According to a new report by research firm IDC, global sales of smartphones will increase by 1% in 2025 compared to last year, to a total of 1.24 billion units. This increase is taking place despite the global economic turmoil, thanks to unexpectedly high demand in the US, the Middle East, and Africa. Apple is

Microsoft researchers are developing technologies for a new class of video AI agents to explore three-dimensional spaces before making decisions. The technology framework, called MindJourney, uses a range of AI technologies to understand and analyze 3D spaces, reason about the surroundings, and predict movement, the researchers wrote in a blog entry late last month.

Digitimes tells us Apple is intensively pushing supply partners to invest deeply in automated manufacturing in their factories. This isn’t new, but what has changed is the degree to which the company is insisting on it. The report tells us that if you want Apple to place an order with your company, you must invest in automation.

Windows 10 support ends in just over a month, but close to 50% of PC installations are still running the old OS, according to PC makers. In earnings calls last week, Dell and HP executives said that the PC upgrade cycle to Windows 11 was still ongoing, and would continue through this year and 2026.

Over the next few years, agentic AI is expected to bring not only rapid technological breakthroughs, but a societal transformation, redefining how we live, work and interact with the world. And this shift is happening quickly. “By 2028, 33% of enterprise software applications will include agentic AI, up from less than 1% in 2024, enabling

Something keeps happening to people who get hooked chatbots like ChatGPT. Mental health professionals are calling it “AI psychosis”: turning to the AI models for advice, users soon become entranced by the sycophantic machine’s human-like responses. It becomes not just a tool but a companion — and the worst kind, constantly plying you with what

Last week, “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” star Will Smith — himself the victim of a gross AI meme about slurping spaghetti — showed the world that he’s not so fresh anymore when his team used AI to add rapturous fans to concert footage of his “Based on a True Story” comeback tour. Online observers quickly noticed

It’s long been the practice of private health insurers to require “prior authorization” before you can get the treatment you need. Often, they’ll try to deny as many of these claims as possible — including with the use of AI models.  Government-backed plans like Medicare, however, have tended to cover what private insurers don’t, and

Millions of US federal government workers are about to get a new AI assistant on their devices for free in the form of Microsoft Copilot. The move is part of a deal between Microsoft and the US General Services Administration (GSA) that’s also expected to save taxpayers $3.1 billion in its first year. The centrepiece

xLean Robotics, a startup from CUHK’s world-leading Robotics Institute, will unveil its flagship innovation, the world’s first dual-form transformable floor washing robot xLean TR1, at IFA 2025, September from 5–9. Display at Hall 25, Booth 260. Built for everyday deep cleaning and timely spot cleaning, the xLean TR1 pairs a dual-form design with Dual-Motor DirectSuction