The Human Angle.
The people, decisions, and changes shaping AI.
OCT 15, 2026
Google Launches Universal Cart for Shopping Across Stores
Universal Cart holds products from different stores in one place, fills up from AI Mode in Search and the Gemini app, alerts you to price drops and lets you pay without leaving it at some stores.
Pat Simmons
OCT 13, 2026
Apple's $299 HomeView Puts Siri AI on a Screen for Your Kitchen
Apple's new $299 smart home hub has a 7-inch screen, recognizes who's standing in front of it and runs the rebuilt Siri AI, shipping November 13.
Pat Simmons
OCT 5, 2026
Instinct's AI Agent Can Join Your Group Chats
Instinct, the $10 billion personal AI agent, now joins group chats to plan trips, buy tickets and sort out who's bringing what, and your friends don't need an account.
Pat Simmons
OCT 5, 2026
TikTok Adds an AI Shopping Assistant and One-Click Checkout
TikTok's new Shopping Assistant answers your questions about a product you just saw, and Buy Direct lets you buy it from the For You feed in one click.
Pat Simmons
JUL 20, 2026
Washington May Push Cheap Chinese AI Out of the US
The models that have been dragging AI prices down could get squeezed out of the US through indirect government pressure.
Pat Simmons
JUL 5, 2026
Palantir's Karp Warns: The AI You Pay For Is Harvesting Your Edge
In a heated CNBC interview, Palantir's CEO said the big AI labs charge you top dollar while collecting the data that could train your rivals.
Pat Simmons
JUN 30, 2026
Meta's AI Now Reads Full Sentences From Your Brain, No Implant Needed
Its new system decodes what you're typing in your head into real-time text, using a brain scanner instead of surgery.
Pat Simmons
JUN 28, 2026
Anthropic's Banned Models Are Starting to Come Back
Mythos 5 is back for about 100 US organizations, and Fable 5 could return as soon as this week, pending two final sign-offs.
Pat Simmons
JUN 25, 2026
The Government Is Slowing the Rollout of OpenAI's Next ChatGPT Model
At the Trump administration's request, OpenAI will release GPT-5.6 to only a few approved customers at first, over cybersecurity concerns.
Pat Simmons
JUN 25, 2026
AI's Memory Crunch Just Raised the Price of Your Next Mac and iPad
Apple bumped up starting prices on Macs, iPads, and more, blaming a memory-chip shortage driven by the AI data-center boom.
Pat Simmons
JUN 23, 2026
OpenAI Expands Daybreak, Putting Its Top Cyber Model in Defenders' Hands
OpenAI expanded its Daybreak program and fully released GPT-5.5-Cyber, its strongest security model, for vetted defenders.
Pat Simmons
JUN 14, 2026
Meta spent $14 billion on AI. Now it needs you to pay for it.
Meta built its own AI after years of giving it away free, and Wall Street wants proof people will actually pay for it.
Pat Simmons
