BEIJING -- China will recommend that artificial intelligence data centers run by state-owned companies use domestic semiconductors, keeping up its push for an independent supply chain despite ...

The new business unit, Qwen Consumer Business Group, led by Alibaba vice-president Wu Jia, will oversee the Qwen chatbot app, the Quark AI assistant and cloud drive, AI hardware products, the UC ...

Federal government departments and agencies will be pushed to use more cloud services from July 2026 under a new whole-of-government policy. The policy [pdf], released by the Digital Transformation ...

From airbags to in-car perfume spritzers, Mercedes-Benz is always eager to adopt new features. But to make vehicle production more environmentally friendly, the automaker is looking backwards instead ...

Notably, the Pixel 9a is not supported, nor are older Pixel lineups, such as the Pixel 8 series, or the first-generation Pixel Fold. Since this is a Pixel-specific feature, it cannot be used on ...

The sound of an emergency alert would have been a help for some residents but could have endangered others, city officials ...

I’m not an app addict, but even if I were one, I wouldn’t open the Google Play Store every day to try new apps. I no longer ...

UK Educators Push Back Against AI Use in the Classroom Your email has been sent Artificial intelligence has seeped into nearly every part of modern life, so perhaps it was only a matter of time before ...

Alibaba Group Holding said on Tuesday that it will set up a new division to push the consumer use of artificial intelligence applications based on its Qwen family of large language models. The new ...

Australia has more than 250 data centres and more in the pipeline, prompting experts to warn against using drinking water to cool servers. It comes after the Commonwealth announced its National AI ...

Fears about AI data centers’ water use have exploded. Experts say the reality is far more complicated than people think. When I called him to talk more about AI and water, Masley emphasized that he’s ...

iOS 26.2 is a big update for new features. Highlights include Reminders’ ’Urgent’ alarms, AI-generated chapters in Podcasts, Apple News design changes, and offline lyrics in Apple Music. If you dig ...