Apple has paused work on the next Vision Pro, started testing four different glasses designs, and now plans to unveil its first AI smart glasses in late 2026 or early 2027, with shipping expected in spring or summer 2027, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. That makes the Apple AI Glasses the company’s biggest hardware bet since the Apple Watch, and one of the most-watched product rumors going into WWDC 2026 on June 8. This is your full breakdown of everything known about Apple AI Glasses as of May 2026, including the release window, design styles, hardware, AI features, expected price, and how they will stack up against the Meta Ray-Ban […]

Google just launched Gemini 3.5. The first model in the family, Gemini 3.5 Flash, went live on May 19, 2026 at Google I/O 2026, and it does something Google has never done before. The cheap, fast “Flash” tier now beats the previous flagship. Gemini 3.5 Flash outscores Gemini 3.1 Pro on Terminal-Bench 2.1 (76.2%), MCP Atlas (83.6%) and GDPval-AA (1,656 Elo), runs roughly 4x faster in output tokens per second, and costs about 25% less. It is already the default model in the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search for billions of people worldwide. One thing did not ship today. Gemini 3.5 Pro was pushed to next month, and […]

On May 5, 2026, OpenAI made GPT-5.5 Instant the default model for every ChatGPT user, replacing GPT-5.3 Instant overnight. The new model scores 81.2 on AIME 2025 (versus 65.4 for its predecessor), and OpenAI says it reduces hallucinations in law, medicine, and finance while keeping the same low latency. Yet most people are still using ChatGPT the same way they used it in 2023: typing a vague question, accepting the first answer, and wondering why the output feels generic. That is the gap this guide closes. You’ll learn how to use ChatGPT effectively in 2026 with a five-step workflow: pick the right model, write prompts with a proven framework, and […]

A three-person security team built the first public Apple M5 exploit in roughly five days, going from an ordinary unprivileged account to a full root shell on macOS while Apple’s newest hardware defense was switched on. They did it with help from Claude Mythos Preview, Anthropic’s gated frontier model. The target was Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE), a defense Apple spent about five years, and by the researchers’ own estimate billions of dollars, building. That timeline is the headline, and it deserves scrutiny rather than panic. A lot of the viral framing around this story is wrong. Mythos did not autonomously crack Apple’s defenses, MIE was not “broken,” and the widely […]

These 14 Gemini AI photo prompts turn one ordinary selfie into a cinematic film still, a fashion-magazine cover, a vintage polaroid, a studio headshot, or a Renaissance painting, and every one of them is copy-paste ready. They run on Nano Banana, Google’s native image model inside the Gemini app, which means no Photoshop, no Lightroom, and no prompt-writing skill on your part. You upload a photo, paste a prompt, and Gemini hands back an edited portrait in a few seconds. This is the same viral trend that made ChatGPT photo edits explode in 2025. The quality bar has since moved to Nano Banana 2, the newest Gemini image model and […]

The Cursor student discount gives verified university students 1 year of Cursor Pro for free in 2026, a benefit worth $240 at the regular $20 a month price. The offer covers Cursor’s full Pro plan, including monthly usage credits, extended Agent limits, and access to frontier models like Claude, GPT, and Gemini. The catch is that verification is handled by a third party called SheerID, and it is the single point most students get stuck on. This guide walks through who qualifies, how to apply step by step, what to do when verification fails, and what your options are if you do not qualify at all. The Key Takeaways What […]

How much water does ChatGPT use? OpenAI’s own figure, stated by CEO Sam Altman, is about 0.000085 gallons per query, roughly 0.32 mL or one fifteenth of a teaspoon, alongside 0.34 watt-hours of electricity. Independent estimates that count only data-center cooling land a little higher, around 1.5 to 4 mL per prompt. The scary viral number, about 519 mL (a full bottle) to write a 100-word email with GPT-4, is not a contradiction. It counts the entire electricity and training supply chain, which is why credible figures span more than 150x. This guide gives you a dated, sourced answer for every version of the question, so per query, per prompt, […]

Fraud losses enabled by generative AI in the United States are projected to reach $40 billion by 2027, up from $12.3 billion in 2023, according to Deloitte’s Center for Financial Services. That is a 32% compound annual growth rate. A large share of that is powered by deepfakes, AI-generated video, voice, and images convincing enough to impersonate your boss, a celebrity, or a family member. The good news is that even in 2026, deepfakes still leave small, catchable mistakes, and knowing how to detect AI deepfakes is now a basic digital-safety skill. This guide walks through 10 practical ways to spot a fake, from unnatural blinking and lip-sync errors to […]

Since August 14, 2025, Google Flight Deals has been turning plain-English trip ideas into flight offers at least 20% below typical prices, no date juggling required. That single shift, plus the rise of AI tools like Hopper, Going, Skyscanner Savvy Search, ChatGPT, and Perplexity, has rewritten how smart travelers find flights this year. This guide walks you through exactly how to use AI to find cheap flights in 2026, which tools do what, the prompts that actually work, and the rookie mistake that lets airlines quietly push your fare up by 20% or more. We tested four AI tools on the same route to see who actually delivered, and we’ll […]

If you came here to grab a free year of Google AI Pro as a student, the headline news is blunt: that offer is gone. The 12-month free Google AI Pro student deal closed worldwide, with regional cut-offs running from October 2025 through March 11, 2026, and the final United States redemption window expiring April 30, 2026. Google’s own Gemini for Students page now states the previous student offer has ended and is no longer available. What students can still get instead is the free Gemini tier with the new Gemini 3.5 Flash, Google AI Plus at $7.99/month, Google AI Pro at $19.99/month with 5 TB of storage and Gemini […]