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The QNAP DA Drive Analyzer software has improved AI-powered drive failure prediction, outperforming traditional S.M.A.R.T. diagnostics. Trained on real-world data across multiple drive models, it helps NAS users protect critical data from data loss.

Cook confirms seven small acquisitions in 2025, amid broader AI investments that may strengthen on-device performance. The news comes as Apple's AI features currently available, such as those found on iPhones, face regular criticism.

There have been prohibitions in place to export chips to China. Now, the Science Advisor to President Donald Trump commented that it has been explicitly advised to include location tracking technology in chips.

GPT-5 marks a turning point in business AI, moving beyond novelty to become a practical tool across industries. From automating routine tasks to enabling faster decision-making and personalized customer support, the model is helping companies work smarter while maintaining control over data privacy. The shift isn’t about replacing people... it’s about empowering them to focus on creativity, strategy, and growth.

Unitree Robotics has unveiled their new robot dog, the A2 Stellar Hunter. It is smarter, stronger and faster than its predecessor. The launch video showcases the A2 both dancing and pulling heavy loads.

Casio’s Moflin combines artificial intelligence with lifelike emotional responses. This soft, furry companion reacts uniquely to touch, voice and proximity, gradually developing its own personality – much like Furbies did over two decades ago, but with more advanced capabilities.

Following a three-month-ban, Nvidia got the green light to sell its H20 chips to China last month. But the chipmaker is once again in rough waters as it has come under the scrutiny of the Cyberspace Administration of China, following proposals from U.S. Congress to equip advanced chips with tracking functions.

In a new development, researchers have used an AI model to discover molecules that make plastics about four times tougher. This discovery holds the potential for longer-lasting materials, which will help reduce plastic waste.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the company is working on a new version of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) system with 10 times more parameters and better video compression. The update comes as Tesla faces mounting legal pressure, including a $243 million verdict in a fatal Autopilot crash and a fresh shareholder lawsuit over its robotaxi claims.

Google Gemini can now help parents with bedtime. The AI tool can now generate and read illustrated storybooks for children, although they still contain now-expected AI errors like inconsistent pictures and strange sentence structure.

Battlefield 6 will bring back AI bots for multiplayer. If there aren’t enough human players in the server, AI soldiers will be used to backfill the server so matches can start in due time.

For the first time in six years, OpenAI has released two new models with open weights that can be downloaded, for free, and run locally on your PC or laptop. The last model the company open-sourced was GPT-2 in 2019.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has announced that generative AI will likely lead to a significant reduction in office jobs in the coming years. The company aims to increase efficiency through automation, though Jassy is yet to provide specific figures.

An APK teardown of the Google app suggests that Pixel 10 buyers may get a free trial of the Google AI Pro plan. While the exact duration isn’t confirmed, past offers for the Pixel 9 series hint at a free subscription lasting anywhere from six months to a year.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently spoke out on the potential consequences of upcoming AI models such as ChatGPT 5.0. He argues that the next generation of generative AI will not only be more powerful, but also more dangerous owing to targeted disinformation and subtle manipulation. His statements illustrate how significant the challenges of dealing with advanced AI could become.

Thousands of first-round interviews are now handled by AI, automating scheduling, standardized questions, and candidate shortlisting. Yet many jobseekers find the process cold and disrespectful, with some abandoning screenings or declining roles outright, signaling growing resistance to automated hiring.

CheckMag Over the next decade, these five transformative tech fields are poised to reshape human society and AI is at the center of all. The possibilities are staggering and humankind could solve pressing issues related to climate change and an array of diseases, including aging itself.

Generative AI isn't really replacing simple, manual tasks. Instead, AI automation is primarily affecting traditional knowledge-based jobs, according to a nine-month analysis of real-world user interactions with Bing Copilot.

To help ease pressure on the U.S. power grid, Google will begin cutting back electricity use at its AI data centers during times of high demand. The company has signed its first agreements with utility providers to temporarily slow down machine learning tasks, marking a new step in how tech giants manage growing energy needs.

Anthropic has suspended OpenAI’s developer-level access to its Claude family of LLMs, alleging a breach of commercial terms after OpenAI engineers used Claude tools ahead of the GPT-5 launch.

When it comes to the mundane tasks humanoid robots might handle for us soon, the possibilities are broad. Doing laundry is probably high on many people's wish lists. Figure 02 shows a glimpse of how this could look in a video shared on X.

The Global Group, an emerging ransomware platform, employs AI chatbots to automate extortion negotiations with targeted companies, marking a new era in AI-driven cybercrime. The spotlight is now on the rise of AI chatbot ransomware.

Apple has formed the Answers, Knowledge and Information (AKI) team to build a proprietary conversational search engine that crawls the web and delivers chat-based results.

