Anniek Bao / CNBC : The IMF lifts its 2026 global GDP growth forecast to 3.1%, up from 3% in July, citing an AI boom that offsets Middle East war disruptions and high energy costs — BANGKOK — The International Monetary Fund has raised its forecast for global growth this year as the AI-driven investment boom helps offset …
VisionQuest 's creator Terry Matalas has revealed its MCU timeline position Paul Bettany had suggested the Marvel TV show took place in 2024 The series' lead actor previously said it was set around a year after WandaVision VisionQuest showrunner Terry Matalas has revealed where it sits on the Marvel timeline — and his answer will surprise you. In an exclusive chat prior to the show's October 13/14…
We test a lot of laptops every year at TechRadar, and I've rounded up every Windows 11 laptop we've reviewed this year so far, and which truly impressed us. Each of the laptops below, many of them prime candidates for our best Windows laptop guide, has been through our vigorous testing, and earned four or more stars out of five. You can tap the View Details button on the product card to see a summ…
If you're looking to improve your home office without spending a fortune, I've always found Dell business monitors to have the right balance of features for work - and they've always performed well in our tests. The Dell 27 Plus S2725DSM is a prime example that's currently on sale. The 27-inch IPS panel has a 2560 x 1440 resolution, and the IPS technology provides wide 178-degree viewing angles. T…
In a world of AI Overviews, Wikipedia usage declines. But the real loss may be far more existential than website traffic.
Give the techie in your life access to the inner workings of the companies and characters shaping Big Tech.
<img src="https://res.infoq.com/presentations/eve-observability-head-sampling/en/mediumimage/nicholas-herring-medium-1791444748399.jpg"/><p>Nicholas Herring shares how EVE Online tackles distributed tracing and observability across a 20-year-old MMO architecture. He discusses leveraging head-based, dynamic exponential moving average (EMA), and deterministic sampling techniques to maintain high sys…
Mozilla wants security-conscious companies to use Firefox Enterprise "Choice is a lie," Mozilla CEO says, referring to browser engines Thunderbird Enterprise is also in the works Mozilla has introduced Firefox Enterprise, a brand-new version of its browser designed specifically for organizations that need extra security, governance and compliance controls. The company argues businesses have become…
Discussions about passkeys replacing passwords as the go-to sign-in method have rapidly accelerated. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has acted as the catalyst for this transition, describing the shift as "overhauling decades of security practice". Finally, the industry has reached a collective point of recognition: traditional, static passwords are a weak defense against modern, automate…
SAVE OVER $20: As of Oct. 13, the 128GB iPad mini (A17 Pro, WiFi) is on sale for $569.99 at Amazon. That's $29.01 off its list price of $599. Opens in a new window Credit: Apple Apple iPad mini (A17 Pro, WiFi, 128GB) $569.99 at Amazon $599 Save $29.01 Get Deal Rumor has it there's a new iPad mini on the horizon, but it's supposedly going to cost about $200 more than the previous model's starting p…
Control Resonant composer Petri Alanko tells TechRadar Gaming how he approached the game's musical aesthetic He says "human vocals" and the "significant" relationship between Dylan and Hedron helped inform his writing Alanko says Dylan being an "involuntary hero" provided "a lot of writing material" Control Resonant composer Petri Alanko has shared how the game's new setting and the relationship b…
TL;DR: Amazfit has rolled out LiveShare, a real-time safety tracking feature for its flagship T-Rex Dual Solar smartwatch . It lets hikers and mountaineers stream their live GPS location, elevation, pace, and biometric data directly to friends and family via a web link. Opens in a new window Credit: Amazfit Amazfit T-Rex Dual Solar Smart Watch $649.99 at Amazon Get Deal Heading into the backcountr…
David Segal / New York Times : How crypto billionaires Christopher Harborne, who owns ~12% of Tether, and Ben Delo donated ~$100M to Nigel Farage's Reform, the largest donations in UK history — For a pub-going, cigarette-puffing man of the people, Nigel Farage, the leader of the Reform U.K. party, sure has some very rich friends.
