Apple faces a renewed threat in the UK, where a new report from the top antitrust regulator says both it and Google are holding back innovation in the mobile browser market. By far, most of the criticism is being leveled at Apple. The final Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) inquiry report finds that Apple wields too much power. Not only…
On Wednesday, Google DeepMind announced two new AI models designed to control robots: Gemini Robotics and Gemini Robotics-ER. The company claims these models will help robots of many shapes and sizes understand and interact with the physical world more effectively and delicately than previous systems, paving the way for applications such as humanoid robot assistants….
Genshin Impact is introducing another round of system updates, and this time, they include an improvement to the custom artifact crafting system. Here’s a detailed look at the many changes coming to Genshin in Version 5.5. Better enhancement of crafted artifacts The most exciting change in the list comes to the artifact crafting system. Starting…
Google says Gemma 3 is the “world’s best single-accelerator model.” However, not all versions of the model are ideal for local processing. It comes in various sizes, from a petite text-only 1 billion-parameter model that can run on almost anything to the chunky 27 billion-parameter version that gobbles up RAM. In lower-precision modes, the smallest…
But both EU regulators and the US Federal Trade Commission expressed concerns over not just market advantages—like the “Works with Alexa” or “Amazon’s Choice” labels—but the data privacy concerns of Amazon having access to maps of consumers’ homes. The deal was scuttled in late January 2024, leading to layoffs of more than 30 percent of…
OpenAI on Tuesday launched Responses, a new api intended to eventually replace Assistants. The big draw? Responses provides a number of new tools that companies and organizations can use to create their own AI agents. The agents can, for example, be used to find relevant information among a company’s files or on the web, Techcrunch…
Over the next few years, agentic AI is expected to bring not only rapid technological breakthroughs, but a societal transformation, redefining how we live, work and interact with the world. And this shift is happening quickly. “By 2028, 33% of enterprise software applications will include agentic AI, up from less than 1% in 2024, enabling…
Quick: How many tabs do you have open in Chrome on your Android phone right now? If the answer is zero, you’re an animal. Seek immediate psychiatric help. If the answer is one to two, you’re obsessively organized and a model Android device owner. Go get yourself a cookie as a reward (browser-based or snickerdoodle…
Microsoft has ridden its multibillion-dollar investments in generative AI (genAI) to become the world’s second-most valuable company, with a valuation of roughly $3 trillion, depending on the day’s stock price. This year, it plans to invest $80 billion on data center costs alone, and that doesn’t count how much it’s spending to build its in-house AI team. At some…
It’s no big revelation that project management can be a chore. Enterprise teams need to be able to easily collaborate, track progress, and gain important insights from data, but they often don’t have a cohesive platform on which to do so, creating fragmentation, administrative burdens, and ultimately slowing project momentum. Zoho Corporation is aiming to…