Consumer & Gadgets
When Amazon.com Inc. recruited longtime Microsoft Corp. product chief Panos Panay in 2023 to run its devices division, his new colleagues thought the e-commerce giant was preparing to take its consumer gadget line upscale.
Oct 4, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
It's been a goal for as long as humanoids have been a subject of popular imagination—a general-purpose robot that can do rote tasks like fold laundry or sort recycling simply by being asked.
Oct 3, 2025
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Software
Say a local concert venue wants to engage its community by giving social media followers an easy way to share and comment on new music from emerging artists. Rather than working within the constraints of existing social platforms, ...
Oct 1, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Every day, people turn to AI chatbots for companionship, support, and even romance. The hard part, new research suggests, is turning away.
Oct 1, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
ChatGPT has not decreased activity on the world's largest online encyclopedia, but AI data scrapers and the influence of large language models still cast a shadow over its future, research suggests.
Oct 1, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Researchers have found that giving AI "peers" in virtual reality (VR) a body that can interact with the virtual environment can help students learn programming. Specifically, the researchers found students were more willing ...
Oct 1, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
From the earliest year of school, children begin learning how to express ideas in different ways. Lines across a page, a wobbly letter, or a simple drawing form the foundation for how we share meaning beyond spoken language.
Oct 1, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Large language models are more persuasive than humans, according to recent UBC research published as part of the Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Social Influence in Conversations (SICon 2025).
Oct 1, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
In the latest salvo between Hollywood and artificial intelligence companies, tech start-up Character.AI has removed many Disney characters from its chatbot platform after the Burbank entertainment giant sent the firm a cease-and-desist ...
Oct 1, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
When a machine fails, our first reaction is often frustration. A computer freezing at the worst possible moment, a navigation app leading us straight into a traffic jam, or a washing machine suddenly stopping mid-cycle—all ...
Sep 30, 2025
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