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    Google Shopping now turns your fashion ideas into real clothes

    Google just rolled out a suite of AI features for Google Shopping, led by "vision match," which turns text descriptions of your dream outfit into AI images and matches them with real buyable clothes. The update also brings Gemini-powered full-face AR makeup try-ons and expands virtual clothing try-on to pants and skirts. Why it matters: Google is directly bridging the gap between a vague idea in your head and an actual checkout cart.

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    Windsurf Wave 4 tackles vibe coding's biggest bottlenecks

    Codeium just dropped Wave 4 for its Windsurf Editor, aimed straight at making vibe coding smoother. The standout Previews feature lets developers click components in web previews and auto-pipe console errors directly into the Cascade agent. It also adds tab-to-import and auto-fixes linter bugs for free. Basically, it kills the endless copy-paste loop of web dev.

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    Everything you need to know about Minecraft's Jenny mod

    TechBullion just published a breakdown of the controversial Jenny Mod for Minecraft Java Edition. The adult-focused mod introduces a virtual companion with customizable features, special in-game skills, and AI-driven interactions. Why it matters: While designed strictly for mature solo players, it shows the growing appetite for interactive companion NPCs in sandbox gaming.

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    xAI's Grok unlocks free voice mode for all iOS users

    xAI just rolled out its Voice Mode to all iOS users on the Grok app for free, removing the need for a paid subscription. The update brings natural conversational AI straight to any iOS device running the official app. It is a clear push to grab daily voice users from rival assistants.

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    Google Messages now uses on-device AI to spot text scams

    Google just added an on-device AI scam detector to Google Messages to catch conversational text scams that start out friendly before turning nasty. The AI analyzes SMS and RCS chats from unsaved contacts in real time without sending your private messages to the cloud. It is enabled by default and rolling out first to English users in the US, UK, and Canada.

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    Microsoft gives Windows Copilot a native makeover

    Microsoft just started rolling out a native version of its Copilot Windows app to Windows Insiders, nearly a year after turning it into a basic web wrapper. The updated app borrows design cues from the macOS version, complete with an improved UI and a new side panel. It is currently rolling out via the Microsoft Store, with a wider release expected in the coming weeks.

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    ElevenLabs brings Claude 3.7 Sonnet to voice agents

    ElevenLabs just integrated Anthropic's Claude 3.7 Sonnet into its Conversational AI platform. Developers can now combine the hybrid-reasoning model with realistic voice synthesis, building voice agents that handle nuanced queries with fewer hallucinations and tighter context tracking.

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    Google adds an AI data science agent to Colab

    Google just integrated its Data Science Agent directly into Colab, powered by the Gemini 2.0 model family. Users can upload CSV, JSON, or text files up to 1GB and ask plain-English questions to clean messy datasets, build visualizations, or write SQL. It rolled out for free this week under Colab's standard compute limits.

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    Opera's new AI operator wants to do your online chores

    Opera just previewed Browser Operator, an agentic AI built directly into the browser to handle routine web tasks like shopping and bookings. Instead of cloud VMs or taking screenshots of your screen, it runs locally and reads the page DOM directly, keeping your login data safe on-device while letting you take the wheel anytime. It is slated to launch soon via Opera's AI Feature Drops.

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    Google Gemini adds real-time video and screen sharing

    Google just showcased new Gemini multimodal features at MWC 2025, allowing users to ask questions using real-time video feeds or whatever is displayed on their phone screen. You can now film surroundings or browse shopping apps while getting instant AI feedback. The features roll out to Android Gemini Advanced subscribers later this month.

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    Microsoft merges its medical AI tools into Dragon Copilot

    Microsoft just unveiled Dragon Copilot, a unified voice AI assistant for healthcare that combines Dragon Medical One's dictation with DAX Copilot's ambient listening. Clinicians can draft notes in real time, automate clinical orders, and search trusted medical sources, saving roughly five minutes per encounter. It arrives in the U.S. and Canada this May.

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    Google gives Sheets a Gemini-powered brain

    Google just brought new Gemini capabilities to all Workspace business users in Sheets, letting the AI surface correlations, flag outliers, and generate advanced visuals like heatmaps. Instead of wrestling with spreadsheet formulas, users can simply tap the spark icon and ask plain-English questions to analyze their data.

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    Meta is prepping a standalone Meta AI app

    Meta is reportedly planning to launch a dedicated Meta AI mobile app during the second quarter, taking direct aim at OpenAI's ChatGPT. The company also intends to test a paid subscription tier. While Meta AI already reaches hundreds of millions inside Facebook and WhatsApp, a standalone app could unlock deeper personalization and hardware sync.

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    Microsoft brings GPT-4.5 and multi-agent tech to Azure

    Microsoft just rolled out major upgrades to Azure AI Foundry, giving enterprise customers preview access to OpenAI's new GPT-4.5. The platform also introduced new model distillation workflows, private virtual network integration for secure agent deployments, and Magma, an architecture built to coordinate hundreds of AI agents in parallel.

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    Oculus co-founder’s Sesame launches hyper-realistic voice AI

    Sesame just came out of stealth with a remarkably expressive voice AI and plans for wearable companion glasses. Backed by top venture firms and led by Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe, the assistant handles natural interruptions and banter with ease, with open-source models supporting 20+ languages slated for the coming months.

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    You.com's new research agent reads 400 sources in 5 minutes

    You.com just launched ARI, a professional-grade research agent designed for enterprises that digests up to 400 web sources simultaneously. Unlike standard agents that read pages sequentially, ARI delivers a cited report with interactive charts and a downloadable PDF in about five minutes. It is currently available as a preview on You.com Labs.

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    Mark Engineering's $129 AI bookmark

    Mark Engineering just launched the Mark 1, a $129 smart bookmark made of Grade 5 titanium designed to track your reading. The device features a small screen and a rotary knob that syncs reading progress to a companion app, generating summaries, key quotes, and reading statistics. It's a fresh attempt to digitize paper books, though detailed specs and potential subscription plans remain unconfirmed.

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    Microsoft Copilot lands on Mac with hotkey summoning

    Microsoft just rolled out its Copilot app to Mac computers, allowing users to summon the assistant over any app via the Option-Space shortcut. It includes Copilot Daily for podcast-style news roundups alongside voice chat that gracefully handles mid-sentence interruptions and corrections.

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    Amazon unveils Alexa+ with agentic powers

    Amazon just introduced Alexa+, a major generative AI overhaul of its smart assistant powered by Amazon Bedrock. It can autonomously orchestrate across thousands of third-party apps to book appointments, order food, or manage smart homes with full context memory. Why it matters: It shifts Alexa from a simple voice remote into a proactive personal agent, and Prime members get it for free ($19.99/month otherwise).

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    ElevenLabs launches Scribe, an ASR model taking on Whisper across 99 languages

    ElevenLabs just rolled out Scribe, its first speech-to-text model designed to tackle real-world audio in 99 languages. It delivers structured JSON outputs with word-level timestamps, speaker diarization, and audio event tags like laughter, outperforming Whisper Large V3 on benchmark tests. It is available now via API and the web dashboard, with a low-latency real-time edition coming soon.