Google Photos uses AI to make the iconic closet from ‘Clueless’ a reality

Google Photos uses AI to make the iconic closet from ‘Clueless’ a reality

Google Photos on Wednesday announced a new AI-powered feature that will soon turn photos of your clothes into a digital closet where you can create new outfit ideas, and even virtually try on your creations. Yes, the idea takes obvious inspiration from Cher’s iconic virtual wardrobe featured in the movie “Clueless,” where she could scroll…

Virtual Dollar Cards for Stable Facebook Ads Payments | eAskme

Virtual Dollar Cards for Stable Facebook Ads Payments | eAskme

Facebook algorithms rely on a continuous stream of transactions and user interactions to optimize campaigns. Any interruption in payments disrupts this learning. When the campaign resumes, the system essentially starts from scratch, which consumes both time and budget. Stable payments, therefore, are not just convenient, they are operationally critical. A campaign remains active only as…

Bill Gurley, Jack Altman back startup Pursuit, which helps companies sell to government

Bill Gurley, Jack Altman back startup Pursuit, which helps companies sell to government

Mike Vichich grew up in Michigan. His family, he recalls, dedicated their lives to public service. His parents were teachers, his uncle a fighter pilot, while both sets of grandparents served in the army. “Growing up, public service was always a really admirable way to spend one’s life and one’s career,” he told TechCrunch. “I…

Uber is in the hotel business now, thanks in part to AI

Uber is in the hotel business now, thanks in part to AI

Uber customers in the United States can now book hotels directly through the app, one of several new features announced Wednesday that pushes far beyond the company’s original ride-hailing purpose and even deeper into its users’ lives. Uber announced the new hotel booking feature on Wednesday during its product-heavy annual Go-Get event in New York…

Apple loses bid to pause App Store fee changes as case heads to Supreme Court

Apple loses bid to pause App Store fee changes as case heads to Supreme Court

Epic Games has scored another procedural win in its fight with Apple over App Store fees, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has now granted the Fortnite maker’s latest motion. The decision means Apple must continue to allow developers to use external payments in apps without charging fees. An earlier order…

Essay Writing Format: The Complete Guide to Structure, Style, and Academic Success | eAskme

Essay Writing Format: The Complete Guide to Structure, Style, and Academic Success | eAskme

Essay writing format is one of the most important skills you must build. No matter if you are a college junior struggling to write a 20+-page research paper or a high school student writing their first five-paragraph essay, writing format is important for everyone. A strong format gives your thinking a way to deliver it…

Sri Lanka discloses another missing payment, days after hackers stole $2.5M from its finance ministry

Sri Lanka discloses another missing payment, days after hackers stole $2.5M from its finance ministry

Sri Lanka said on Tuesday that a payment of about $625,000 (about 199.7 million Sri Lankan rupees) to the U.S. Postal Service has been missing for several weeks, after U.S. officials reported that the payment had failed to arrive, reports local media. Authorities detected the incident after hackers allegedly tried to divert another payment intended…

Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public

Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public

A new project to bring back Vine’s six-second looping videos is now available for download on the App Store and Google Play. Divine, as this Vine reboot is called, offers access to an archive of roughly 500,000 Vine videos, restored from a backup of the original service, and allows creators to post new Vines once…

The best VPN services for iPhone in 2026: Expert tested and reviewed

The best VPN services for iPhone in 2026: Expert tested and reviewed

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET Whether you’ve upgraded to the latest iPhone 17 or you are using an older model, it’s not enough to rely on your handset’s default security protections. Apple’s security is robust, and iOS tends to have fewer issues than Android, as it is a far more closed ecosystem. However, there’s no virtual private network (VPN),…

Coby Adcock’s Scout AI raises $100 million to train its models for war. We visited its bootcamp.

Coby Adcock’s Scout AI raises $100 million to train its models for war. We visited its bootcamp.

At a US military base in central California, four-seater all-terrain vehicles roam hillside trails. This is a training exercise, but not for the people in the vehicles: This is an effort to train AI models to enter conflict zones.  The autonomous military ATVs are operated by Scout AI, a startup founded in 2024 by Coby…