Author: Olivia Hartman
Olivia Hartman is GeekBlog's general technology reporter, covering the wider world of tech beyond smartphones: AI and software, laptops and PCs, gaming, streaming, space, science, consumer gadgets, deals and the policy stories shaping the industry. A versatile journalist with a nose for what actually matters, Olivia turns breaking news and product launches into accessible, no-hype reporting for everyday readers.
A personal finance feature called Claude Money surfaced inside Anthropic’s iOS app. It would read your balances, your transactions and the name of every merchant you pay. Here is what it can see, what it cannot, and the questions nobody has answered.
A hacker collective removed a Flock license plate reader and copied its data. Analysts found the decryption key sitting on an unencrypted partition, software that detects people, and 1.6 million images from 21 days on one road.
OpenAI’s new Sponsored Agents give ads their own chat window inside ChatGPT, complete with follow-up questions and a click-through. Here is how the opt-in flow works, and why critics are not convinced the label is enough.
Samsung Display’s M16 OLED reaches 10,000 nits in a 1 percent window and 2,800 nits full screen. The headline number is the least interesting part. The second generation polarizer-free structure underneath it cuts panel power draw by up to 30 percent, and that is the change you will actually feel.
Sony has agreed to pay $7.85 million to settle the Caccuri antitrust case over PlayStation Store pricing. Eligible accounts are paid automatically in wallet credit, but the headline number and the number that reaches you are not close.
Google is letting outside AI agents, not just Gemini, read device states and control Google Home through a new Model Context Protocol server. Here is what changes and what to watch.
A silicon carbon battery is still a lithium ion battery, and the real gain is 10 to 20 percent, not 10 times. Here is what changed in 2026, what the spec sheet hides, and why Samsung adopted it while Apple did not.
Elon Musk disliked Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey enough to fund a rival version made entirely with AI, on the grounds that it would be more accurate. The winning entry has a three-eyed Cyclops and Greek soldiers in Roman armor.
For $3.99 a month, Instagram Plus shows you how many times each person rewatched your story. The same subscription lets people watch your story without appearing at all. Both features are in the same app, and they quietly cancel each other out.
Dario Amodei’s warning about AI agent swarms sparked two competing bills in Congress, one demanding a kill switch, the other seeking an outright ban on superintelligent AI.