Yesterday’s emerging tech is now essential to business success — and the next wave is coming fast. To maintain competitive advantage through the next five years, which innovations must forward-thinking companies prioritize right now? At VentureBeat’s Transform 2025, Yaad Oren, global head of SAP research & innovation and Emma... Read more

Seeking the system prompt Owing to the unknown contents of the data used to train Grok 4 and the random elements thrown into large language model (LLM) outputs to make them seem more expressive, divining the reasons for particular LLM behavior for someone without insider access can be frustrating.... Read more

CNET’s key takeaways The Windmill AC normally costs $349 for 6,000 BTUs, but you can often find it on sale on Windmill’s website or at Amazon or Home Depot.  Not only is the Windmill AC the easiest unit I’ve ever installed, it’s the only AC unit I’ve tried that effectively... Read more

For years, so-called “nudify” apps and websites have mushroomed online, allowing people to create nonconsensual and abusive images of women and girls, including child sexual abuse material. Despite some lawmakers and tech companies taking steps to limit the harmful services, every month, millions of people are still accessing the... Read more

CNET’s key takeaways Basically, it’s Fujifilm’s ultra-popular X100VI point-and-shoot camera, but with interchangeable lenses.  Leans into the company’s film simulation recipes by giving them their own dial for fast, direct access.  Expensive, but not overpriced and capable of excellent 40-megapixel images and 6.2K-resolution video. While most people don’t need... Read more

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today’s Connections: Sports Edition might be tough, if timely. I guess I’m not up on the 2025 HR Derby,... Read more

The Trans Memory Archive of Argentina started as a closed Facebook group where friends from the 1980s and 1990s could reconnect. It was successful and the digital space was soon filled with anecdotes, letters, and chronicles. Then, photographer Ceci Estalles proposed “expanding it beyond anecdotes,” says Nastri. The big... Read more

Dyson, a company best known for its vacuums and hair dryers, unveiled a new circular farm design featuring rows of strawberry plants that rotate to share sunlight, robots that do everything from harvesting to releasing helpful insects, and sensors to help farmers keep an eye on things.  The company is also... Read more

Nearly 100,000 car buyers of 2025 model-year autos were asked what they thought of their gleaming new rides. The results are revealing, to say the least. Want to know who was the worst performer? That ignominy goes to Audi, with an embarrassing 269 problems reported per 100 vehicles. However,... Read more

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