Key Takeaways SensorLM explains the “Why” behind your fitness tracker’s data: Instead of just showing raw data like heart rate or step count, SensorLM turns it into human-like descriptions, adding helpful context. SensorLM is highly effective at recognizing and explaining activities. It successfully identified 20 activities without additional training. It also outperformed larger general-purpose AI … Read more
Liv McMahon Technology reporter Getty Images ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has beaten Elon Musk’s Grok in the final of a tournament to crown the best artificial intelligence (AI) chess player. Historically, tech companies have often used chess to assess the progress and abilities of a computer, with modern chess machines virtually unbeatable against even the top human … Read more
President Donald Trump took the credit on Wednesday as Apple CEO Tim Cook announced its latest promise to boost its spending in the U.S. Standing in the Oval Office next to Cook, Trump announced Apple is adding $100 billion to the $500 billion pledge the company made in February to increase its investment in U.S. … Read more
The government is on a mission to make the UK an artificial intelligence (AI) superpower, by accelerating the adoption of the technology across the public and private sectors to supercharge the economy. According to the government, embracing AI will generate efficiencies in the way that businesses and public sector organisations operate, but achieving this … Read more
During that call, Sonos CFO Saori Casey said that the company expects “tariff expenses will be approximately $5 million in Q4.” In Sonos’ fiscal Q3, it paid $3.5 million in tariffs, Casey said. Sonos is still recovering from app problems Since July 2024, when Sonos’ then-CEO Patrick Spence admitted that a software update inadvertently broke … Read more
I just returned from SAP Sapphire 2025 in Orlando, and while SAP painted a compelling vision of an AI-powered future, I couldn’t help but think about the gap between their shiny new announcements and where most SAP customers actually are today. Let me cut through the marketing hype and give you the analyst perspective on … Read more
‘Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should’. While this famous line from Jurassic Park is a poignant reminder of the dangers of unchecked ambition, it can also be applied to today’s rapidly evolving and fragmented AI landscape. The mainstream availability of AI has compounded issues … Read more
PARIS — France’s highest court on Thursday blocked a key part of a contentious farming law that would have brought back a banned pesticide. The court said that the measure failed to protect the environment and future generations. The rest of the law — known as the “Duplomb law,” after the senator who proposed it … Read more
Chipmaker Intel is the latest tech company facing political pressure from President Trump. On Thursday, Trump called for the immediate resignation of Intel Chief Executive Lip-Bu Tan, who took the helm in March to turn around the beleaguered company. “The CEO of INTEL is highly CONFLICTED and must resign, immediately. There is no other solution … Read more
Microsoft has made a big deal of the fact that Windows 10 moves out of support this October. Yet it continues to offer Windows 10 users more and more options to remain on the platform. The most recent addition is buried in a Microsoft support document, as unearthed by Windows Central: Signing up for Microsoft’s … Read more
