For the first time, global governments have agreed to widespread international trade bans and restrictions for sharks and rays being driven to extinction. Last week, more than 70 shark and ray species, including oceanic whitetip sharks, whale sharks, and manta rays, received new safeguards under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild

Dressfiy is a mobile application that uses artificial intelligence to convert simple photos and prompts into short animated results. Its controls are straightforward, so you never need editing knowledge to enjoy it. The experience feels playful, as the app fills in the details. You can then save or upload the clips to your social networks.

PictoPop works on mobile and applies AI to transform everyday photos and basic prompts into short moving videos. No editing skills are required, thanks to an interface designed for newcomers. It’s more like experimenting with ideas than doing formal editing. The resulting clips can be saved for fun or uploaded to your social profiles. ⚡️

Hailuo AI is designed for smartphones and uses AI to produce short animations from everyday pictures and quick prompts. You don’t have to worry about editing because the interface is aimed at beginners. It almost feels like sketching an idea and letting the app complete it. You can keep the videos for fun or share

OpenAI has released GPT-5.2, claiming significant gains in the AI model’s ability to complete real-world business tasks to an “expert level” compared to GPT-5.1, released in November. The new model, available in Instant, Thinking, and Pro performance tiers, offers major improvements across a range of benchmarks, the company said. Using OpenAI’s GDPval benchmark, which compares

Just-released Visual Studio Code 1.107, the latest version of Microsoft’s popular code editor, introduces multi-agent orchestration, a new feature that allows developers to use GitHub Copilot and custom agents together to speed up software development tasks. Released December 10 and also referred to as the November 2025 release, Visual Studio Code 1.107 can be downloaded

Sometimes, the best tech features are the ones you don’t even actively think about — they’re just there when you need ’em, quietly working on your behalf, without any fanfare or intensive effort required. Sometimes, though, those same sorts of scintillating slivers can have the unintended effect of being so seamlessly integrated into an app

Silicon Valley is abuzz with chatter about Google’s upcoming AI glasses. The trigger was a big announcement on The Android Show on December 8. The company announced that its first AI glasses will be developed in collaboration with partners like Warby Parker, Samsung, and Gentle Monster, and should launch next year. Google is planning two

Apple announces its App Store Awards each year during the final weeks of the year. Ostensibly, these reward developers for building apps and games that push creative boundaries on Apple devices including the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch, TV, and Vision Pro. Selected by the App Store editors, the prize-winning apps should be seen as cutting-edge products that

The December Patch Tuesday update from Microsoft addresses three zero-days (CVE-2025-64671, CVE-2025-54100, and CVE-2025-62221) but includes surprisingly few total patches (just 57). As well as an unusually low number of updates, Microsoft has not published any critical updates for the Windows platform this month. That said, given the zero-days, we recommend a “Patch Now” release