Smartphone makers Samsung, Google dream of an AI-driven supercycle   

Smartphone makers Samsung, Google dream of an AI-driven supercycle   

Samsung Electronics’ flagship smartphones Galaxy S24 series are displayed during their unveiling ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, January 15, 2024.  Kim Hong-ji | Reuters BARCELONA – Smartphone makers are talking a big game about artificial intelligence this year.  And they’re so confident about features they’re cramming into their phones that they think it’ll drive a … Read more

Unity (U) Q4 2023 earnings report

Unity (U) Q4 2023 earnings report

Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images Unity Software shares plummeted 17% in extended trading on Monday after the gaming software company issued weaker-than-expected guidance for the current quarter. Here’s how the company did: Earnings: Loss of 66 cents per share. The results may not be comparable to the 46-cent loss predicted by analysts, according … Read more

The US Supreme Court Holds the Future of the Internet in Its Hands

The US Supreme Court Holds the Future of the Internet in Its Hands

The US Supreme Court seems torn over whether to trigger a radical transformation of the internet. The nation’s highest court heard arguments Monday over state laws in Florida and Texas that restrict how platforms like Facebook and YouTube moderate speech. If the court lets them take effect, social media feeds could look very different, with … Read more

Augmented reality glasses with AI voice assistant

Augmented reality glasses with AI voice assistant

The Oppo Air Glass 3 is a prototype set of augmented reality (AR) glasses with a voice assistant. Oppo BARCELONA – Oppo on Monday unveiled a prototype set of augmented reality (AR) glasses with a voice assistant, underscoring how electronics giants are trying to infuse artificial intelligence across their products to stand out. Oppo, a … Read more

Reborn Renault 5 Is A Super Cute, Super Cheap EV With A Baguette Holder

Reborn Renault 5 Is A Super Cute, Super Cheap EV With A Baguette Holder

It’s been more than three years since we first saw the electric Renault 5 Concept. At the time, it wasn’t entirely clear whether or not the reborn 5 would make it to production, but now, it’s officially here. Well, not here as in the U.S. Odds are, we still won’t get the new Renault 5 … Read more

Highmark Health integrating tech from Google Cloud and Epic Systems

Highmark Health integrating tech from Google Cloud and Epic Systems

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian speaks at the Google Cloud Next event in San Francisco, April 9, 2019. Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty Images Highmark Health announced Monday that it’s integrating technology from Google Cloud and the health-care software company Epic Systems to try to improve data gathering for providers and payers. Consumer health-care … Read more

Samsung Galaxy Ring: specs, features, release date

Samsung Galaxy Ring: specs, features, release date

The Samsung Galaxy Ring has various sensors to track things like heart rate. Samsung BARCELONA — Samsung’s Galaxy Ring, its latest wearable, is launching with health-tracking features including heart rate and sleep monitoring while also giving users a score of their readiness for the day, a top executive told CNBC. In a wide-ranging interview, Hon … Read more

eToro CEO considers IPO after scrapped SPAC deal

eToro CEO considers IPO after scrapped SPAC deal

The eToro logo is seen during the 2021 Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal. Pedro Fiúza | Nurphoto | Getty Images Stock brokerage platform eToro is getting interest from bankers and investors about a public market listing after its scrapped plans to go public via merger with a blank-check company, CEO Yoni Assia told CNBC. “We … Read more

Google expects more advanced AI models to arrive on phones in 2025

Google expects more advanced AI models to arrive on phones in 2025

Betul Abali | Anadolu | Getty Images Google is bullish on the prospect of its more advanced artificial intelligence models coming to smartphones in the next year.   The internet giant expects that its currently available Gemini large language model (LLM), which competes with Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s most powerful GPT-4 AI model, will begin to get embedded … Read more

China’s Lenovo shows off a laptop with a see-through screen

China’s Lenovo shows off a laptop with a see-through screen

Lenovo’s concept laptop has a see-through screen. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC Chinese tech giant Lenovo showed off a prototype laptop on Monday that has a see-through screen, underscoring how the world’s largest PC maker is trying to innovate after a brutal couple of years for the market. The laptop is equipped with a trackpad which … Read more