At CEATEC 2025, Hitachi presented a connected vision for the future of industrial operations. Rather than showcasing isolated technologies, the company demonstrated how AI agents, metaverse-based digital twins, conversational machinery, and wearable sensing can work together to address a growing manufacturing challenge: maintaining efficiency, safety, and quality amid a shrinking and less experienced workforce. This challenge needs to be addressed particularly in Japan, where skilled technicians are retiring faster than […]

LG NOVA, the North America Innovation Center for LG Electronics, is returning to CES 2026 with an expanded showcase that puts a spotlight on its collaborative, AI-first innovation model. Featured in the exhibit are companies incubated internally by LG NOVA, along with startup partners and breakthrough projects that are expected to become future businesses. Taken together, these businesses demonstrate LG NOVA’s emphasis on creating market-disruptive business opportunities that solve real-world […]

Generative AI fans will have another place to create their content soon, because DuckDuckGo has said that its own AI-powered image generator is almost ready. With a strong focus on user privacy, the company is now entering the field of generative AI, which is getting more competitive lately. Even though DuckDuckGo is best known for its privacy-focused web search engine, the company is now also using its “privacy first” philosophy […]

Meta seems to be developing a new artificial intelligence model focused on images and videos, codenamed “Mango.” This effort is part of its strategy to compete more directly with major players like Google and OpenAI. According to information published by The Wall Street Journal, this initiative shows Meta’s intention to strengthen its position in the fast-changing AI market, particularly in visual content generation and processing. Previously, Meta worked on another […]

According to recent industry analyses, although smartphone manufacturers have been trying to keep stable prices for Android devices released in 2025, this trend is probably not going to happen next year, in 2026. Rising production costs driven by global demand for memory components are expected to have a huge impact, causing a significant price increases across the whole Android market. A major factor behind all the shift is the escalating […]

Reports have emerged concerning the potential integration of ads into the ChatGPT platform, which currently serves approximately 800 million weekly users. Screenshots circulating on social media purportedly show a Target advertisement within the ChatGPT interface, leading to user concern and speculation about a shift in OpenAI’s operational strategy. I'm in ChatGPT (paid Plus subscription), asking about Windows BitLocker and it's F-ing showing me ADS TO SHOP AT TARGET. Yeah, screw […]

RemoveWindowsAI is a new opensource script that is gaining widespread attention among Windows 11 users seeking to eliminate artificial intelligence components integrated into Microsoft’s operating system. Created by the developer @zoicware and hosted on GitHub, this tool quickly surpassed a thousand stars and has become a central topic of discussion among users who wish to go back to the more traditional way of using the PC, an AI-free experience. The […]

At CEATEC 2025, Fujitsu expanded its ongoing exploration of what it officially calls its “AI technologies for human augmentation” with a new Golf Motion Analysis Experience, powered by the Kozuchi AI platform and developed in collaboration with Uvance partner AIGIA’s golf swing–analysis app.  This builds on last year’s showcase, where the company demonstrated how Kozuchi’s advanced skeleton recognition could analyze basketball shooting mechanics, yoga postures, and lifting movements in industrial […]

ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant behind TikTok, is entering the smartphone intelligent assistant market. Unlike competitors such as Google and Apple, the company does not plan to launch its own smartphone. Instead, ByteDance aims to integrate its artificial intelligence technology directly into devices from major manufacturers through strategic partnerships. This approach marks the debut of the Doubao Mobile Assistant, an AI-driven system designed to integrate deeply with Android and transform […]