The “Group of 7” (G7) nations are falling behind in key tech economic indicators such as high-tech exports, the number of software developers, and AI-related patent filings, endangering their future competitiveness, according to new study by London-based workforce consultancy SThree and the Center for Economics and Business Research (Cebr). In fact, not one G7 nation…
US Department of Government Efficiency tech advisor Edward Coristine previously ran a small infrastructure provider that offered services to a cybercriminal group, it has been alleged. While in high school in 2022 the then-16-year-old DOGE senior advisor ran a company called DiamondCDN that supported a website used by a cybercriminal group named ‘EGodly’, Reuters reported…
Google is beating the drum for Gemini 2.5, a new AI model that reportedly offers better performance than similar reasoning models from competitors such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Deepseek. Google calls it its “most intelligent AI model yet.” According to a post on The Keyword blog, Gemini 2.5 can, among other things, analyze information, draw…
WWDC event marketing intensifies, and as we head toward that event in a little over two months, it looks as if we’re being told to expect a new paint job (aka user interface change)s for iOS. But will those tweaks really be enough to move the needle on flatlining iPhone sales? Is Apple concerned in…
If you’re wondering how AI agents work, Microsoft’s new Copilot AI agents provide real-time answers on how data is being analyzed and sourced to reach results. The Researcher and Analyst agents, announced on Tuesday, take a deeper look at data sources such as email, chat or databases within an organization to produce research reports, analyze strategies,…
Microsoft is on top of the world right now, riding its AI dominance to become the world’s second-most valuable company, worth somewhere in the vicinity of $3 trillion, depending on the day’s stock price. But that could easily change — and not because competitors have found a way to topple it as king of AI. A…
Ahh — don’t you just love the feeling of a fresh ‘n’ zesty virtual upgrade? Here in the land o’ Android, that doesn’t mean only major new Android versions (and, alas, the woeful waiting that often accompanies ’em). Few mere mortals realize it, but Google’s quietly created a system of ongoing under-the-hood upgrades that affect…
Apple will host its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) online from June 9-13, with a small number of developers and students invited to attend in person for the keynote and state of the union announcements at Apple Park. As it has been since the Covid-19 pandemic, WWDC will be an online event. That’s great for developers,…
Otter.ai, which is primarily known for its voice-to-text transcription service, is rolling out a voice-activated AI agent that will participate in and answer questions during online calls. The “Otter Meeting Agent,” launched Tuesday, activates a voice agent when called upon, understands questions put to it, and pulls information from the public web or internal documents…
Two new studies from ChatGPT developer Open AI and MIT show that increased use of the chatbot correlates with increased loneliness and less social time with other people, according to Bloomberg. ChatGPT users in the study also reported feeling increasingly emotionally dependent on the chatbot the more often they used it — and they perceived…