Meta and Snap rolled out new smart glasses last month, the latest sign that the industry is racing to put a camera and an AI assistant onto users’ faces. As the fast-growing market heats up, upstarts like Even Realities are muscling in on the giants. Even Realities, a three-year-old Shenzhen-headquartered startup, has raised $150 million…
Apple will likely “repeat the iPhone X story” by unveiling its foldable iPhone at the same time as the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, but starting foldable iPhone pre-orders at a later date, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo today said manufacturing challenges have limited early production of the foldable iPhone, which…
Researchers identified what they believe is the first documented case of a ransomware operation, JadePuffer, conducted entirely by a large language model (LLM) agent. According to cloud security company Sysdig, JadePuffer used an autonomous AI agent for reconnaissance on the target, to steal credentials, move laterally, establish persistence, escalate privileges, and to encrypt data. The…
Alibaba-affiliate Ant Group is accelerating its push into humanoid robotics, leading a 500 million yuan ($73.6 million) funding round in Chinese robotics startup Zeroth as the company expands beyond fintech and artificial intelligence into one of the fastest-growing frontiers of AI-powered hardware. The investment marks Ant’s latest move to build a strategic presence across China’s…
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial on charges of mishandling government funds and making threats against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has begun after months of heightened political tensions in the country. In a dramatic turn, Duterte ally Senator Rodante Marcoleta was arrested on a plunder charge shortly before the start of the trial on…
Ethereum is poised for its most substantial upgrade since The Merge, according to co-founder Vitalik Buterin. The announcement highlights a comprehensive redesign of the blockchain’s protocol, dubbed “Lean Ethereum,” which aims to enhance scalability, privacy, and security over the next four years. This development follows the recent Hegotá upgrade, marking the final major step before…
The Indian government has warned of action against two of Meta’s three major platforms, WhatsApp and Instagram, within a week, underscoring the growing regulatory risks the U.S. social media giant faces in a key market. On Saturday, India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology issued a “stern notice to Meta over the presence of Child…
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. The latest Apple AirTag is finally on sale this Fourth of July weekend. We’re currently seeing a $10 discount on the AirTag 4-pack, bringing the bundle’s price down to $89 — that works out to just about $22 per AirTag. If you’re looking for a…
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Adrienne Murray meets the team using technology to preserve a historic warship in Sweden.