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Investment in consumer tech startups has been in a downturn since 2022, as a turbulent macroeconomic climate and rising inflation have made VCs skittish about consumer spending power. For the past cou

"What do you think of AI?" It's the open-ended, million-dollar question that everyone wants to ask me at the pub when they discover I'm a technology journalist. It's also the one question that instant

Not all of us are computer geniuses, but it's good to be able to sound like we know what we're talking about. Nvidia stock makes headlines on a regular basis, but do you know how to pronounce the comp

OpenAI, the company behind the popular chatbot ChatGPT, is building a new AI model. The model will be an "open-weights" language model with reasoning, according to CEO Sam Altman who tweeted about the

If you're in the market for a new smartphone in 2025, you can -- and should -- be very picky. Especially if you have specific needs for your phone.For instance, LED and OLED screens can be painful for

There are a lot of artificial intelligence image generators out there now, and negative buzz around them was actually what piqued my interest in what they can do. Midjourney and its competitors Stabil

Sometimes jumping into another world feels nice -- but what about building your own?After spending time creating a character with artificial intelligence to practice my flirting skills, I was curious

I recently had an incredibly designed site shared with me, but when I navigated to the landing page, the copy was written in a different language -- with no translation button to be found. For some re

AI video technology is ramping up, and Adobe is bringing its most recognizable AI editing tool out of beta. Generative extend is now the first Firefly-powered tool in Premiere Pro, coming out of beta

MediaTek has released chips to power Android phones for years and broken into the laptop PC space in recent times too. Now, it's got a new chip aimed at another market -- Chromebooks -- to empower tho

Only a few days after releasing iOS 18.4 to the general public, Apple has now dropped the first public beta of iOS 18.5 for developers. We don't expect iOS 18.5 to have any major new features, especia

Your future therapist might be a chatbot, and you might see positive results, but don't start telling ChatGPT your feelings just yet.A new study by researchers at Dartmouth found a generative AI tool

Nvidia is now requiring its customers in China to pay upfront in full for its H200 AI chips even as approval stateside and from Beijing remains uncertain, Reuters reported, citing anonymous sources. T

Snowflake plans to acquire Observe, an observability platform that has been built on Snowflake’s databases from day one. (Observability platforms help companies monitor their software systems and data

While CES 2026 is full of tech giants unveiling their latest innovations, the real excitement comes from discovering unexpected, quirky gadgets that make you ask, “Who thought of this?” We’re here to