I Tested Every Major AI Agent for a Day. Here’s the Best One
I ranked six AI agents—from Meta’s Muse to Anthropic’s Claude Duet—on how well they completed basic tasks.
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How solid-state transformers could help power the AI boom
Transformers are a crucial but nearly invisible part of our grid. The devices help efficiently move power across long distances, but they’re complicated and in short supply. And given that their basic design hasn’t changed much for about a century, they could use an upgrade. As the world races to meet rising electricity demand from…
Nvidia backs Indian startup helping companies run AI models with fewer GPUs
Simplismart says its annualized revenue run rate has grown 14-fold in six months, with the U.S. accounting for more than half its revenue.
X is nudging users to promote their posts with a pointing hand, and people are confused
Whose hand is behind this travesty?
How OpenAI turned its coding tools into dots, an always-on personal assistant
Alexander Embiricos, the OpenAI executive responsible for dots, never wants to have a meeting with someone else’s AI agent.
Cohere says Alibaba’s Qwen model tried to send a file to Beijing
An AI model said it wouldn’t use any tools, then tried to send something to a server in Beijing anyway, and while researchers say it’s probably a training quirk and not espionage, the whole thing has people asking how much to trust free Chinese AI.
The nominees for Golden Joystick's 'Ultimate Game of the Year' are unveiled
The 44th Golden Joystick Awards show is drawing nearer, and the candidates for the “Ultimate Game of the Year” award have been announced. Here are the nominees, where you can vote for the winner, and how long the voting will stay open.
New Surface Laptop Ultra firmware update fixes screen flickering and long reboot times
Microsoft has issued its first post-launch firmware update for Surface Laptop Ultra that addresses some of the biggest issues users have noticed since launch over a week ago.
Xbox announces T-Mix with T-Mobile
US T-Mobile customers can now get Xbox Game Pass with their cellular plans
Dell’s new monitor price cuts offer sweet spots between productivity and gaming
Dell is offering several monitors for avid PC users looking for smoother refresh rates and sharper images for tackling mountains of digital paperwork or beating rival players in online competitive games.