This is a sponsored article brought to you by Amazon. The cutting edge of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) doesn’t occur just at NASA, or one of the top university labs, but instead is increasingly being developed in the warehouses of the e-commerce company Amazon. As online shopping continues to grow, companies like Amazon are … Read more
A US judge has ruled tech giant Google has a monopoly in online advertising technology. The US Department of Justice, along with 17 US states, sued Google, arguing the tech giant was illegally dominating the technology which determines which adverts should be placed online and where. This is the second antitrust case Google has lost … Read more
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More ‘Vibe coding’ is a term of the moment, as it refers to a more accepted use of AI and natural language prompts for basic code completion. OpenAI is reportedly looking to get in on the movement … Read more
Finding the right virtual private network (VPN) to keep your internet connection encrypted and your browsing private can be challenging. If you’re only looking for a browser-based solution, it’s easier to find the best options for quickly masking your IP address during a browser session, perhaps to change your location to access specific content. An estimated 66% … Read more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been reduced to a skeleton crew. The department, which was created to oversee banks and financial institutions, has cut about , leaving about 200 employees and reducing the agency by about 90 percent. In addition to cutting most of the staff, Chief Legal Officer Mark Paoletta sent a detailing … Read more
The Roborock Saros Z70, with its robotic arm, appears to be everything I’d want in a robot vacuum. It was our Best of CES pick, chosen unanimously by CNET’s team of home editors. The robot does more than simply navigate around obstacles; it can reach out and physically move items, including socks, shoes and eventually … Read more
The discourse around the end of the Snyderverse in The Flash has been brought up again to that era’s Batman, Ben Affleck. In a career-spanning video interview with GQ, the actor was asked if the last iteration of the Batsuit he wore as the character was his favorite, and the answer is an new all-timer Affleck-is-tired … Read more
As the birthplace of prestige TV shows like The Sopranos and The Wire, HBO—and, by extension, Max (aka the streamer formerly known as HBO Max)—is best known for its impressive lineup of original series. The network has also been upping the ante with feature-length content that is the stuff of Oscar dreams. Below is a list of some … Read more
Google Gemini 2.5 Flash, its hybrid reasoning model, is now available in preview for the standalone Gemini app. On Thursday, the company rolled out an “early version” of the model with updated reasoning capabilities. It can also better determine how much processing power or “thinking” to apply to each request. The Gemini 2.5 Flash model … Read more
Chatbot Arena, the crowdsourced benchmarking project major AI labs rely on to test and market their AI models, is forming a company called Arena Intelligence Inc., reports Bloomberg. In a blog post published Thursday, Chatbot Arena said that the company will “give [it] the resources to improve [its platform] significantly over what it is today.” … Read more