AI agents need more than reasoning: they need to actually use the web

A company rolls out an AI customer service assistant. The model behind it is current and capable enough for the job. The assistant goes live. Within a week, support tickets are getting worse, not ...
TechCrunch

Meet Wander, a StumbleUpon-inspired tool for discovering the ‘small web’

As search becomes increasingly dominated by AI summaries and commercial content, people are experimenting and coming up with ways to make the web feel more human like it used to, building everything ...
AOL

Hailey Bieber Leaves All Her Shirt Buttons Open Except One Amid Rhode Update

Hailey Bieber made a loose button-down the focus during a Los Angeles street-style outing. The Rhode founder was photographed beside a black vehicle while holding an iced drink. The reposted X update ...
CNET

Google Search Is Becoming Something Fundamentally Different. Here's What That Looks Like

From a reimagined search box to AI agents that hunt for apartments on your behalf, Google Search is being rebuilt with AI at its core. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing ...

This new Chrome shortcut could be the fastest way to use Google search yet

Google could be rethinking how you access search on your desktop. An early Chrome experiment offers a glimpse at what's coming.
The Next Web

Google’s AI search overhaul is great for Google and bad for everyone who makes the web worth searching

Google’s I/O 2026 overhaul turns Search into an AI answer engine that keeps users on the results page. Zero-click searches now account for 60 per cent of queries, and publisher traffic is collapsing ...

Exit storyline ‘confirmed’ for Carl with just a week left on Coronation Street

Every villain comes with a ticking clock, and Carl Webster (Jonathan Howard) is no exception. The question is, will he leave ...
ZDNet

I found an easy way to automatically keep AI out of my search results - and it works in nearly every browser

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...
Entrepreneur

Google Is Changing Its Search Bar for the First Time in 25 Years — Here’s What to Expect

Say goodbye to the Google search bar you’ve known for 25 years. The company is making it bigger and more interactive. The redesign is a response to AI, which has changed the way people search. Instead ...

Steven Spielberg rejects Disclosure Day alien conspiracy theories

‘Well, I'm not suggesting I know anything!’ ...
TechCrunch

Six search engines worth trying now that Google isn’t really Google anymore

Google is about to look really different, and if you’re not a fan of the AI Overviews feature, then you’re not going to like what’s coming. At the Google I/O 2026 keynote this week, the company ...
WGN Radio

Steve and Johnnie: 60 years pushing buttons and making noise

Johnnie Putman and Steve King kick off the show catching up with the crew, featuring Bob Fukuda, Ron Brown, and Jeff Carlin celebrating the exact anniversary of Steve’s start in radio, 60 YEARS AGO!