New AI grandma tool helps fend off phone scams

Cyclists on phones face jail under Japan’s new laws

Riding under the influence is also now punishable with prison time.

Lost your sense of direction? Turn off your phone and you’ll soon reconnect

Tech giants said today’s digital native kids would be the first generation who would not know what it meant to get lost. But is that a good thing?. We’ve lost direction and our brains are shrinking ...

World - The Guardian - November 17

Grandma with chunky sunglasses becomes unlikely fashion icon

A Zambian woman in her 80s is adored for modelling in striking and playful fashion photographs.

Upstart’s return to ‘growth mode’ helps send the AI lending stock higher

Loan volumes picked up 43% on a sequential basis.

Business - MarketWatch - November 8

Forget the Nanny, Check the Chatbot. AI May Soon Help With Parenting

The AI revolution means new startups can address some unexpected markets, like easing the challenges of caring for kids.

Business - Inc. - November 8

Alibaba’s stock turns lower as investments to meet AI demand hurt profitability

Alibaba’s stock knee-jerked up after earnings then reversed lower, as revenue missed expectations and ’aggressive’ investments on AI capabilities weighed on profitability.

Business - MarketWatch - November 15

Our brains are vector databases — here’s why that’s helpful when using AI

Parallels between our brains and vector databases go deeper than retrieval. Both excel at compression, organizing and identifying patterns.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 16

How AI can help to plan your next vacation

More than one third of travelers says they've incorporated artificial intelligence into their travel planning, according to a recent survey. CBS News compared how efficient booking a trip with the ...

Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs win in overtime after Bucs pass on potential winning 2-point try in closing seconds of regulation

It hasn't always been pretty, but the Chiefs are 8-0 and remain the only unbeaten team in the NFL.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 5

Alex Ovechkin is scoring and helping teammates and the Washington Capitals are off to a hot start

Alex Ovechkin is off to a hot start, and so are the Washington Capitals

Sports - ABC News - November 5

How Trump’s Win Helps Him Fight Off His Legal Charges

By triumphing at the ballot box, Donald Trump can dispense with federal charges against him while postponing or derailing other pending cases that have dogged him.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 6

NASA Awards $11.5 Million to Help Sustainable Aviation Take Off

JetZero and Electra are among the funding winners of this NASA initiative.

Business - Inc. - November 13

Big Tech Sees AI Bets Starting to Pay Off

Microsoft, Google and Amazon all reported strong quarterly growth in cloud revenue but warned of increased capital spending.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - November 1

Valuations at Musk’s SpaceX and xAI set to soar in new deals

Billionaire’s rocket builder plots huge share sale while AI start-up closes in on $5bn funding round

Business - Financial Times - November 15

‘I came to make new friends’: the hangout event where phones are locked away

Offline Club brings digital detox concept to London for those wanting real-life connections and relaxation. For some of us, being without our smartphones for a few hours prompts panic: think of all ...

World - The Guardian - November 15

Huawei launches first phones capable of running its new self-developed operating system

Huawei launched the Mate 70, Mate 70 Pro and Mate 70 Pro+ and foldable Mate X6 on Tuesday that can run HarmonyOS NEXT, its self-developed operating system.

Business - CNBC - Yesterday

New Google AI Will Take Over Browsers: Report

The new product, code-named Project Jarvis, may reach users as soon as December, according to reports.

Business - Inc. - October 28

Inside the murky new AI chip economy

The growth of loans secured by Nvidia’s GPUs is a note for caution

World - Financial Times - November 10

The new paradigm: Architecting the data stack for AI agents

Discover how to build a robust data stack for your AI agents and unlock the full potential of generative AI.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 14

A new generation of shopping cart, with GPS and AI

At a Price Chopper outside Kansas City, shoppers are test driving the new Caper Cart, featuring digital screens, GPS, cameras equipped with artificial intelligence, and packaging scanners that spit ...

These Guys Hacked AirPods to Give Their Grandmas Hearing Aids

Three technologists in India used a homemade Faraday cage and a microwave oven to get around Apple’s location blocks.

Tech - Wired - November 13

Google Maps adds AI features to help users explore and navigate the world around them

Google Maps is heading down a new road steered by artificial intelligence

Tech - ABC News - October 31

Apple sells $46 billion worth of iPhones over the summer as AI helps end slump

Apple snapped out of a recent iPhone sales slump during its summertime quarter

Tech - ABC News - October 31

Apple Announces $46 Billion in Global iPhone Sales as AI Helps End Slump

Putting artificial intelligence tech into its flagship product ensured the summer quarter had a positive turnaround.

Business - Inc. - November 1

UC San Diego, Tsinghua University researchers just made AI way better at knowing when to ask for help

UC San Diego and Tsinghua University researchers develop breakthrough AI method that teaches small language models when to use tools versus internal knowledge, achieving 28% better accuracy while ...

Tech - VentureBeat - November 4

Edge data is critical to AI — here’s how Dell is helping enterprises unlock its value

In this age of AI, enterprises need to be able to quickly access and extract value from edge data. Here's how Dell is helping them do it.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 12

Tech giants are investing in 'sovereign AI' to help Europe cut its dependence on the U.S.

Tech giants are investing in the development of "sovereign" AI models in Europe to reduce the region's dependence on largely U.S.-controlled infrastructure.

Business - CNBC - November 14

AI could help scale humanitarian responses. But it could also have big downsides

The refugee organization, the International Rescue Committee, is testing some artificial intelligence tools to try to increase the number of displaced people they can reach with critical information

Tech - ABC News - November 14

Trump’s victory will change America. But Europe can have a different future

Democratic norms look unusually fragile in the US. Historian Mark Mazower argues that it is an outlier, not a precursor