New Scientist

Using AI for creative pursuits? Moderation is key

An experiment showed AI users had the most creative ideas when they used it in moderation – not too much and not too little. Columnist David Robson puts the finding to the test, and explores what we l ...

A Meta software engineer shares what it takes to keep up with AI — without letting it think for him

A Meta software engineer shares how he keeps up with AI outside work, why he cut back on YouTube and Netflix, and the biggest ...
The New York Times

Threads, Meta’s ‘Twitter Killer,’ Finds Its People

The social platform that Meta once positioned as a rival to Elon Musk’s X now has 500 million monthly users. It increasingly resembles Reddit. Meta’s office in San Francisco. Threads aims to reach one ...
AppleInsider

How Thread is fixing smart home networks on Smart Home Insider

This week on Smart Home Insider, Ann Olivo from the Thread Group joins to talk about the future of the wireless standard and how it's improving smart home networks. Joining as this week's guest host ...
PC World

ChatGPT forgets things in long threads. Here’s the fix

The most simple explanation I’ve heard for how an AI remembers things goes like this: Imagine a long, narrow table, and then imagine that you begin placing dominos on one end, slowly sliding them ...
Android Authority

Thread has a new app to take the guesswork out of smart home troubleshooting

Thread is introducing its Thread Tools app for viewing the status of your home’s smart device network. The open source app is now in beta testing on both Android and iOS. We also learn about new ...
Forbes

Thread Just Made Its Smart Home Network Easier To Understand

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The new Thread Tools app If you’ve ever wondered what your Thread network is actually doing ...
Forbes

Threads, Meta’s X Competitor, Hits 500 Million Monthly Users

Murray is a Forbes news reporter covering entertainment trends. Forbes previously reported in September that Threads had surpassed X in its number of daily active users. (Photo Illustration by Justin ...
Inside Climate News

Threads of Earth’s Underground Fungal Networks Are Long Enough to Reach Beyond the Solar System

Hidden underground around the world lie 110 quadrillion kilometers of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks—webs of ultra-thin threads that, if connected in a single line, would stretch almost a ...
Android Authority

Google TV Streamer update unlocks a major hidden upgrade for your smart home setup

Google has rolled out the UTTK.260317.003 build for the Google TV Streamer, marking its first major OTA update of 2026 and upgrading it to the April 2026 security patch level. The update quietly ...
TechSpot

A Java library just tried to trick AI coding agents into deleting your tests, and it almost worked

The latest flare-up in the debate over AI-assisted coding did not come from a new model release or a benchmark result. It came from a single line of text buried inside a software update. Earlier this ...
Ars Technica

Fed up with vibe coders, dev sneaks data-nuking prompt injection into their code

The controversy over vibe coding reached a new high this week after a developer added hidden instructions to his open source Java testing app to sabotage projects performed by AI coding agents. The ...