Google is bringing Gemini to the Mac with a new native macOS app that's available starting today. Gemini for Mac can be activated with a keyboard shortcut, and it has built-in tools for generating images, analyzing what's on your screen, reviewing files, and more. Gemini is the last of the three major AI services to have a dedicated Mac app, because OpenAI and Anthropic have had Mac apps for quite some time.
Salesforce launches Headless 360 to turn its entire platform into infrastructure for AI agents
Salesforce launched Headless 360 at TDX, opening its CRM platform to AI agents through APIs, MCP tools and CLI commands in a major push to make enterprise software work without the browser.
Snap is cutting 1,000 jobs, 16% of its workforce | TechCrunch
The company cites advancements in AI for the cuts. CEO Evan Spiegel also wrote that the company is closing more than 300 open roles. Snap had about 5,261 full-time employees as of December 2025.
AI Chatbots vs AI Agents vs Agentic AI: What's the Real Difference and Which One Do You Actually Need?
Every company today claims to have an "AI agent." In every product demo, you'll be shown an AI chatbot or agent doing something impressive, and somewhere between the two, a new term has also become a …
Industries most exposed to AI are not only seeing productivity gains but jobs and wage growth too
Forecasts of the impact of artificial intelligence range from the apocalyptic to the utopian. An October 2025 report from Senate Democrats, for example, predicted AI will destroy millions of U.S. …
The impact of AI on software engineers in 2026: key trends
Recently, we ran a survey asking readers of The Pragmatic Engineer how you use AI tools, which tools you use, what does and doesn’t work, and what it’s like working with AI, in general.For today’s issue, we’ve dug into your 900+ responses to look for trends in AI tool usage among software engineers a
Research finds AI has already automated job tasks for one in five US workers
A new survey has found that 27 percent of workers have had parts of their jobs automated by AI, and 21 percent say artificial intelligence has created more on-the-job work.AI use has exploded in …
The “Father Of AGI” Warns Workers To Build 3 Skills Now Before Jobs Become Obsolete
What if the future of work, is…no work at all?I had an eye-opening conversation with “the father of AGI,” Ben Goertzel, just yesterday on my podcast. He believes that we are a mere two or three years away from achieving fully independent human-level artificial intelligence, known as AGI (artificial g
The Biggest AI Myth at Work: That It’s ‘Easy’ and Needs No Training
Forrester research shows companies are rolling out AI tools faster than they’re teaching employees how to use them—putting productivity gains and ROI at risk.“Employers aren’t successfully equipping their employees with the understanding, skills, and ethics to succeed in a world of AI,” Forrester vic
Adobe Is Working With Anthropic to Bring a Creative AI Agent to Claude
Adobe's Firefly AI is getting a new agentic assistant.Adobe is diving deeper into agentic AI and expanding its partnership roster in a new deal with the AI developer Anthropic. Adobe on Wednesday introduced its latest conversational, agentic creative assistant, which is the technological foundation f
How to Create an Impactful Study Guide Using Microsoft Copilot
Studying has always been about connecting the right information at the right time, but when your notes are scattered across PDFs, PowerPoints, Word documents, and lecture slides, even knowing where …
Copy-Paste This Prompt to Enhance Your Images Using Google Gemini
Image enhancement has always been very tricky. You needed dedicated tools like Topaz Gigapixel AI, Adobe Photoshop's Super Resolution, or expensive API-based services, making it hard for normal …
Here's who's leading AI adoption in the work place
Half of Americans now use artificial intelligence at work, a new benchmark in Gallup's surveys, but there's a gap between company leaders and workers.The big picture: While executives can be divided …
Companies have spent billions of dollars rolling out AI across their workforces, but widespread adoption still lags across major economies, and the reasons have been murky. New data from Gallup helps …
NotebookLM may soon help you build interactive visuals from your sources
Google’s research tool could be getting a more visual and better connected side.Google seems to be finding more and more places to stick its Canvas feature, and its NotebookLM app could be the next one. A new report claims the company is testing both Canvas and a Connectors addition for NotebookLM, w
Chrome now lets you turn AI prompts into repeatable ‘Skills’
Type it, save it, and use it over and over again with a single click.Google is launching a new Chrome workflow feature that allows you to reuse your favorite Gemini commands across multiple webpages. Any AI prompts can now be saved as “Skills” in the Chrome desktop browser, letting you instantly run
Google Chrome just launched AI 'Skills' to let you use your favorite prompts across the web — here's how to build your own
If you opened your browser this morning and saw a new icon in your Gemini side panel, you may have noticed that Google has officially retired the "Extension" label for Gemini in favor of a new system …
AI Glossary: 30+ AI Terms Simplified for Non-Technical Professionals
If you are someone with a non-technical background or understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) but still want to understand what's in the background of an AT tool like ChatGPT and or an AI …
Smart Glasses for Exam Cheating: Best Models, Prices and Risks in 2026
Review of the best smart glasses for exam cheating: Ray-Ban Meta, Rokid, Even Realities G1, Brilliant Labs. Prices, specs, risks and legal consequences for test use in 2026.