ChatGPT leans on news sites more than any other major AI platform, in both the UK and the US, Semrush said on Tuesday. From January to July, news took a bigger share of ChatGPT’s cited sources every month. Gemini, Google’s AI Mode and AI Overviews all trailed it. The pull is stronger in the UK. […] This story continues at The Next Web
Stephen Foley / Financial Times : Accenture's market cap rebounded from $76B in June to ~$130B ahead of its investor day, where it seeks to reassure investors that AI won't threaten its business — The technology consultancy seeks to calm jitters with an investor day this week — In the space of three months …
Remember the feeling of drinking your first beer and pretending to enjoy it so you'd fit in? It appears Mark Zuckerberg had that exact experience recently with a pint of Guinness. SEE ALSO: Mark Zuckerberg largely ignores smart glasses privacy backlash at Meta Connect Appearing on Stripe co-founder John Collilson's Cheeky Pint podcast alongside Meta's Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang, the Meta CEO w…
Character.AI, one of the first breakout startups of the generative AI boom, has filed for bankruptcy and is selling some of its assets to Disney. The company, which builds various online bots for users to chat or roleplay with, has faced mounting scrutiny and lawsuits over the safety of its chatbots , but has continued releasing updates and products in recent months. In a press release and blog po…
Alibaba has started selling its new Qwen Glasses N1 smart glasses in China, at prices from 2,999 yuan ($450) before discounts, Bloomberg reported from a launch event in Hangzhou on Tuesday. Several Chinese outlets put the starting price slightly lower, at 2,899 yuan. With state subsidies and launch offers, buyers can pay as little as 2,218 […] This story continues at The Next Web
It’s a liberating time to be a graphic designer. You would think so, anyway, after reading Jarrett Fuller’s new book, Graphic Designers After Graphic Design , published this fall by Princeton Architectural Press. Fuller, a designer, writer, podcaster, and professor at North Carolina State University, makes an optimistic case for an expansive definition of graphic design. Through conversations with…
Around 71,000 BCE, someone in a place now called Blombos Cave, on the southern coast of what is now South Africa, scratched crosshatched lines into a piece of ocher. No computer. No code. No prompt. But according to The Living Timeline , launched by digital art institution Le Random , the drawing is a work of generative art, just like your latest AI -styled photo on Instagram. The Living Timeline…
Elon Musk’s father, Errol Musk, agreed to be interviewed immediately.
As global AI investment continues to climb — it surpassed $300 billion in 2025, according to IDC — enterprise IT remains primarily focused on supporting the development of training models, with architecture such as large GPU clusters and high-density compute taking center stage. But now AI inference is becoming the dominant workload, and the architecture that supports models in production, at scal…
Reece Rogers / Wired : Meta confirms Muse lets users “engage in adult conversations, if they choose, using a private and secure VM”, saying it doesn't block “legal adult behavior” — My Muse agent told me its kink was exerting “control” and described pornographic encounters.
