Alibaba and Baidu are intensifying the battle for leadership in China’s fast-evolving AI market, with both companies unveiling upgraded models focused on dynamic reasoning capabilities. On Tuesday, Alibaba launched Qwen 3, an enhanced version of its flagship AI model. The upgrade introduces hybrid reasoning, designed to improve adaptability and efficiency for app and software developers….
With the global rollout of tariffs, the smart home accessories market — valued at approximately $30 billion — is entering new territory. Consumers should brace for higher prices, company closures, and even market consolidation across the sector. The issue is the uneven nature of these additional tariff taxes on trade. While some of the big players,…
AI is either taking over routine tasks typically performed by younger employees or requiring them to learn how to use the tech to be more effective in their jobs. Nearly four in 10 Americans, for instance, believe genAI could diminish the number of available jobs as it advances, according to a study released in October by…
Apple is on track to source all the iPhones it sells in the US from India by the end of next year as politically driven tensions drive a wedge between the US and China. This is a major move that the company has been building toward for some time, but the recent tariffs announcements may have accelerated the…
Psst: Come close. Your Android phone has a little-known superpower — a futuristic system for bridging the physical world around you and the digital universe on your device. It’s one of Google’s best-kept secrets. And it can save you tons of time and effort. Oh — and no, it isn’t Gemini. It’s a little somethin’…
The Google antitrust trial is “a nonsensical move by the US government that is ridiculously short-sighted, because if compromising privacy for ad revenue is bad, compromising privacy to train AI models is dangerous,” an industry analyst said Thursday. Paddy Harrington, senior analyst at Forrester, who specializes in security and risk, added that efforts by the…
Reliable internet service is no longer a nice-to-have for businesses — it’s a must. Whether for cloud apps, video calls, or running an online store, companies need a steady connection to keep things running smoothly, serve customers, and stay ahead of the competition. Standard broadband might work for basic needs, but businesses with growing digital demands…
We all have bad habits. On a Windows PC, it’s easy to fall into patterns that are “good enough” — they get the job done but may not be the fastest or easiest way to achieve your goals. It’s not that these habits are wrong — it’s that some things are just a bit slow…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Google’s got a wild new idea about “reinventing” how we silence our phones. It’s happening now, in the current Android 15 era of our favorite operating system. Google eliminated the simple, one-tap system for silencing a device and putting it into Do Not Disturb mode and instead…
One of the biggest problems with today’s AI models is that they tend to simply make up answers when they don’t know what’s going on, something called hallucinations. You would think that the number of hallucinations would decrease over time, but according to internal tests from Open AI, the opposite is true. The o3 and…