Technology leaders don’t seem to understand society’s gripes about AI, but boy, are they posting through it.

Read 'Dreamweavers' by Alexander Weinstein right here on io9, courtesy of Lightspeed Magazine.

While other companies warn of an impending AI-pocalypse, Apple is making the technology seem refreshingly mundane.

Since the attacks, New York officials are working with new, complex technology to find traces of more than 1,000 victims.

After expanding its health and beauty lineup earlier this week with a camera-equipped electric toothbrush, Dyson is also introducing two new hair care products this month. The $329 Corrale CoolShine straightener upgrades the original Corrale that launched in …

A new federal program to test the feasibility of electric, hybrid-electric, and autonomous aircraft kicks off today in Texas - before the rules governing this new technology have even been finalized. Earlier this year, the Federal Aviation Administration's Ad…

LG Display has unveiled a new OLED manufacturing method that reportedly results in panels that are brighter, longer-lasting, more efficient, and theoretically can be almost any size. This new technology is called FLiPP (FMM-Less innovative Pixel Patterning), …

Belkin is joining companies like BMX, Kuxiu, and Zens with the launch of its first power banks featuring semi-solid-state battery technology. The company claims the new accessories have been "engineered to last up to 3x longer than other power banks" with the…

Ah, the relationship between animals and the technology they can’t quite understand.  Today, it seems like there’s a high-tech solution to every element of pet ownership, with devices on the market designed to keep pets fed, cleaned, watched over, and enterta…

As audio-focused generative tools and platforms have gotten more sophisticated, the internet has become increasingly filled with AI-generated music whose melodies and vocals are algorithmically derived from the work of human artists. While some of the people …

Today, I’m talking with Tom Conrad, the CEO of Sonos. Tom and I have known each other for a long time — he was the chief technology officer of Pandora, VP of product at Snap, and the chief product officer of Quibi. He was also on the board at Sonos during its…

Earlier this year, Apple acquired California-based startup Sonera, according to a notice published today on the European Commission's website. Sonera previously announced that it had developed "breakthrough sensing technology" that "non-invasively measur…

Apple is considering offering an AI server built around "M8" series chips and has discussed incorporating Nvidia networking hardware, The Information reports. The system would be sold to outside customers, potentially bringing Apple back into a busines…

Comcast is bringing Wi-Fi motion sensing to millions of routers that are already in customers' homes, turning the devices into activity monitors. A new update to the Xfinity Internet app, arriving today, August 18th, enables the feature on compatible Xfinity …

The BBC's AI correspondent Marc Cieslak explains what artificial intelligence is and whether it could cause a threat to humanity.

Satya Nadella urged the AI industry to prioritize safety and maintain human control over the technology.

Savvy side-hustlers use the technology to their advantage.

A Chinese agency says the two recalls affecting some 3 million vehicles can mostly be fixed by over-the-air updates—but they will also require physical warning stickers and camera-related updates.

Miele’s new dishwasher integrates camera technology, hot air drying and automatic dosing. I got a sneak peek at IFA 2026.

A US regulatory agency for AI would be a “disaster,” Trump’s AI czar said during a G20 forum on technology.

What's in the trunk of your car? Shopping bags? A spare tire? Jumper cables? What about a high-powered computer capable of performing up to one quadrillion operations a second? Only if you're Waymo. For the first time, Waymo revealed key details about the hea…

Google has reportedly been reaching out to a number of Hollywood's biggest studios, hoping to strike licensing agreements that would allow it to train its AI models on copyrighted material in exchange for massive piles of cash. In theory, these deals would be…

In the age of AI the fear of the technology is the reverse of reality.

Robotaxis are expanding. So is the fight over the rules governing them. In New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul withdrew a proposal earlier this year that would have opened the door to driverless robotaxis outside New York City after taxi drivers, unions, and state la…

The tests come as some American automakers are exploring the possibility of using the cheaper tech in their cars.

Honor's quest for cinematic mobile technology continues with the Magic 9 Pro Max and ARRI. Venice Film Festival held its first debut for consumers, and more.

Gwyneth Paltrow is investing in AI startups, embracing the technology at Goop, and talking about AI on her podcast.

OpenAI wants to sell large enterprises on its technology. Now, it's taking its case to law firms.

Why do AI researchers keep building technology they believe will kill? Inside the commercial, ethical, and psychological forces driving doomers.

LONDON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Britain said on Monday it had signed a partnership with Ukraine to jointly develop artificial intelligence tools for defence and s...

McKinsey Senior Partner and Global Leader for Technology and AI Kate Smaje spoke at the WSJLI Technology Council Summit about the widening gap between AI usa...

It's the hot new thing in tech, and it's where all the jobs are. Students who don't learn to use it fall behind. And to help them catch up in time, its creators are graciously providing the resources and curriculum for learning it, often pro bono. That's the …

All while the technology required to actually play these games gets more expensive

A federal judge has called the Department of Defense’s designation of Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk “illegal and baseless.”

