Hey, remember the Apple Vision Pro? For a while there, everyone was talking about Apple’s $3,499 headset being the future of productivity. You’d strap a headset to your face and work on large monitors floating in a “mixed reality” world. Well, that vision has now officially arrived on Windows PCs, and it’s more than 10…
Less than a week after Chinese start-up DeepSeek rocked the tech industry, leading generative AI (genAI) model providers are scrambling to shore up their market foothold and find ways to emulate the newcomer’s tech efficiencies. Last week, DeepSeek’s eponymous chatbot hit Apple’s App Store and Google Play Store and downloads almost immediately exceeded those of OpenAI’s ChatGPT….
Have you heard the buzz? Good vibrations are on their way to Android — or at least to Google’s own homemade Pixel devices. As we discussed in my Android Intelligence newsletter on Friday, word broke the other day about a still-under-wraps plan to bring custom vibration patterns into the ever-evolving Android arena. The feature appears…
Traffic management is a growing challenge for cities worldwide, requiring a balance between enforcement, efficiency, and public trust. In Kazakhstan, the Qorgau system is redefining road safety through an innovative fusion of artificial intelligence (AI), computer vision, and mobile technology. Designed to assist traffic police in real-time violation detection and enforcement, Qorgau represents a leap…
We’ve covered the Framework Laptop 13 primarily as a consumer Windows laptop, reviewing versions with multiple Intel and AMD processors. But the system’s modular nature makes it possible to expand it beyond Windows PC hardware, as we’ve seen with experiments like the (now-discontinued) Chromebook Edition of the laptop. Today Framework is expanding to something even…
2025 began in turmoil, with layoffs at some of the largest tech companies despite the support shown by the new US administration. 2024 had been a year of recovery, with the pace of layoffs slowing and IT employment the highest for years following two years of massive IT layoff in 2022 and 2023. According to…
According to a new policy document from Meta, the Frontier AI Framework, the company might not release AI systems developed in-house in certain risky scenarios. The document defines two types of AI systems that can be classified as either “high risk” or “critical risk.” In both cases, these are systems that could help carry out…
One of a handful of “independent” iOS app stores in Europe has begun the distribution of a porn app, advertising it as “Apple Approved.” The app isn’t approved by Apple, and the biggest app available on the AltStore is Epic’s child-focused Fortnite game. Fortnite publisher Epic Games also invested in the AltStore, which now seems…
Atari is digging into its catalog of classics for another revival. This time it’s the 1976 arcade game Breakout, which is coming back in style to spare thanks to the folks behind the BIT.TRIP series. Developer Choice Provisions‘ take on the arcade block-buster is titled Breakout Beyond, and at a glance, it’s reminiscent of a…
We typically only get to hear the main cast of the original Metal Gear Solid games in one place when we’re replaying the classics. Three of the key voice actors are having a bit of a reunion soon, however, thanks to a new Metroidvania called SteamDolls: Order of Chaos. Appropriately enough, this one is billed…