Engadget Podcast: iPhone 16e review and Amazon's AI-powered Alexa+

The keyword for the iPhone 16e seems to be "compromise." In this episode, Devindra chats with Cherlynn about her iPhone 16e review and try to figure out who this phone is actually for. Also, [...]

Brand-context AI: The missing requirement for marketing AI

Presented by BlueOceanAI has become a central part of how marketing teams work, but the results often fall short. Models can generate content at scale and summarize information in seconds, yet the out [...]

Amazon and Chobani adopt Strella's AI interviews for customer research as fast-growing startup raises $14M

One year after emerging from stealth, Strella has raised $14 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered customer research platform, the company announced Thursday. The round, led by Bessemer [...]

All the tech and gadgets announced at CES 2026

It's the first week of a new year and there's no time for the tech world to slowly ease back into things following the holidays. That's because CES 2026 is in full swing, with all manne [...]

The US Treasury Department says it was hacked in a China-linked cyberattack

Documents and workstations at the US Treasury Department were accessed during a cyberattack, The New York Times reports. The attack was linked to a "China state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Thr [...]

Private Internet Access VPN review: Both more and less than a budget VPN

I came into this review thinking of Private Internet Access (PIA) as one of the better VPNs. It's in the Kape Technologies portfolio, along with the top-tier ExpressVPN and the generally reliable [...]

While everyone talks about an AI bubble, Salesforce quietly added 6,000 enterprise customers in 3 months

While Silicon Valley debates whether artificial intelligence has become an overinflated bubble, Salesforce's enterprise AI platform quietly added 6,000 new customers in a single quarter — a 48% [...]

Tome's founders ditch viral presentation app with 20M users to build AI-native CRM Lightfield

Lightfield, a customer relationship management platform built entirely around artificial intelligence, officially launched to the public this week after a year of quiet development — a bold pivot by [...]

How to make your e-commerce product visible to AI agents? Use this new system trusted by L’Oréal, Unilever, Mars & Beiersdorf

For future-focused e-commerce brands, the primary customer is rapidly changing from a person behind a screen to the AI agents that said human customer deploys on their behalf to research and, if proje [...]