Image and video capabilities could be crucial in 2026. Getty Images Partners a16z said ChatGPT is winning the consumer AI race, but things can change "very quickly." They predict that image an...
Shanghai, China’s financial and tech hub, is aiming to foster over 200 open-source projects over the next two years as part of the city’s ambitious road map to build a world-class ecosystem amid the h...
Character.AI and Google are entering settlement negotiations with the families of teenagers who died by suicide. Illustration by Algi Febri Sugita/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Google and C...
An OpenAI engineer explains how OpenAI hired her in a week. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images An OpenAI engineer breaks down OpenAI's fast, "no-nonsense" hiring process. Jerene Yang sai...
ChatGPT and Gemini's recent web traffic patterns, per Similarweb data, highlight the tightening AI race. Jaque Silva/NurPhoto via Getty Images ChatGPT's web traffic has decreased since November, when ...
Chinese leader Xi Jinping lauded his country's AI advancements in 2025. Yan Yan/Xinhua via Getty Images China's Xi Jinping lauded his country's AI wins in 2025 in his New Year's address from Beijing. ...
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Gamers, roll up! CES is always jam-packed with new laptop announcements, acting as a barometer for the year's upcoming releases. The proofs of concept at the show display what could potentially come f...
While most attention in the AI race is focused on model builders and cloud platforms, Lenovo sits closer to millions of users than most companies. As the world's top PC maker by volume , Lenovo ships ...
I built an open source web app that generates cover letters using local AI models (Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM, etc.) so your resume and job application data never leaves your machine. No placeholders. No...
I've been working on a little open source [1] search engine, nilch. I noticed that nearly all well known search engines, including the alternative ones, tend to be run by companies of various sizes wi...
Replit CEO Amjad Masad says AI tools are enabling executives to prototype ideas themselves, rather than wait on engineers. Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile for Web Summit Qatar via Getty Images Some CEOs a...
Pinterest executive Ayumi Nakajima said there is one thing she always looks out for in potential hires. Aditi Bharade Pinterest executive Ayumi Nakajima said there's one thing she looks for in potenti...
Nintendo has said it was unwilling to backtrack on the design of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond's controversial open world hub despite seeing "changed" attitudes to open-world games, as the project had alrea...
The Amazfit Active 2 is a solid fitness tracker that could easily be mistaken for a smartwatch. | Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Amazfit might not have the name recognition of a company lik...
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Netshort's micro dramas revolve around soapy themes. NetShort TikTok is jumping into buzzy micro dramas and has introduced a section featuring them in its app. Short-drama apps typically use a freemiu...
AI could expand white-collar work by making complex tasks cheap enough to attempt, Box CEO Aaron Levie says. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Box CEO Aaron Levie says AI will increase, not reduce, white-c...
Lou Gerstner, the former CEO of IBM, has died at 83. James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images Lou Gerstner, who led IBM's turnaround in the 1990s, has died, the company told staff. He kept IBM intact and ...
Razer's Project AVA is heating up the AI companion market. Razer Razer showed off its 3D "desk companion," Project AVA, at CES 2026. The 3D hologram representation of an AI can perform tasks l...