The EU’s strategic rebalancing of research partnerships with China

In 2026, one of Europe’s most ambitious scientific ventures, Horizon Europe, a seven-year, roughly €93 billion framework dedicated to research and innovation, underwent a quiet but significant tra [...]

Google officially introduces the Pixel 9a for $499

Google has followed up an ocean's worth of leaks with the official announcement of its Pixel 9a smartphone, which will retail for $499. Possibly the biggest change to the new A-series model is in [...]

Korean AI startup Motif reveals 4 big lessons for training enterprise LLMs

We've heard (and written, here at VentureBeat) lots about the generative AI race between the U.S. and China, as those have been the countries with the groups most active in fielding new models (w [...]

Verizon will give you a free iPhone 16 Pro Max - here's how to qualify

You can get the iPhone 16 Pro Max for the minimum when you open a line of Verizon's Unilimed Ultimate service and receive the smartphone for free. [...]

World open-sources ProveKit to bring private ID checks to everyday smartphones

The technology behind World ID can let people prove their age, nationality or possession of a valid ID without handing over the personal information behind it World is opening up one of the privacy te [...]

Europe’s biggest blackout made me confront my dependence on tech

Unprecedented power cuts swept across Portugal, Spain, and parts of France on Monday — instantly unravelling the tech-dependent lives of me and tens of millions of others.  At first, I wasn’t wor [...]

Resident Evil Requiem feels very familiar, but it's so well made that I respect the hell out of it

For nearly 30 years, developer Capcom has been redefining its particular brand of survival horror for the Resident Evil series. Despite its tone shifting between action-horror games and more pure horr [...]

Apple Black Friday deals: We found the biggest savings on AirPods, iPads, MacBooks, Apple Watches and AirTags

There’s no denying Apple’s massive reputation in the tech world. And it appears it’s not just hype — our reviews put an Apple product at the top of our buying guides to tablets, smartwatches, [...]

Your car is following you - how to reclaim your data privacy on the open road

Today's vehicles know where we live, how much we weigh, and what we had for dinner. Here's what happens to all that information, and how you can reduce the data flow. [...]