Stevie Bonifield

News Writer

Spotify’s Prompted Playlists use AI to control your algorithm

Stevie BonifieldDec 10, 2025

Google and Apple’s app stores have been listing dozens of apps from blacklisted companies.

As reported by the Washington Post, an investigation by the Tech Transparency Project found apps on both platforms that were owned by sanctioned organizations, including Russian banks and a Chinese paramilitary group.

Most of the apps have been taken down now, including at least 17 out of 18 on the Google Play Store and 35 out of 52 on the App Store.

Blacklisted foreign companies persist in app stores, defying U.S. sanctions

[The Washington Post]

Android users can now share a live video on 911 calls

Stevie BonifieldDec 10, 2025

Former OpenAI employees say they left because the company was ‘too restrictive’ about AI research.

According to a report from Wired, sources at OpenAI say the company “has become more reluctant to release work that highlights the economic downsides of AI.” At least two employees have reportedly left as a result of research restrictions, including former researcher Tom Cunningham:

“In a parting message shared internally, Cunningham wrote that the team faced a growing tension between conducting rigorous analysis and functioning as a de facto advocacy arm for OpenAI, according to sources familiar with the situation.”

Somehow, this AI-generated McDonald’s ad about hating Christmas was a flop

Stevie BonifieldDec 9, 2025

Spry Fox’s cozy MMO ‘Spirit Crossing’ is crossing over from Netflix to Steam.

The mobile version of the Cozy Grove-inspired life sim MMO, currently in alpha playtesting, will continue to be available through Netflix, but now there’s also a PC version coming in 2026. Its Steam page arrives less than a week after Netflix sold Spry Fox back to the studio’s original owners.

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Nothing’s community-designed Phone 3A adds some color and matching dice

Stevie BonifieldDec 9, 2025

Google Photos’ new video editor makes it more like Capcut

Stevie BonifieldDec 9, 2025

Blink cameras can now tell you what they’re seeing with video descriptions.

The feature uses AI to give you more detailed motion notifications, like describing people the camera or doorbell detects, much like the AI video descriptions Ring cameras got earlier this year.

Video descriptions are launching as an early access beta feature and require a paid Blink subscription.