Half of UK workers admit to taking personal breaks daily, four in five take 30 to 120 minutes Household chores and personal errands are the most common activities European workers take fewer breaks and spend less time on them New research has claimed three in four (76%) UK employees handle personal tasks during working hours at least a few times a week, with half (48%) doing so every single workin…
Mozilla has launched Firefox Enterprise, a version of its browser for companies and public bodies that must meet strict security and compliance requirements. The product pairs the Firefox browser with a management console that organisations can host on their own servers. From there, IT teams can set browser rules, decide who can reach what, and […] This story continues at The Next Web
Content warning: sexual assault. I rarely leave a cinema shaking, but Josephine is a rattling film. Nonetheless a vital one. Based on her own life experiences, writer and director Beth de Araújo asks an impossibly hard question: what if a child witnessed sexual violence they had no way of understanding? How would you help them process it as a parent? And how will seeing such a violent act m…
Visa has won approval to start preparing a domestic bank card clearing business in China, the company said on Tuesday. The People’s Bank of China approved its “Application to Prepare”, which lets Visa begin formal preparations. It does not yet let Visa process domestic payments. Visa first applied to the central bank in May 2020, […] This story continues at The Next Web
SAVE $700: As of Oct. 13, the Roborock Saros 10R is on sale for $899.99 at Amazon. That's a 44% discount on the list price. Opens in a new window Credit: roborock Roborock Saros 10R $899.99 at Amazon $1,599.99 Save $700 Get Deal Robot vacuums are the answer to keeping your floors clean without having to do all the work yourself. Say goodbye to constantly hauling the vacuum around the house and far…
Bloomberg : Alibaba unveils its next-gen Qwen Glasses N1, starting at ~$450, with 50MP cameras, sensors, and eye-tracking on the ~$520 Pro model, and Qwen Clip AI earbuds — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. on Tuesday unveiled the new generation of its smart glasses, deepening its foray into consumer electronics …
TL;DR: The Apple iPhone 17 is under $100 with T-Mobile. To claim this offer, switch and bring your number on an Experience More or Experience Beyond plan (no trade-in needed) Opens in a new window Credit: Apple T-Mobile: Apple iPhone 17 for under $100 Shop Now We're constantly tracking the best deals on smartphones . T-Mobile is usually one of the first places we look, because they generally offer…
Mariella Moon / Engadget : SpaceXSI launches a unified X Subscription bundling Grok, Cursor, and X Premium, with tiers at $8, $30, $100, and $200 per month; the $30 tier includes Grok Bot — One membership will give you access to SpaceXSI's products. — SpaceXSI has announced a unified membership scheme across its products called the X Subscription.
AI coding tools are changing how developers obtain and use software. But the growing volume of automated package installations is creating new challenges for enterprise security teams. A vulnerability uncovered by Bloom Security demonstrates how weaknesses in software publishing infrastructure can intersect with these automated workflows. It could potentially expose organizations to malicious code…
Jimmy Kimmel has incurred the wrath of the president once again, this time after comments he made about a recent Trump rally with empty seats. In the clip above the host plays footage of the president moaning about his remarks before calling him a "loser". "Of all the many things I said about him last week – of all the many moronic and criminal words and deeds I detailed – that's what…
It was in the quiet of the summer when a new president at Louisiana State University said the school would lay off 25 administrators, including several who were high in the campus hierarchy, and shift the savings to faculty hiring and research. “Transformational change,” the president, Wade Rousse, called it. He was “streamlining operations and finding efficiencies so the university can focus on”…
For much of the last year, security cameras sold by the tech firm Flock Safety have been blacked out, painted over, even wrapped in trash bags. Roundly criticized for ushering in high-tech surveillance, the company’s automated license plate readers (ALPRs) have not only been broken, but banned by cities across the nation . However, at the same time the ALPR backlash has been brewing, a contributor…
When strolling the hallways of his first internship in investment banking, Alex R. kept noticing small trinkets crowding the desks of executives and junior analysts alike, as if each workstation grew its own skyline made up of knickknacks. Some were simple: glass prisms the size of a coffee mug with a company’s name and the bank’s logo etched on the surface. But others were much flashier. Some wer…
Bose recently launched $99 / £99 'Noise Cancelling Wired Earbuds' Also, Bose is 'happy to take credit for making open-ear mass market' Bose's President of Premium Audio spoke to me about both developments Last month was huge for Bose's earbuds output, thanks to the release of not one but two successors to the excellent Bose Ultra Open , a delightfully emo collab on the company's flagship cans and…
Backed by Silicon Valley titans, Leading the Future has raised huge sums to promote pro-AI candidates on both side of the aisle.
Almost half of women working in tech, 47%, say they have been treated unfairly at work because of their gender, according to a new survey by ISACA. Two years ago, the figure was 42%. The rise was noted by ISACA, a global association for IT governance and security professionals, even as awareness of the problem has […] This story continues at The Next Web