Microsoft launches MAI-Image-2-Efficient, a cheaper and faster AI image model

Microsoft today launched MAI-Image-2-Efficient, a lower-cost, higher-speed variant of its flagship text-to-image model that the company says delivers production-ready quality at nearly half the price. [...]

FCC just handed Netgear a de facto router monopoly in the US

The Federal Communications Commission has announced that Netgear has been given conditional approval that effectively exempts it from a previous ban on foreign-made networking routers. The conditional [...]

The new engineering playbook: how AI design copilots are reshaping product development

Learn how AI design copilots are redefining engineering speed, creativity, and system-level innovation. [...]

Google unleashes a native Gemini app for the Mac

Not content with stuffing Gemini into all of its own apps and services, Google wants you to adopt its AI assistant on desktops and laptops too. The company released a Gemini Windows app on Tuesday and [...]

There's yet another study about how bad AI is for our brains

A group of researchers from across the US and the UK have conducted a study on what AI does to our brains and the results are, in a word, grim. These results were published in a paper called "AI [...]

Salesforce launches Headless 360 to turn its entire platform into infrastructure for AI agents

Salesforce on Wednesday unveiled the most ambitious architectural transformation in its 27-year history, introducing "Headless 360" — a sweeping initiative that exposes every capability in [...]

Big Tech eyes orbital data centers for "near continuous" solar power

AI’s data center boom is constrained by Earth’s limits, pushing innovation into orbit. [...]

Adversaries hijacked AI security tools at 90+ organizations. The next wave has write access to the firewall

Adversaries injected malicious prompts into legitimate AI tools at more than 90 organizations in 2025, stealing credentials and cryptocurrency. Every one of those compromised tools could read data, an [...]

A new ‘color’ Lidar breakthrough just made 'hands-off' self-driving cars a reality, experts say — Chinese tech will 'significantly enhance' spatial intelligence and reduce the need to 'guess' objects like traffic lights

A new color-capable Lidar system has been hailed as a “fundamental innovation” for self-driving car technology. [...]