Simon Willison points to a piece by indie developer Popcar on the wave of AI-powered game decompilation, which enables odd mash-ups and a boom in projects that get old games running on new hardware, often in a browser. The flip side is that if AI can decompile any software, anyone can reuse it as they like.
Google Research presents Deep Review, a tool for analyzing technical documents.
During the 2026 Paris Motor Show, XPeng is running trials of its NGP autonomous driving system in Paris. Numerama tried it and compared it with Tesla's FSD.
Square is launching the Square Kiosk, a large pill-shaped ordering terminal with a touchscreen. It includes what Square calls an agentic, conversational voice layer that understands a seller's menu and responds in real time.
Android is adding new scam defenses, including an enhanced protection setting in Google Messages that builds on Scam Detection with cloud-based checks. The features will roll out in the coming weeks alongside other safeguarding tools.
In her Optimizer newsletter, Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song describes about 100 days of mornings shaped by an AI doppelganger that advises her on what to eat.