The US Army’s laser system is part of a new generation of directed-energy weapons capable of detecting, tracking, and destroying drones with a concentrated beam of light.

Anthony Ralphs was frustrated by the San Diego City Council's support for Flock. He decided it would take something more than reasoned argument to get their attention.

The US and China agree that advanced AI poses serious risks. But Beijing is deeply skeptical of a deal that prioritizes keeping US companies ahead.

Apple is once again overhauling App Store rules in the European Union, which the company says will resolve its "disagreements with the Commission over business terms and alternative distribution." As part of the changes, every developer that distributes apps …

The OpenAI CEO says that the AI industry should aim higher than curing cancer as the technology increasingly faces public backlash.

Lori Cashman has five Gen Z kids. She pays for their AI subscriptions and encourages them to embrace the technology as they enter the workforce.

More than 50 lawyers are launching a new venture fund, GCVC, to take a direct stake in the technology reshaping their profession.

On Thursday, a judge ruled that the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic earlier this year was unconstitutional, delivering the AI lab a win in a monthslong rollercoaster of a battle with the Trump administration. The lawsuit, filed in March in a California d…

As AI accelerates how work gets done, the leaders who matter most will be the ones who double down on what technology can't replace.

As AI becomes commonplace in payroll technology, small- and mid-sized business leaders should evaluate how AI improves how payroll operates from start to finish.

AI agency requires founders to think like owners protecting equity and data can matter as much as adopting the latest technology

Students who use AI to help them study tend to perform worse at school than those who don't, according to data from a global OECD educational report. The situation is more complex than it sounds though, with certain types of AI use giving learners a slight bo…

There are social clues, at least, that the exponential curve is going sigmoid.

New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced a new policy today that will ban younger schoolchildren from using AI in classrooms. The one-year moratorium, effective in the 2026-2027 school year, will impact about 600,000 public school students in 2-K thro…

Gamers have more than one reason to care about Intel’s next-gen laptop chips.

What we really want to know is what this means for midrange phones suffering from RAM prices.

“The best way to guarantee safety is that the creators are liable for what they build and generate.”

With the midterms approaching, Trump is backing automated license plate readers, data centers, and efforts to keep AI development moving at full speed.

How much attention did you pay to what happened in the world over the past seven days?

The world’s largest gun belongs to Longshot Space, which plans to go even bigger in the hopes of harnessing its technology to shoot satellites into space instead of using rockets.

Geoffrey Hinton says it's difficult to estimate if AI will kill all humans, but "it would be very foolish to say there was like a 1% chance."

AI-native companies will be defined not by the number of AI tools they use, but by how effectively they empower employees to adapt, innovate and create greater business impact.

Dwarkesh Patel described the hack as an epic drama starring three successive bot “civilizations.” His critics say he’s building castles in the sky.

It’s a win for groups demanding transparency on how agencies are surveilling people.

AI investment has expanded rapidly, with organizations introducing copilots, agents, and generative AI across functions. Yet the business transformation many leaders anticipated can remain difficult to identify. A 2026 analysis found that nearly 40% of compan…

King Charles will host a meeting at Dumfries House, his Ayrshire estate and the home of the King’s Foundation, having invited executives from Nvidia, Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic. The event is being run by the Ditchley Foundation, the King’s Trust, …

The White House has published a new National Security Science and Technology strategy. It names 15 critical technology areas the United States intends to lead. Artificial intelligence and autonomy is one of them, with 12 subfields listed underneath. Open-weig…

In dozens of states around the country, people are vandalizing, blocking and taking down Flock cameras. The surge in this type of activity underscores the growing resistance to this police surveillance technology.

IBM is using AI at the US Open to transform the fan experience, analyze billions of data points and showcase how sports can become a powerful testing ground for AI technology.

Suffolk Police borrows facial recognition technology from Surrey to use in three town centres.

As the rapid development of artificial intelligence triggers a renewed debate about its risks, the United States and China keep racing to develop increasingl...

This is an addendum to my original Meditations on AI post, and a response to a few other articles from last year.

This comes as the future of physical games has never been more uncertain

According to new Gallup polling, 27% of US workers worry that technology will render their jobs obsolete.

Pet owners, rescue agencies, and wildlife groups are calling for new safeguards as AI makes it harder to tell whether animals, from polar bears to house cats, are real or fake.

The e-paper device maker also launched two new color digital notebooks last night, the Note Air6 C and Mini C.

Fun camera features help make these candy bar iPhones stand out from the dazzle of the folding iPhone Duo.

Fellow Grammy-winning producer Timbaland is also allegedly a "closet AI user."

A new super-speedy Odyssey OLED G9 ultrawide is somehow less exciting than a ‘triple-mode’ monitor.

With new legislation, Sanders wants AI ‘superintelligence’ to be as radioactive as enriched uranium.