Samsung Electronics has launched its Galaxy XR extended reality headset, aiming to compete in the nascent computing-on-your-face market. The device, priced at USD 1,799, integrates artificial intelligence features from Google, positioning it against established players like Apple and Meta.

NextSilicon, an Israeli startup whose computing chips are being evaluated by U.S. national laboratories, is developing a new central processor. The company hopes this will rival offerings from Intel and AMD, and also compete with systems by Nvidia.

Meta is reducing its workforce by approximately 600 positions within its Superintelligence Labs, aiming to enhance the artificial intelligence unit's flexibility and responsiveness. The Facebook owner's decision affects a fraction of the several thousand roles in the division.

Baidu will launch its Xiaodu AI Glasses at the Baidu World 2025 conference in November. Sales for the new device are scheduled to begin later this year.

DeepSeek, a Hangzhou-based artificial intelligence start-up, released a new open-source multimodal AI model on Monday. Named DeepSeek-OCR, the model processes large documents with significantly fewer tokens by utilising visual perception to compress information.

Unitree Robotics has launched an in-person education platform, based on its Go2 system, for students to train and understand robot dogs. The curriculum reflects efforts in China's robotics industry to increase training data while deepening its talent pool. Credit: Unitree Robotics The company's social media post on Tuesday detailed the course, which provides ready-to-use tools. These tools enable students to learn the operation, maintenance, and applications of a quadruped ro

OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT Atlas, an artificial intelligence-powered web browser. The new browser directly challenges Google Chrome’s market dominance, building on the popularity of OpenAI’s chatbot. Credit: OpenAI This launch expands OpenAI’s presence into users’ online lives, aiming to collect data on browser behaviour. It could accelerate a shift toward AI-driven search, intensifying competition between OpenAI and Google. If the unveiling of ChatGPT Atlas occurs as planned, A

Hangzhou-based Unitree Robotics has revealed its most humanlike model to date, the H2 humanoid, in a short video shared on its social media channels. The new model comes as the company prepares for an initial public offering (IPO) in mainland China, highlighting the nation’s increasing prominence in humanoid robotics.

Fifty-five Chinese iPhone and iPad users filed an antitrust complaint against Apple with China's market regulator on Monday. The group alleges Apple abuses its market dominance by restricting app distribution and payments to its own platforms, while charging high commissions. Credit: APPLE The complaint, led by Lawyer Wang Qiongfei, accuses Apple of three violations of China's Anti-Monopoly Law. These include forcing consumers to purchase digital goods exclusively through App

Teens who reported Instagram regularly made them feel bad about their bodies saw significantly more "eating disorder adjacent content" than those who did not, according to an internal Meta document.

A significant Amazon Web Services outage began shortly after midnight Pacific time on Monday, Oct. 20, leaving users unable to access numerous applications and online services. The widespread disruption impacted a diverse range of platforms globally. Credit: FORTNITE Amazon identified the potential problem around 2 a.m. Pacific, locating its origin in the company’s US-EAST-1 region in Virginia. The BBC reported this region, Amazon’s original and largest for web services, is c

Cloud-computing firm Salesforce faces a proposed class action lawsuit initiated by two authors. They allege the company used thousands of books without permission to train its artificial intelligence software.