The new Galaxy Watch 8 adopts a cushion‑shaped design and a brighter AMOLED display; it introduces an “Antioxidant Index” for personalized health tracking and integrates Google’s Gemini AI assistant. The watch runs Wear OS 6 and promises longer battery life and improved fitness tracking.
Meta Platforms appointed Shengjia Zhao, a co‑creator of ChatGPT and former OpenAI researcher, as chief scientist of its new Superintelligence Lab. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Zhao will set the research agenda and scientific direction for the lab, which aims to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) and open‑source the results. Zhao joins other former OpenAI researchers in what analysts call a talent “arms race” between Meta and its rivals.