I let Claude audit my messy Home Assistant setup, and it was a massive wake-up call

I gave Claude access to my Home Assistant. It helped me audit, debug, and improve my smart home better than I ever could have ...

I've got to hand it to the SwitchBot Lock Vision Pro and its palm-vein authentication

With palm vein authentication, 3D face scanning, and fingerprint support, this smart lock is not lacking biometric options.
The Verge

Google can now vibe-code you an Android app

But Google is carefully suggesting that the apps might be best as more limited experiences. But Google is carefully suggesting that the apps might be best as more limited experiences. is a senior ...
TechCrunch

Google’s AI Studio now lets anyone build Android apps in minutes

The AI coding boom is now coming directly for Android app development. On Tuesday at Google IO 2026, the company announced new native Android app creation capabilities in its web-based Google AI ...
TechRepublic

Top New Features in Android 17 You’ll Notice This Year

Google previewed Android 17 with Gemini AI tools, AirDrop-style sharing, privacy upgrades, multitasking changes, and stronger security controls. Android 17 is going big on AI. But its best upgrades ...
Houston Chronicle

Humidity levels in Houston are rising fast. Here’s when it gets worse

Southeast Texas weather will feel progressively more summer-like through the end of the week, as increasing atmospheric moisture out of the Gulf of Mexico and gusty winds spread across region. While ...
The Verge

The 9 biggest new features in Android 17

New emoji, AI widgets, and AirDrop for (almost) everyone. New emoji, AI widgets, and AirDrop for (almost) everyone. is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked ...
9to5google

Here’s everything new in Android 17 QPR1 Beta 2 [Gallery]

Like the first preview, Android 17 QPR1 Beta 2 today does not contain many user-facing changes that would explain the fast two-week turnaround between builds. Over the coming hours, we’ll dive into ...
Gizmochina

8 Android 17 features in development I can’t wait to use

Google has already released four betas of Android 17, which are more than enough to show us what the upcoming version has in store. There are some new, exciting features, as well as many essential ...
ZDNet

Microsoft finally open sources DOS 1.0 - and it's so much more than the code

PC-DOS 1.00 would lead to Microsoft becoming computing's top dog Microsoft continues to embrace open source. The source code and annotations provide insight into the operating system's earliest days.
The New York Times

Anthropic’s Leaked Code Tests Copyright Challenges in A.I. Era

Artificial intelligence tools are making it faster than ever to reproduce creative work. Does copyright even matter anymore? By Meaghan Tobin Reporting from Taipei, Taiwan Sigrid Jin was waiting to ...