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  • Business Insider Cuts 21% of Staff Amid Traffic Decline and AI Shift

    Business Insider Cuts 21% of Staff Amid Traffic Decline and AI Shift

    Business Insider is tightening its belt. On Thursday, the company announced a major staff reduction, letting go of 21% of its workforce. The decision follows what the company called “extreme traffic drops” across key content categories. What’s Behind the Layoffs? According to an internal memo shared with staff, CEO Barbara Peng explained that the media…

  • Gemini Now Summarizes Long Emails Without Your Consent 

    Gemini Now Summarizes Long Emails Without Your Consent 

    Google’s AI assistant, Gemini, will now automatically summarize long emails without asking first. This takes out the need to intentionally click a button to get summaries.  After Gemini runs the task, the summaries appear as cards at the top of your emails. This change is live as of May 30, 2025.  However, this only applies…

  • Google AI Glitch Confuses 2025 for 2024

    Google AI Glitch Confuses 2025 for 2024

    Last week, Google users encountered a strange bug. When they asked, “What year is it?” Google’s AI Overview replied: “2024.” The glitch surprised many. Users shared screenshots on social media. Some even tested it again—only to get the same wrong answer. This happened in late May 2025. The issue affected multiple users. Even journalists saw…

  • The New York Times Strikes First AI Licensing Deal With Amazon

    The New York Times Strikes First AI Licensing Deal With Amazon

    The New York Times just made a bold move in the AI world, and this time, it’s not about lawsuits. The publication has signed a multi-year deal with Amazon that lets the tech giant use its articles across a wide range of experiences. From Alexa’s voice assistant to Amazon’s AI models, you’ll soon hear more…

  • DeepSeek R1-0528 Just Got Quieter

    DeepSeek R1-0528 Just Got Quieter

    DeepSeek, a prominent Chinese AI startup, has released a new version of its reasoning model. Known as R1-0528, the model improves significantly in coding, math, and general knowledge tasks.  In testing, it performed nearly as well as OpenAI’s latest model, o3. However, according to independent tests, R1-0528 now censors sensitive content more aggressively than previous…

  • Meta AI Hits 1 Billion Active Monthly Users

    Meta AI Hits 1 Billion Active Monthly Users

    Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that over 1 billion people now use Meta AI every month across the company’s platforms.  This figure was shared during Meta’s annual shareholder meeting and was first reported by CNBC. In September 2024, Meta AI had only 500 million users. However, in just eight months, the number has doubled.  AI…

  • Get Free DoorDash Gift Cards by Answering Surveys

    Get Free DoorDash Gift Cards by Answering Surveys

    DoorDash has become a household name, delivering meals straight to our doors. But did you know you can earn a free DoorDash gift card by answering simple surveys? It is marvelous to eat your favorite foodstuffs without spending a cent. If you are searching for a convenient side hustle job or want to pay yourself…

  • What AI Can (and Can’t) Do for Student Writing

    What AI Can (and Can’t) Do for Student Writing

    AI is part of how students write, research and study. From grammar corrections to full paragraph rewrites, AI tools promise to make writing faster and easier. But speed is not the only thing that matters in academic work. Accuracy, originality and understanding are key, and not all of these can be outsourced to an algorithm.…

  • How AI Changes the Way Teams Design and Build HTML Emails

    How AI Changes the Way Teams Design and Build HTML Emails

    AI is transforming the way groups handle email right from the start to implementation. It is not limited to personalization or experimenting with subject headings anymore. Now, layout creation, writing material and coding are all supported by Word. The main benefit from this? With AI, companies spend less time and effort turning a brief into…

  • 10 Best AI Slide Tools to Create Stunning Presentations in 2025

    10 Best AI Slide Tools to Create Stunning Presentations in 2025

    I’ll tell you what.  We tested and compared the best AI slide tools available so you don’t have to. Thanks to recent advances in AI, you can now make beautiful, professional slides fast.  These smart platforms aren’t all about choosing pretty colours, they serve you by brainstorming ideas, arranging your thoughts and designing pretty presentations in…