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A prototype ‘human washer of the future’ drew long queues at the Osaka Expo, which saw 27m visitors Local media reported that the retail price will be 60 million yen ($385,000). PHOTO: SCIENCE COMPANY After wowing World Expo visitors, a human washing machine is now on sale in Japan, a company spokeswoman said Friday. Users … Read more
Meta is kicking out ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Perplexity, and other outside AI chatbots from WhatsApp starting January 15, 2026. If you’re using any of these tools through WhatsApp, they’ll stop working. Meta’s updated policy prohibits “general-purpose” conversational bots from external providers, shutting down any AI assistant not built using Meta’s own tools. Large language model … Read more
“You can’t tell the story of 2025 without these icons.”
Quark glasses start at 1,899 yuan and run on Alibaba’s Qwen AI, offering a regular eyewear design A woman tries on a pair of Quark AI glasses by Alibaba at the company’s booth at the expo of the World Internet Conference in Wuzhen town of Tongxiang city, Zhejiang province, China November 8, 2025.PHOTO: REUTERS Alibaba … Read more
X faced the EU’s first content-law probe in 2023, but no penalty or action has followed since X was the target of the EU’s first ever probe under stricter online content rules in December 2023. PHOTO: REUTERS The European Union could fine Elon Musk’s X platform for breaking its digital rules by the end of … Read more
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
He and a partner founded Tekserve, a Manhattan emergency room for frozen hard drives, keyboards, screens and their confounded owners.
This year’s high-end models from Apple and Google raise the bar for mobile photography, but users should take the time to learn the settings and features.
While Google positions Gemini as a more powerful, flexible successor, users have expressed mixed reactions The deal enables GE’s “Geneva” to communicate with the Google Assistant, so users can say: “Ok Google, ask Geneva Home to set the oven timer for 10 minutes.” PHOTO: REUTERS Google has confirmed it will phase out Google Assistant, with … Read more
As artificial intelligence companies prepare to pour money into the midterm elections, some in the A.I. world are hatching plans of their own to curb the industry’s influence.