Microsoft is investing €4 million in AI skills development across Ireland over the next three years. The announcement coincides with a report showing the company contributed €40 billion to Ireland’s economy over the past decade. This comes amid recent job cuts affecting Irish Microsoft employees.
The team behind Kagi search has launched Orion 1.0 for Mac after a lengthy beta period. Unlike many new browsers focused on AI, Orion prioritizes speed and user privacy while being built on Apple’s WebKit engine. The browser is completely free with optional Orion+ subscription at $5/month.
Ubisoft is still actively developing Beyond Good & Evil 2, according to a new job listing for a technical sound designer. The game was first teased in 2008 and officially announced in 2017, but has seen numerous delays and development challenges.
Talking to voice AI feels awkward because you can’t interrupt it like you would a human. Most systems force you to wait through entire responses, breaking the natural flow of conversation. The companies that solve this first will reset expectations across industries.
The Justice Department settled its antitrust lawsuit against RealPage, banning the company from using real-time data for rent recommendations. Property managers must now rely on data at least one year old. This could fundamentally change how rental prices are set across the country.
Firefox shipped with a dangerous WebAssembly vulnerability that affected 180 million users for six months. The memory corruption bug could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code through carefully crafted payloads. Mozilla has now patched the issue in Firefox 145 and ESR 140.5+.
Figma may be the industry standard, but its limitations are pushing designers toward alternatives. Penpot offers unlimited projects, full design tokens, and open file formats completely free. The open-source tool supports 30+ languages compared to Figma’s six.
Perplexity is launching a free AI-powered shopping feature for US users just in time for holiday shopping. The assistant remembers your preferences across shopping sessions and lets you buy directly through PayPal. Mobile access is coming in “the coming weeks.”
Spotify is reportedly planning to raise US subscription prices in the first quarter of 2025. This would be the service’s first price increase in the US since July 2024. The move could potentially boost annual revenue by around $500 million.
Google is reportedly developing a new operating system called “Aluminium OS” that would merge Android and ChromeOS. The unified platform would run across smartphones, PCs, tablets, watches, TVs, cars, and XR headsets. This represents Google’s latest attempt to compete more directly with Windows on t
