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Google renames NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook, adds code execution
The research app keeps its standalone form but gains a secure cloud computer and syncs with the Gemini app and Search.

1Password lets Claude use your logins without ever seeing them
A new zero-exposure framework injects credentials through a secure channel Claude can't read, unlocking longer agentic browser tasks.

Reelful launches iOS app that turns camera rolls into TikTok-ready videos
Founded by an ex-Snapchat ML engineer, the a16z Speedrun startup automates scripting, voice cloning, and editing for short-form social video.

Spotify launches conversational AI music assistant for Premium users
The beta feature lets subscribers chat with the app to shape playback across Home and Now Playing on iOS and Android.

Apple ships Siri AI in iOS 27 public beta, betting on developer buy-in
The revamped assistant handles onscreen context and multi-step tasks, but only Apple's own apps work at launch. Full app support waits until fall.

Waze adds Gemini voice commands for reports and destination search
Google is finally bringing its flagship AI assistant to Waze, though only two of four new features actually involve Gemini.

Anthropic's new Claude Reflect dashboard nudges users to stay in the app
Reflect visualizes your AI habits, suggests better workflows, and quietly deepens Claude's grip on daily work — now in beta for Free, Pro, and Max.

Anthropic launches Claude Wrapped, a usage-reflection dashboard
The 'reflect' feature shows Claude usage over 1, 3, 6, or 12 months and nudges users to keep some tasks off the model.

Prime Intellect and Adaption bring self-improving AI to non-frontier developers
Tools like AutoResearch and AutoScientist let outside developers train and refine specialized models without a frontier lab budget.

Google Photos adds Video Remix, an AI video editor powered by Gemini Omni
The feature applies cinematic relighting, background swaps, and painterly styles to clips in a few taps, and starts rolling out today across 15 countries.

Raycast's Glaze opens vibe coding to Mac users at $20 a month
Raycast's app-making app now available to everyone, with a Pro tier offering 200 credits monthly for building personal desktop software.

Solos launches AirGo A6 smart glasses at 19 grams, skipping cameras for voice AI
The camera-less AirGo A6 weighs roughly a third of Meta's latest glasses and leans entirely on a voice-driven AI assistant.

Google's NotebookLM generates 60-second vertical video summaries
Paid Ultra and Pro subscribers can now turn uploaded sources into TikTok-style clips with AI narration and paper-cutout visuals.

Acti launches agentic keyboard for iOS and Android with $5.3M seed
Singapore-based Acti embeds Gemini-powered agents into the smartphone keyboard, raising $5.3M from BITKRAFT Ventures.

X launches hosted MCP server, opening its API to Claude, Cursor, and Grok Build
The Musk-owned network joins GitHub, Slack, and Stripe in shipping an official Model Context Protocol endpoint for AI agents.

Cursor ships mobile app to steer coding agents from a phone
The launch follows October's Cursor 2.0 agent overhaul and mirrors mobile coding moves from Anthropic and OpenAI.

Google opens Gemini's Nano Banana image generation to all US users
The personalized image feature, previously locked behind Plus, Pro, and Ultra tiers, now runs free on a chatbot with 750 million monthly users.

A founder used Claude to challenge his oncologist — and was right
Keragon's Conno Christou fed scans, bloodwork, and wearable data into Claude during a six-month lymphoma fight. The model caught what a PET scan missed.

Figma adds code layers, motion, and AI plug-in builder to its canvas
The design platform pulls coding, animation, and Weavy workflows into one collaborative surface as it pushes deeper into AI tooling.

Google Home adds clothing and body cues to Familiar Faces recognition
A June 23rd update lets Nest cams identify tagged people from behind, auto-refreshes the face library, and flags specific sounds in event logs.

Meta drops Ray-Ban branding for $299 smart glasses line
Three new styles, a Kylie Jenner collab, and Muse Spark AI ship as Meta tries to push smart glasses into mass-market price territory.

Sony's AI Camera Assistant on Xperia 1 VIII lands as glorified Instagram filters
On a $1,850 flagship with three rear lenses, Sony's new in-viewfinder AI mostly suggests sepia tints and blown highlights.

AI-generated apartment listings spread across StreetEasy as virtual staging gets cheap
Virtual staging now runs $40 to $400 per listing versus a couple thousand for the real thing, and renters are showing up to apartments that don't match the photos.

Apple weaves AI into iOS 27 apps, betting against the chatbot frame
Bill splitting, password rotation, Safari tab grouping, and natural-language Shortcuts ship in the developer beta, with public release this fall.
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