CES 2026: What to expect from tech’s biggest conference in January

CES is the January trade show where the tech industry kicks off the year with a bevy of new and notable announcements — and it’s less than a week away. The CES 2026 show floor is officially open f [...]

Alibaba's small, open source Qwen3.5-9B beats OpenAI's gpt-oss-120B and can run on standard laptops

Despite political turmoil in the U.S. AI sector, in China, the AI advances are continuing apace without a hitch.Earlier today, e-commerce giant Alibaba's Qwen Team of AI researchers, focused prim [...]

The Architecture Test: How to Tell Real Agentic AI From Rebadged Automation

Open pretty much any marketing technology vendor’s homepage today, and you will find the same three words somewhere above the fold: “powered by AI.” It has become such a universal claim that it [...]

Black Friday VPN deals include up to 75 percent off Proton VPN two-year plans

Now is arguably the best time of year to sign up for a VPN, or gift a subscription to someone. Black Friday VPN deals are already available, with one of the best being on our favorite VPN overall. Pro [...]

Google's AI can now surf the web for you, click on buttons, and fill out forms with Gemini 2.5 Computer Use

Some of the largest providers of large language models (LLMs) have sought to move beyond multimodal chatbots — extending their models out into "agents" that can actually take more actions [...]

Black Friday VPN deals: Get up to 75 percent off Proton VPN two-year plans and more

A VPN subscription can make for a good holiday gift. Everyone could do with having a VPN to help protect their online activity from prying eyes (and, perhaps, access more things to watch from their fa [...]

AI automation is the biggest change IT teams will ever experience – here’s why

If AI is redefining how we defend, detect and respond to threats across our organizations, then agentic AI is surely the next game changer. [...]

The best VPN deals: 88 percent discounts on ProtonVPN, ExpressVPN, Surfshark and more

A virtual private network (VPN) is useful in several ways — a good one can stream foreign TV shows and events, save you from giving up information to hackers and keep you anonymous to protect agains [...]

CES 2026: What to expect from tech's big January conference

The new year is upon us, and that means CES 2026 is imminent. The biggest tech trade show of the calendar comes with a bevy of new and notable announcements that set the tone for trends and expectatio [...]