its sights as it continues to expand around the United States: Minneapolis, New Orleans, and Tampa. The company said on Thursday that it will start manually driving its vehicles in those cities “in the coming days,” ahead of testing and validating its driverless tech, before eventually launching a commercial… Continue reading Waymo enters 3 more cities: Minneapolis, New Orleans and Tampa
Uber Eats will use Starship sidewalk robots to deliver food in the UK
Uber Eats is partnering with sidewalk delivery robot company Starship Technologies to deliver food in the U.K. starting later this year. The companies will start the service in the Leeds and Sheffield areas “from select merchants” in December and expand from there. Uber said the service will expand to “additional European markets in 2026” and… Continue reading Uber Eats will use Starship sidewalk robots to deliver food in the UK
The DoorDash Problem: How AI browsers are a huge threat to Amazon
Amazon’s lawsuit against Perplexity has blown the doors open on the great AI browser fight. by Nilay Patel Nov 20, 2025, 3:30 PM UTC Let’s talk about AI and what I’ve been calling the “DoorDash problem.” This is about to define the next battle in AI, and it might completely transform not only how you… Continue reading The DoorDash Problem: How AI browsers are a huge threat to Amazon
Report Finds That Leading Chatbots Are a Disaster for Teens Facing Mental Health Struggles
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images A new report from Stanford Medicine’s Brainstorm Lab and the tech safety-focused nonprofit Common Sense Media found that leading AI chatbots can’t be trusted to provide safe support for teens wrestling with their mental health. The risk assessment focuses on prominent general-use chatbots: OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s… Continue reading Report Finds That Leading Chatbots Are a Disaster for Teens Facing Mental Health Struggles
Monarch Tractor preps for layoffs and warns employees it may ‘shut down’
Autonomous electric tractor startup Monarch Tractor warned staff Thursday it may need to lay off more than 100 employees, or possibly even ‘shut down,’ according to a company-wide memo obtained by TechCrunch. The memo comes after Monarch Tractor was already cutting some positions over the last few weeks at its California corporate facilities and remote… Continue reading Monarch Tractor preps for layoffs and warns employees it may ‘shut down’
Amazing Telescope Photo Shows Comet Breaking Apart Into Huge Chunks
Giancula Masi / Virtual Telescope Project A comet, dubbed C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), spectacularly broke apart into three huge chunks — and anybody with an eight-inch telescope or bigger can catch the resulting fireworks show for the next several weeks, according to Sky & Telescope. The comet shouldn’t be confused with interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. K1/ATLAS originated… Continue reading Amazing Telescope Photo Shows Comet Breaking Apart Into Huge Chunks
Man Cryogenically Freezes Wife, Gets New Girlfriend in the Meantime
Getty / Futurism A Chinese man cryogenically froze his 49-year-old wife after she died from lung cancer in 2017. But in spite of the implicit promise that he was waiting for future technology to bring her back to life, now he’s ready to move on. As the BBC reports, Gui Junmin revealed in a recent… Continue reading Man Cryogenically Freezes Wife, Gets New Girlfriend in the Meantime
Trump Takes Aim at State AI Laws in Draft Executive Order
US President Donald Trump is considering signing an executive order that would seek to challenge state efforts to regulate artificial intelligence through lawsuits and the withholding federal funding, WIRED has learned. A draft of the order viewed by WIRED directs US Attorney General Pam Bondi to create an “AI Litigation Task Force,” whose purpose is… Continue reading Trump Takes Aim at State AI Laws in Draft Executive Order