Apple on Tuesday announced that it will begin to allow advertisers to target customers on Apple Maps, starting in the U.S. and Canada later this summer. The ads will be available to any size business that has a physical location and has al…
Why surging AI investment is failing to translate into measurable business impact and what leaders must change to close the gap
MC Story Art - medium.pngAI investments are exploding. CEOs across industries are pouring billions into arti…
Wired headphones were supposed to die with the headphone jack. Instead, they're making a comeback as consumers seek out better sound quality and technology from a simpler time.
When Apple ditched the headphone jacks on iPhones i…
Web hosting platform WordPress.com is embracing AI agents, a decision that could change the look and feel of the web. The company announced Friday that it will now allow AI agents to draft, edit, and publish content on customers’ websites,…
As enterprises and neo-clouds invest billions in private AI infrastructure, Check Point delivers the industry's most comprehensive security architecture for AI data centers
Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a pione…
AI agents have moved from sci-fi to C-suite. From managing customer support workflows to orchestrating complex supply chains, agentic AI is redefining how businesses operate, respond, and grow. These intelligent digital co-workers act with…
Dr Josefin Rosén, Principal Trustworthy AI Specialist at SAS Institute
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping economies, industries, and public institutions worldwide. Yet the global conversation about AI still tends to follo…
Pinterest’s CEO, Bill Ready, has called for governments to ban social media for users under 16 in a new Time op-ed.
He’s now one of the few top CEOs to call for such a restriction, as nations worldwide begin to implement or consi…
On March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey posted a simple message: “just setting up my twittr”.
That was, of course, the very first post on the site that is still best known as Twitter, even after being renamed X by its new owner Elon Musk (the de…
You’ve more than likely had that moment where you’re sitting with a friend, the conversation is flowing, you’re making each other laugh, maybe even saying something surprisingly insightful. Then someone says it: “We should start a podcast.…
Carl Pei, co-founder and CEO of Nothing, is imagining a future beyond the iPhone — and it’s a device powered by AI agents, not running apps.
“In terms of AI in software, I think people should understand that apps are going to disappear,…
Britain plans to consider requiring labels on AI-generated content to protect consumers from disinformation and deepfakes, the government said on Wednesday, as it outlined other areas of focus to tackle the evolving global challenge.
Te…
In a move to appeal to its younger viewers, the Fox-owned streaming service Tubi has launched its “Creatorverse Incubator” in partnership with TikTok.
The initiative announced on Thursday gives content creators support — such as promot…
Researchers are calling for tighter regulation of AI-powered toys designed for toddlers, after conducting one of the first tests in the world to investigate how under-fives interact with the technology.
The study looke…
Alibaba is sharpening its artificial intelligence strategy by focusing on agents that connect the many businesses under its sprawling corporate umbrella.
In recent months, Alibaba has rolled out several AI agent integrations and this week…
Gamma, a platform that lets you use AI to create presentations and websites, is launching a new image-generation product for making marketing assets as it seeks to better compete with the likes of Canva and Adobe.
The company says its n…
You open your phone to check the time or a quick message. The next thing you know, an hour has passed and you’ve scrolled through endless celebrity drama, cat videos, awful news stories, influencer rants, and whatever else the algorithm de…
Amazon's Echo smart speaker - more commonly known as Alexa - is getting an AI-powered upgrade which will roll out across the UK.
Alexa+ turns the digital assistant into a more chatty device which Amazon says will be ab…
Facebook announced on Wednesday that it’s launching “Creator Fast Track,” a new program designed to help creators grow on Facebook with guaranteed pay and increased content reach. The social network also shared that it paid creators nearly…
Finnish smart ring maker Oura is finally launching in India, taking on local rivals such as Ultrahuman in a relatively young smart ring market that is becoming price-sensitive thanks to an influx of low-cost options.
Oura is selling its…
New surveys asked teens how they use AI. Parents have no idea what's going on, from homework to emotional support.
AI plays a huge role in Isis Joseph's life. "I use it every day," she says. The 17-year-old 11th grade student in…
BuzzFeed, the U.S.-based media company known best for its quizzes, listicles, and, for a time, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism division, is reinventing itself for the AI era. At least, that’s the pitch.
At the SXSW conference in Aus…
Most enterprise AI projects fail not because companies lack the technology, but because the models they’re using don’t understand their business. The models are often trained on the internet, rather than decades of internal documents, work…
World, co-founded by Sam Altman, is dedicated to creating what it calls “proof of human” tech — ID verification tools for an internet increasingly overrun by AI-generated content of dubious quality. The connection isn’t lost that Altman’s …
Google may have signed on to President Trump’s toothless power pledge, but it’s clear the company started working months ago on a framework to power its data centers.
