As a fringe group of consumers gets microchips implanted in their hands to make payments without using any external devices, time will prove whether these shoppers are early adopters or simply eccentrics. A TikTok video from last year with more than 10 million views, by...
After seven straight quarters of decline, the PC market is turning around. That’s according to new research from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker, released Tuesday (July 9), which showed global PC shipments reaching 64.9 million units in the second...
Samsung unveiled its latest wearables with features powered by artificial intelligence. The new Galaxy Ring, Galaxy Watch7 and Galaxy Watch Ultra became available for pre-order in select markets Wednesday (July 10) and will be generally available starting July 24, the company said in a Wednesday...
Companies in Silicon Valley are reportedly doing more staff vetting over concerns about Chinese espionage. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Wednesday (June 19), firms such as Google and OpenAI have begun doing tighter screening of employees and potential hires, according to sources working directly...
Stellantis is rolling out several software products and connected features for its vehicles around the world. The automaker, whose 14 brands include Chrysler, Fiat and Peugeot, aims to enhance the mobility experience of its customers and boost its revenue from software and connected services, Stellantis...
X CEO Linda Yaccarino said Friday (May 24) that the social media company could share its Community Notes feature with newspapers and other platforms. The crowd-sourced fact-checking feature can “force out bias,” Yaccarino said at the VivaTech conference in Paris, Bloomberg reported Friday. Yaccarino added that the feature now has more than 500,000 volunteers contributing...
Microsoft and AI company G42 have teamed to build a $1 billion Kenya-based data center. The collaboration, according to a Wednesday (May 22) news release, marks the largest digital investment in the history of the African nation, and will see the two companies join forces to create a new cloud...
Microsoft says it is investing $4.3 billion toward tech projects in France. The spending package will focus on cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, “AI skilling, and French Tech acceleration,” the company announced Monday (May 13), with the goal of training 1 million people and supporting 2,500 AI...
As the electric vehicle (EV) landscape shows signs of short-circuiting, automakers are eyeing another innovation. One more futuristic, and more fitting, for our rising artificial intelligence (AI) era. That’s because, with the news Tuesday (May 7) that Wayve — a software startup focused on self-driving...
