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Workers feel pressure to use AI and show off to bosses — even when it slows them down

This comes as two in three (63%) workers say their employers now actively encourage or expect AI use for at least some tasks, with as many as 39% even highlighting their AI use to managers despite believing it didn't…

RCS broke my Google Messages; these fixes got it working again

That's enough for me to label text messages ancient. Add Android Police on Google Add as Preferred Source I ditched text messaging a long time ago, and I haven't looked back since. I use RCS in Google Messages every day…

Meta releases Muse Ember, a new lightweight model for agent execution

In its release, Meta said Ember was “designed for complex reasoning execution and the work agents repeat all day: tool calls, coding subtasks, routing, extraction, and long document parsing.” Meta particularly emphasized…

A true paleo diet would include a lot more insects

In 2024, Sabrina Carpenter released Espresso and suddenly she was having a moment. Right now, the cast of Celebrity Traitors are all having a collective moment. For much of the 21st century, entomophagy – the eating of…

This video shows how AI can read the radio waves coming from an HDMI cable to mimic what's on screen

A post on X by Psalter shows TempestSDR, which can capture the signal from your HDMI cable and almost recreate the image on another screen, because the cable creates an electromagnetic field that can be read. The quality…

Adobe becomes Disney’s AI partner to build models on its characters

It extends work with Walt Disney Imagineering to Disney’s studio and ESPN. No financial terms were disclosed. Adobe has become Disney’s “ Official AI Innovation Partner ” in a multi-year deal to build custom AI models…

The reason your laptop can get hot after extended use

The reason? There are many components inside — such as the processor and battery — packed into a relatively thin chassis, and all that heat has to go somewhere. This heat is often completely normal and caused by things…

8849 Tank 5 rugged phone review

For anyone who inspects buildings, hunts leaks or checks electricals, this is a serious tool. For everyone else, the Tank 5 is the smarter buy. Reasons to buy + Flagship Dimensity 9400e SoC + 3K AMOLED display, 3000 nits…

Researchers pwn automakers’ Android apps to remotely unlock cars, honk horns

By tinkering with the cars’ Android apps, they devised exploit paths to issue remote commands to vehicles in Australia and the US . The pair published separate blogs covering different aspects of the research; Shah said…

6 major upgrades coming to the Tesla Cybercab

Central to this shift is the steering-wheel-free Cybercab, a dedicated autonomous robotaxi with butterfly doors and no pedals, which has become central to CEO Elon Musk’s vision for transforming global transportation.…