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An image of Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski’s AI-generated avatar.
Tech company CEOs aren’t just making their companies AI-first: this week, they’re using AI avatars to replace themselves in earnings calls.
Buy-now-pay-later company Klarna featured the AI version of CEO and co-founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski in an 83-second video about its Q1 2025 results, as reported by TechCrunch. The...
In a pretty bare-bones press release accompanied by a couple of pictures and detailed specs, Ricoh surprise announced that its long-awaited GR IV camera will launch this fall. The GR IV will adhere closely to the design of the GR III from 2018, and it will continue to use an autofocusing 28mm-equivalent f/2.8 lens and only a rear LCD for composing photos and videos, with no electronic or...
Valve has been building up to this for months, first in preview, then in beta, and now finally in a full stable release: a new version of SteamOS that brings brand-new features to the Steam Deck and supports third-party handhelds like Lenovo’s Legion Go and Asus’ ROG Ally series.
SteamOS 3.7.8 is the first stable release to add official support for the Lenovo Legion Go S, and the first to...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has officially dropped its case against Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The FTC filed an order to dismiss its complaint on Thursday, just days after it lost an appeal for a preliminary injunction to prevent Microsoft from finalizing its acquisition.
“The Commission has determined that the public interest is best served by dismissing the...
The Xiaomi PU7 matches the Tesla Model Y in size and acceleration, but demolishes it in range. | Image: Xiaomi
Xiaomi unveiled its hotly anticipated PU7 electric SUV in China today, in the latest potential blow to Tesla’s position in the world’s hottest EV market.
The electronics giant says the PU7 will get up to 518 miles of range on certain trims and accelerate from 0–62mph in just 3.23...
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun – Words of Vengeance is a new typing game based on Warhammer 40,000, and it’s available now for free on PC via Steam. The dark sci-fi spin on a typing teacher was shadow-dropped during a series of announcements made during the latest Warhammer Skulls Showcase. Also shown was a trailer for Boltgun 2, a sequel to Auroch Digital’s first-person shooter the new typing...
The mystery is the point, but it’s also indicative of where AI hardware is.
The last 48 hours have been a wild rollercoaster ride for AI hardware. On Tuesday, Google ended its I/O keynote - a roughly two-hour event with copious references to AI - with its vision for Android XR glasses. That included flashy partnerships with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker, as well as the first hands-on...
A source tells Bloomberg that Apple’s glasses will be similar to Meta’s but “better made.”
Apple is planning to debut its first pair of smart glasses next year, according to a report from Bloomberg. The upcoming glasses will reportedly come with cameras, microphones, and speakers, “allowing them to analyze the external world and take requests via the Siri voice assistant,” Bloomberg says.
The...
The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that House Republicans narrowly passed early Thursday would strip state legislatures of AI oversight and scale back consumer protection and climate initiatives while funding border surveillance, among many other provisions.
The budget reconciliation bill still needs to be approved by the Senate, where some Republicans have voiced concerns with aspects of the...
The US Senate voted today to strip California of its authority to enact state limits on tailpipe pollution that are tougher than national standards.
Opponents called it an illegal move by Republican lawmakers that flies in the face of Senate rules and norms.
Senate Republicans went forward with the vote today anyway, revoking waivers that allow California to pursue its climate goals and...