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AI chatbots use generative AI to provide responses based on a single interaction. A person makes a query and the chatbot uses natural language processing to reply. The next frontier of artificial intelligence is agentic AI, which uses sophisticated reasoning and iterative planning to autonomously solve complex, multi-step problems. And it’s set to enhance productivity … Read more

The previous model had already abandoned Apple’s proprietary Lightning connection for the industry-standard USB-C, but this updated USB-C port supports transfer speeds up to 10Gb/s, much faster than the previous model. (That’s data transfer, while charging seems the same.) The USB-C port returns, this time with faster data transfer. Credit: Samuel Axon The USB-C port … Read more

One of the best phones can be made all the more enjoyable with the right carrier, and if you choose to make Verizon your new carrier it can even make a number of brand new phones more affordable. Right now Verizon is one of the best places to land some iPhone deals, Samsung Galaxy S24 … Read more

A few years back, the Japanese government’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO ) allocated funding for the development of green datacenter technologies. With the aim to obtain up to 40% savings in overall power consumption, several Japanese companies have been developing an optical interface for their enterprise SSDs. And at this year’s … Read more

More than ever before, the 7th-gen iPad mini splits the difference between Apple’s smartphones and tablets. You won’t slip it into your pocket, but it’s the perfect size for a small bag. You won’t be drawing elaborate sketches on its 8.3-inch display, but you will be scribbling notes or using the latest Apple Pencils for … Read more

The MeganeX superlight 8K VR headset has been announced by Shiftall, with the unique design of the main unit weighing only 185g – much less than a Varjo XR 4 or Vive Focus Vision. The product features Panasonic Group’s proprietary pancake lens and offers an 8K/90 Hz/10 bit micro OLED display with a resolution of … Read more

In 1999, fans lined up at Blockbuster to rent chunky VHS tapes of The Matrix. Y2K preppers hoarded cash and canned Spam, fearing a worldwide computer crash. Teens gleefully downloaded Britney Spears and Eminem on Napster. But amid the caffeinated fizz of turn-of-the-millennium tech culture, something more transformative was unfolding. The release of NVIDIA’s GeForce … Read more

Apple officially unveiled the Apple iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max as the top choices for the ultimate iPhone experience. Both pack Apple’s most powerful phone hardware yet, almost reaching the level of Apple’s M series Mac chips. But the Apple iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max have little to differentiate them apart … Read more

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More ChatGPT’s Canvas feature allows users to edit the chatbot’s responses on the app rather than copying and pasting them to a separate document.  However, when Canvas launched in early October for its paid tiers, it didn’t … Read more

DataPelago last week emerged from stealth with a new virtualization layer that it says will allow users to move AI, data analytics, and ETL workloads to whatever physical processor they want, without making code changes, thereby bringing potentially large new efficiency and performance gains to the fields of data science, data analytics, and data engineering, … Read more