Notes from Web Summit 2025 Lisbon: The age of the sovereign builder
Lisbon is loud. Between the mechanical clatter of robots in the Meo Arena and the roar of a sold-out crowd, it is easy to lose the signal in the noise.
This year, the noise came from everywhere. Paddy...
Speechify adds voice typing and assistant to Chrome
Speechify, a company known for text-to-speech tools that convert articles, PDFs, and documents into audio, has introduced voice typing and a voice assistant to its Chrome extension. This expansion res...
Copilot exits WhatsApp on January 15 citing policy shift
Microsoft announced that its AI chatbot Copilot will cease availability on WhatsApp after January 15, 2025, in compliance with revised platform policies from the Meta-owned messaging service. The chan...
Rockstar co-founder critiques EA and Microsoft’s AI expectations
Dan Houser, co-founder of Rockstar Games, discussed artificial intelligence in game development during an appearance on the UK television show Sunday Brunch. He contrasted industry expectations from c...