On Thursday, Google said it will work with Michigan utility DTE to ad…
Apple has published its first “background security improvement” update to patch a security bug in its Safari web browser on iPhones, iPads, and Macs.
According to a new security advisory posted Tuesday, Apple said a security researche…
In 2020 and 2021, the social media world seemed to be on the verge of complete change. A new app called TikTok was ascendant, bringing a whole new kind of vertical video to phones everywhere. And another app — not as popular, but growing…
Shopify is preparing for the transformation of a lifetime, according to its president, Harley Finkelstein. Speaking at this year’s Upfront Summit in Los Angeles, the longtime e-commerce veteran spoke about how the company is going all in o…
In a surprise launch on Monday, Apple unveiled the AirPods Max 2, the long-awaited successor to its premium headphones that launched in 2020.
The Max 2 cost $549, and feature active noise cancellation, Apple’s audio-speci…
Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging in its complaint that the AI giant has committed “massive copyright infringement.”
Britannica, which owns Merriam-Webster, retains the copyright t…
OpenAI offers app integrations in ChatGPT to allow you to connect your accounts directly to ChatGPT and ask the assistant to do things for you. For instance, with a Spotify integration, you can tell it to create personalized playlists that…
At the SXSW conference on Friday, Spotify co-CEO Gustav Söderström announced a new feature, launching in beta, that will allow listeners for the first time to review and edit their Taste Profile, the algorithmically generated model of thei…
After widespread complaints that Facebook has become an “AI slop hellscape,” Meta on Friday announced new tools to detect impersonation, as well as updated creator guidelines that better define what Facebook considers to be “original conte…
I get it; it’s not an easy time for a legacy automaker to be selling electric vehicles, what with incentives being gutted and Chinese automakers knocking at the door. But Honda is taking it to another level.
This week, Honda killed its …
The Chinese company, best known as TikTok’s parent organization (and now a minority shareholder in its U.S. spinoff), launched Seedance 2.0 in China back in February. Brief videos generated by the model, including a clip featuring Tom Cr…
The new imaging flagship series fuses advanced hardware with visionary TECNO AI to empower artistic creation, streamline daily life, and safeguard the digital experience
AI-driven innovative technology brand TECNO today took the stage a…
Putting People First: AI Ready for Advancing Social Impact in Thailand is a multi-stakeholder showcase convened in partnership with ESCAP and the Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA) to explore how artificial intelligence …
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being linked to job cuts across the global tech industry, with new data suggesting that around one in five layoffs this year are connected to companies adopting AI tools.
According to a new report…
Writing tool Grammarly has disabled an AI feature which mimicked personas of prominent writers, including Stephen King and scientist Carl Sagan, following a backlash from people impersonated.
The Expert Review function…
Google announced on Thursday that Google Maps is introducing a Gemini-powered conversational “Ask Maps” feature along with an updated “Immersive Navigation” experience that brings a 3D view, road details, natural voice guidance, and more t…
Disney+ is starting to roll out Verts, its new short-form video feed, to U.S. users on its mobile app. First announced in January, the TikTok-like Verts feed features scenes and moments from movies and TV shows on Disney+.
Following the…
Dating app maker Bumble is venturing into generative AI. During the company’s fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday, Bumble introduced a new AI assistant it’s calling “Bee,” designed to become a personal matchmaker that learns users’ “value…
Google on Wednesday announced a slew of new gaming-focused updates to Google Play at GDC 2026. The tech giant revealed that Google Play is expanding its catalog to include anticipated paid and PC indie games, launching game trials, introdu…
Webflow, which offers a software platform for building and hosting websites, is acquiring AI-powered content-generation platform Vidoso to beef up its suite of marketing offerings.
Founded in 2024, Vidoso uses large langu…
Facebook Marketplace is rolling out new Meta AI features, including one that automatically replies to messages from interested buyers, Facebook announced Thursday. The social network is also using AI to help sellers list items faster and s…
Publishing platform Substack is continuing to invest in video content as it launches the Substack Recording Studio, a built-in mechanism for creators to pre-record and publish videos.
The studio, which is only available on the desktop, …
WhatsApp launched a new set of parent-supervised accounts for users under the age of 13 on Wednesday. The company said that these accounts will only have access to messaging and calling, and won’t be targeted with any ads. W…
Amazon’s AI assistant Alexa+ is getting another new personality. On Thursday, the company announced it’s expanding its lineup of personality styles for users to choose from to include a “Sassy” option, which is for adults only. Notes Amazo…
Flash floods are among the deadliest weather events in the world, killing more than 5,000 people each year. They’re also among the most difficult to predict. But Google thinks it has cracked that problem in an unlikely way — by reading the…
Google announced Wednesday that it is bringing Gemini integration for Chrome to new regions, including India, Canada, and New Zealand. The rollout will let users access Gemini in Chrome through a sidebar on desktop, enabling them to ask Go…
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