Smartphone navigation app cuts walking hazards for blind pedestrians

Harvard researchers have built Mobilio, an app that turns consumer smartphones into real-time obstacle avoidance tools for visually impaired walkers.

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NVLink switch boards may adopt Teflon to cut AI signal loss

Nvidia is exploring polytetrafluoroethylene, commonly known as Teflon, for next-generation…

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Alexa for Shopping leads Amazon’s defence against rival AI agents

Amazon chief Andy Jassy told analysts that proprietary assistant Alexa…

Electric motorcycles challenge Honda as Vietnam market shifts

Electric two-wheelers captured nearly a third of Vietnam's motorcycle market…

Windows 11 right-click menu gains custom controls and speed boost

Microsoft has overhauled the File Explorer context menu in an…

Enterprise AI agents startup Crux Labs raises $6m to capture human judgment

New York startup Crux Labs has raised over $6 million…

Mistral Large 4 weights released with one trillion parameters

Mistral has published the open weights for Mistral Large 4,…

Touchscreen MacBook Pro arrives with PROLED display and adaptive macOS

Apple has unveiled its first touchscreen MacBook Pro, ending a…

Chinese intelligence asset targeted Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, NYT reports

A suspected Chinese intelligence asset targeted Nvidia chief executive Jensen…

ServiceNow stock plunges 25% after bookings forecast misses

ServiceNow recorded its sharpest single-day market decline since going public…

Cohere valuation reaches $20.5bn in record Series E financing

Cohere has completed the initial close of a Series E…

Surveillance pricing faces FTC inquiry across nine retail and travel giants

The US Federal Trade Commission has ordered nine retail, airline,…

Alphabet shares slump after AI spending drives $9bn cash drain

Alphabet shares dropped by as much as 13 percent on…