Tencent has open-sourced its Hunyuan AI model, releasing four compact language models with 0.5 billion, 1.8 billion, 4 billion, and 7 billion parameters that can run on a single consumer GPU.

In a way, the FollowFit turns a fragment of Death Stranding into reality – minus the horror elements, thankfully. The AI-powered handcart can track users and help them haul heavier loads.

China’s cyberspace regulator has asked Nvidia to clarify whether its H20 accelerator contains hidden tracking or “backdoor” functions. Nvidia insists no such mechanism exists.

Researchers at MIT say they have created the first provably efficient algorithm for training AI to understand symmetry in data, a breakthrough that could lead to more powerful and accurate models for scientific discovery.

Samsung cautioned investors that its rapid expansion of fifth-generation HBM3E production is outstripping end-market demand, likely putting downward pressure on prices.

The Alpon X5 is an edge AI mini PC designed to be an all-in-one computer that combines connectivity, durability and versatility. Intended for use in industrial contexts, it aims to make advanced machine learning accessible to everyone from hobbyists to industry engineers.

Whatever you think of the tariff policies of incumbent US President Donald Trump, they're currently helping Apple CEO Tim Cook achieve new record sales figures. iPhone sales have increased by over 13% year-on-year.

Welt TV, a German television channel launches the country’s first completely AI-generated news show. The project automates every step of the production process, from topic research and script writing to presentation, featuring a digital avatar as the newsreader.

With the help of artificial intelligence and Amazon, you'll soon be able to create a series directly inspired by your imagination. But this could present a few problems, not least ethical ones.

Meta is shifting from metaverse ambitions to “personal superintelligence,” positioning AI as a context-aware extension of individual creativity and goals, not just mass automation.

At WAIC 2025 in Shanghai, Zhaoxin introduced the KaiXian KX-7000N client CPU with an integrated NPU for offline AI workloads and the Kaisheng KH-50000 server chip delivering 96 cores, PCIe 5.0 lanes, and 384 MB L3 cache. Together, they span AI tasks from PCs to data centers in China’s push for chip self-reliance.

A new analysis mapping 200,000 Microsoft Copilot chats to O*NET work activities computes an AI applicability score, revealing which occupations are most susceptible to being replaced by AI.

Sam Altman-backed Helion begins construction work on a commercial fusion plant in Washington, USA, aiming to provide clean power to Microsoft by 2028. Here is why this is a big deal.

Emdoor, a Chinese ODM, has shown off its Strix Halo laptop. It comes with a 16-inch LCD screen, two NVMe SSD slots and up to 128 GB of RAM while tipping the scales at 2.4 kg (5.29 pounds).

Tesla is planning unified AI processing for its vehicles, Optimus, and Dojo supercomputer, starting with the AI6 chip generation. Tesla AI6 will be built in the US on Samsung's 2nm foundry node, with mass production slated for 2028.

Micron’s new G9-NAND SSD portfolio combines the ultra-high bandwidth 9650 PCIe Gen 6 NVMe flagship, the capacity-focused 6600 ION series with up to 122.88 TB on PCIe 5.0, and the latency-optimized 7600 PCIe Gen 5 drive.

Tallgrass and Crusoe propose a 1.8 GW AI data center campus just south of Cheyenne that could expand to 10 GW—surpassing the combined electricity use of every home in Wyoming.

At WAIC Shanghai, China’s AI sector unveiled two strategic alliances — the Model-Chip Ecosystem Innovation Alliance and the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce AI Committee — to bridge GPU designers, LLM specialists, and industrial users under unified interfaces.

Artificial intelligence provides numerous aids in various fields of activity. Recently, researchers have discovered intense seismic activity in Yellowstone National Park with the help of this technology.

An autonomous AI and robotics platform developed at MIT can invent and test 700 new materials a day, a process that could dramatically accelerate the creation of improved battery electrolytes, safer drug-delivery systems, solar panels, and more.

Europe’s $34.6 billion AI factory program moves from blueprint to reality, with 13 regional hubs funded and plans for gigawatt-scale sites housing 100,000 GPUs. Power supply and private investment emerge as critical challenges to meeting Europe’s computing sovereignty goals.

OpenAI has rolled out Study Mode for ChatGPT, guiding students through answers with tailored quizzes, hints, and step-by-step logic. This mode adapts to student skill levels and encourages active learning through thoughtful questioning.

Adobe Photoshop beta has gained AI tools like Harmonize, Generative Upscale, and improved object removal to simplify photo compositing and editing. The AI features are powered by the company's Firefly generative image models.

Corsair has shown off a new mini-PC powered by AMD's Ryzen AI Max Strix Halo CPUs. It lets users pick between two CPUs and comes with a liquid cooler for the CPU and GPU.