The CES companies hoping your brain is the next big thing in computing

At every CES I’ve ever been to, there’s been one or two gadgets promising to boost your mental health. In recent years, the number of companies making forays into this space has grown, and will li [...]

Upwork study shows AI agents excel with human partners but fail independently

Artificial intelligence agents powered by the world's most advanced language models routinely fail to complete even straightforward professional tasks on their own, according to groundbreaking re [...]

UK’s answer to DARPA backs synthetic muscles and e-skin in new robotics project

A British R&D unit that’s been compared to DARPA is funding synthetic muscles, electronic skin, and mechanical hands for a robotics dexterity project. The Advanced Research and Invention Agency [...]

We keep talking about AI agents, but do we ever know what they are?

Imagine you do two things on a Monday morning.First, you ask a chatbot to summarize your new emails. Next, you ask an AI tool to figure out why your top competitor grew so fast last quarter. The AI si [...]

Rapidata emerges to shorten AI model development cycles from months to days with near real-time RLHF

Despite growing chatter about a future when much human work is automated by AI, one of the ironies of this current tech boom is how stubbornly reliant on human beings it remains, specifically the proc [...]

"Relying on a single, centralized mine represents a risk": US wants rare earth independence from China — but can DARPA actually make it work?

US turns to DARPA’s Smash program to fix rare earth processing bottlenecks instead of opening new mines. [...]

How I Get Free Traffic from ChatGPT in 2025 (AIO vs SEO)

Three weeks ago, I tested something that completely changed how I think about organic traffic. I opened ChatGPT and asked a simple question: "What's the best course on building SaaS with Wor [...]

Ask Engadget: How do I answer calls on my iPhone with only my voice?

Last August, my best friend asked me how she could help her neighbor set her iPhone so she could answer it without picking it up. The neighbor had Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and had lost dexterity in bo [...]

A New Implant Aims to Rewire Stroke Patients’ Brains

Epia Neuro’s brain-computer interface will include a motorized glove to help stroke patients recover movement in their hand. [...]