A little robotic switch-flipper has become my sidekick in combating cockroaches. Before I got the SwitchBot Bot Rechargeable, I’d tiptoe through the dark every morning, hoping I wouldn’t step on one of those terrible bugs scurrying around as I made my way to the light switch across the room. Now I’m ready for battle before … Read more
This week, Microsoft took a huge ax to its Xbox business. The company announced that it would be laying off 1,600 workers now, 1,600 more over the next fiscal year, and that it would be shedding four studios. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma hasn’t been shy about why she’s making such dramatic cuts, saying in a … Read more
Twelve South’s AirFly Pro is just $5 more than the SE model. | Image: Twelve South If you’ve got a summer trip coming up, the last-gen Twelve South AirFly Pro is one of those gadgets that can make a long flight feel a little shorter. It lets you use your wireless headphones with in-flight entertainment … Read more
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OpenAI is overhauling ChatGPT’s voice mode with a new model that it says is more like “talking to another person.” The new GPT-Live-1 is designed to interrupt you less and will also wait for you to continue speaking if you pause mid-conversation. During a press briefing, OpenAI research lead Kundan Kumar called GPT-Live-1 the company’s … Read more
In pharmaceutical research, scientists face a fundamental challenge: accessing and connecting the vast amount of scientific knowledge scattered across disparate systems. From published literature and internal lab notes to genomics databases, critical insights remain trapped in silos, making it difficult for researchers to form comprehensive connections and generate promising hypotheses. This fragmentation slows down the … Read more
AI-powered email management can transform how organizations in the public sector handle constituent communications. By implementing intelligent email routing and prioritization systems, organizations can automatically classify and direct incoming messages based on urgency and departmental relevance. This technology is particularly useful in local government settings, where councillors receive diverse communications across multiple service areas. AI … Read more
When ecommerce teams need faster time-to-market for AI-powered customer experiences, they face weeks of custom integration work that delays launches and increases security risks. Building and connecting a production-ready AI assistant typically requires custom API code for each client, container infrastructure management, and complex authentication. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and Mistral AI Studio streamline this process. … Read more
For Paradigm, the technical frontier will stretch beyond its cryptocurrency investment roots. This fund is expected to expand its investment focus to include robotics and AI.
Founded in 2024, Prime Intellect’s goal is to give organizations capabilities to train their own agentic systems without relying on frontier AI labs.
The cyberattack targeting a U.S. insurance giant is the largest known breach of driver’s license numbers so far in 2026.
The network’s 2026 roadmap targets faster transactions, AI-powered apps, and infrastructure aimed at competing with traditional financial systems, while preparing for a quantum future.
Ripple and XRP become the latest crypto brands to enter the sports marketing space.
The prediction market’s head of U.S. operations says the business is taking steps to legitimize itself after years of legal scrutiny.
When you deploy generative AI agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore as production API endpoints, you might want to enforce web application firewall policies, rate limiting, protection against common web threats, or audit controls via AWS WAF. AWS WAF integrates with Elastic Load Balancing Application Load Balancers (ALBs), Amazon CloudFront distributions, and Amazon API Gateway REST … Read more
As organizations expand AI adoption across their workforce, IT administrators need a scalable way to manage how AI applications are configured and used on employee devices. These applications include Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and OpenAI Codex. Users, meanwhile, can open approved applications and start working without manual setup. Jamf, trusted by more than 78,000 organizations … Read more
There are a lot of fast-growing AI startups, but some are growing even faster, they say.
More than 3,000 raids since 2022 have led to 629 arrests, as authorities target miners siphoning electricity from the national grid.
Bitcoin price pressure took BTC toward the “crucial” $61,000 mark as oil prices soared on the collapse of the US-Iran ceasefire.
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In this week’s Crypto Long & Short, FalconX’s Gaspar Martin writes that BTC is reaching a market bottom and is poised for a turnaround.
The firm’s latest fund backs AI and robotics startups but leadership says it remains committed to crypto investing.
The crypto exchange says an arbitrator sided with it after accounting firm Mazars walked away from a nearly finished audit.
Vermilion Cliffs Ventures announced Wednesday the close of a $25 million Fund II.
The Mondo Robotics Beni. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge What if you had a drone that wasn’t a buzzy, annoying fly people wanted to swat – but rather a cute dog that runs and jumps? What if it could do tricks on command, and film your tricks as well? What if it … Read more
The Google Pixel 10 lineup. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Google’s upcoming Pixel lineup might cost more than last year’s. A report from Dealabs spotted by 9to5Google suggests that Google could raise the starting price of its 41mm Pixel Watch 5 to $399, while adding LTE could bump the price to $499. That’s … Read more
Apple has signed a $30 billion+ multiyear deal with Broadcom to design and produce more than 15 billion U.S.-made custom wireless connectivity chips for Apple products.
It’s not a great time to shop for a gaming laptop. The unprecedented rise in cost for RAM (and storage to a slightly lesser extent) has made laptops with low-to-midrange specs cost much more than they should. Recent deals on gaming laptops worth your attention have been uninspiring, but one recently caught my eye: MSI’s … Read more
The move comes as firms race to build the infrastructure for blockchain-based stocks and debate how tokenized stocks should work.