z.ai debuts faster, cheaper GLM-5 Turbo model for agents and 'claws' — but it's not open-source

Chinese AI startup Z.ai, known for its powerful, open source GLM family of large language models (LLMs), has introduced GLM-5-Turbo, a new, proprietary variant of its open source GLM-5 model aimed at [...]

Enterprise-grade AI image generation in 2 seconds is here: Krea 2 Raw and Turbo available as open weights under custom license

While many enterprises have already begun integrating AI-generated images, visuals, graphics and videos into their production workflows — there is also a growing pool of data and subjective commenta [...]

New Year's AI surprise: Fal releases its own version of Flux 2 image generator that's 10x cheaper and 6x more efficient

Hot on the heels of its new $140 million Series D fundraising round, the multi-modal enterprise AI media creation platform fal.ai, known simply as "fal" or "Fal" is back with a yea [...]

Can our climate be saved by vacuuming carbon out of the skies

Imagine: A switch is flicked and, in a heartbeat, every process spewing deadly pollution into the heavens is replaced with something clean and sustainable. Sadly, even then, the Earth would still tip [...]

One of the tech industry's sources of carbon credits is in conflict with Kenyan herders

A conservation program in Kenya that tech companies like Netflix and Meta rely on for carbon credits is in conflict with local herders, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The issue le [...]

Specialized says calling its new Vado SL 2 Alloy an e-bike is still an insult – here's why

The Specialized Vado SL 2 is here, but don't call it an e-bike. [...]

German court rules Apple cannot call its smartwatch 'carbon neutral'

Apple has made some pretty big environmental claims over the years, and one of the more eyebrow-raising ones was that select models of its Apple Watch Series 9 were "carbon neutral." The sta [...]

The AI compute gap: Enterprises are buying infrastructure faster than they can measure what it costs

Across 107 enterprises, AI infrastructure spending is accelerating well ahead of the ability to see or steer its economics. Most organizations run their AI on a familiar base of hyperscalers and model [...]

Apple isn't making any carbon neutral claims with its Series 11 smartwatch

Apple hosted its "Awe dropping" iPhone event today, but wearables also got their moment in the sun, including the announcement of the Apple Watch Series 11. In recent years, the company has [...]