Mike Pearl

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New Adtech From Microsoft Would Interrupt Your Game at 'Promoted Content Trigger Events' - Gizmodo

Technology September 24, 2026

A patent application dated September 3, and seemingly first spotted by the gaming blog Respawn First paints a picture of future gaming that feels a little like the old “insert coin” arcade model. ...

‘Handful’ of Reported Layoffs at Apple Could Mean a More Robust Health App Coming Soon - Gizmodo

Technology September 22, 2026

Reported layoffs at Apple are bolstering rumors that disparate health and fitness features may soon be consolidated into Apples Health app. Apple tends to avoid huge, headline-grabbing rounds of job�...

OpenAI Says It Wants to Create a Standard for Revealing AI Alignment Meltdowns - Gizmodo

Business September 7, 2026

In the wake of fresh reporting about more of OpenAI’s AI agents misbehaving on the public internet, OpenAI says the AI world lacks standards for when and how to report such incidents. It is “past ...

Microsoft, Famous for Culty Jargon, Is Naming Half Its Organization ‘Agents and Infra’ - Gizmodo

Business September 4, 2026

Theres the already irksome world of general purpose corporate jargon, and then theres Microsoft, where dedication to saying things in a weird way borders on the religious. Add AI to the mix, and you �...

Apple Reportedly Considered Going Full Palm Pilot With Its Foldable iPhone - Gizmodo

Technology September 1, 2026

If your memory goes back far enough, picture the biggest dork you knew in the year 2000. I know the image is blurry, but try to focus on whats in that persons hands. Are you picturing a dumb little c�...

Shein’s IPO Plans Value It at About $27 Billion. That’s Shockingly Low - Gizmodo

Business August 26, 2026

Shein, the one-time cheap clothing colossus, has announced its plans for an IPO. If you could look at it from the vantage point of a few years ago, the valuation Shein is currently shooting for is, w�...

Hugging Face Reportedly Wants to Be Acquired for About $13 Billion - Gizmodo

Business August 25, 2026

The AI resource repository Hugging Face is a little like GitHub for AI, except a recent news eventan OpenAI model autonomously attacking itmade it famous among people who arent developers. Now, accor�...

That Weird 'Other' Section in Apple Stores Is Reportedly Being Revamped for a New Line of Home Products - Gizmodo

Technology August 24, 2026

If Im in an Apple Store, I have two modes: A) touch everything, time-killing mode, meaning Ill be at the big tables poking some iPads, or B) find-the-dongle-fast mode, meaning Ill be in the weird Oth�...

Anthropic Is Reportedly Being Upfront With Would-Be Investors About AI Backlash - Gizmodo

Business August 24, 2026

In San Francisco, meetings have reportedly been happening in which Anthropic Chief Financial Officer Krishna Rao is taking questions from would-be investors ahead of the public release of the company�...

There Are Carrier Pigeon Apps Now Because Pigeon Technology Is Actually Superior - Gizmodo

Technology August 24, 2026

Theres this viral app called Carrier Pidge, and with all due respect to its creator, its just a paint job on a kind of app that already existed. Same with another, similar new app, Roost. What these�...