The best Fitbits for your fitness and health
In 2025, you might wonder if Fitbit is still relevant. Despite being acquired by Google, Fitbit remains one of the most recognizable names in the industry. Fitbit trackers aren’t meant…
Terminal-Bench 2.0 launches alongside Harbor, a new framework for testing agents in containers
The developers of Terminal-Bench, a benchmark suite for evaluating the performance of autonomous AI agents on real-world terminal-based tasks, have released version 2.0 alongside Harbor, a new framework for testing,…
NYU’s new AI architecture makes high-quality image generation faster and cheaper
Researchers at New York University have developed a new architecture for diffusion models that improves the semantic representation of the images they generate. “Diffusion Transformer with Representation Autoencoders” (RAE) challenges…
Ship fast, optimize later: Top AI engineers don’t care about cost — they’re prioritizing deployment
Across industries, rising compute expenses are often cited as a barrier to AI adoption — but leading companies are finding that cost is no longer the real constraint. The tougher…
Bring back the iBook, you cowards
Apple is reportedly working on a low-cost laptop powered by an iPhone chip. This could be a small deal, a decision made by supply chain economics and the fact that…
The best budget smartphone you can buy
You can get a great budget device these days if you know how to pick your priorities. | Image: The Verge Some of us take a kind of “I eat…
Microsoft’s next big AI bet: building a ‘humanist superintelligence’
Microsoft is forming a new team to research superintelligence and other advanced forms of artificial intelligence. Mustafa Suleyman, who leads Microsoft’s AI division overseeing Bing and Copilot, announced the creation…
Nvidia AI chip ban: Can tech giants navigate a geopolitical zero-sum game?
When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang initially told the Financial Times that China would “win the AI race” before softening his stance, it crystallised a predicament that’s been years in the…
Why Google’s File Search could displace DIY RAG stacks in the enterprise
By now, enterprises understand that retrieval augmented generation (RAG) allows applications and agents to find the best, most grounded information for queries. However, typical RAG setups could be an engineering…
Moonshot’s Kimi K2 Thinking emerges as leading open source AI, outperforming GPT-5, Claude Sonnet 4.5 on key benchmarks
Even as concern and skepticism grows over U.S. AI startup OpenAI’s buildout strategy and high spending commitments, Chinese open source AI providers are escalating their competition and one has even…