OpenAI Targets Smartphones With AI-First Device Strategy
Fez – OpenAI is moving closer to launching its own smartphone, marking a significant shift from software services to consumer hardware. According to Al Jazeera, the company is working with major chipmakers including Qualcomm and MediaTek, along with manufacturing partner Luxshare, to develop a new generation of AI-powered devices. The project reflects OpenAI’s growing ambition to build its own hardware ecosystem and bring its technology closer to users. Instead of relying on applications or we...
Meta says its business AI now facilitates 10 million conversations a week
Meta doesn’t come up much in discussions of the top AI products these days, but its products are still benefiting from the ongoing surge of interest in the technology. The company’s business AI tools facilitated about 10 million conversations per week as of late March, up from 1 million in the beginning of this year, Meta said during its first-quarter conference call on Wednesday. The growth comes as the company recently expanded the beta program of its business AI assistant in the U...
Kazakhstan at the heart of inDrive’s global push toward a user-driven super-app
inDrive is one of the world’s leading ride-hailing platforms, with Kazakhstan a key market in its global growth. Building on a model centred on user choice, transparency and fairness, the company launched in Astana in 2014, marking its first international expansion. Since then, inDrive has scaled rapidly, achieving unicorn status in 2021 and expanding to 49 countries, with Saudi Arabia its most recent addition.“Our technology is sophisticated and very different from competitors,” says Country Ma...
Google staff sends letter to CEO Pichai asking for 'Pentagon ban': What they said
Hundreds of Google employees are protesting a potential Pentagon contract, urging CEO Sundar Pichai to block the use of the company's AI for secret military projects. Workers fear their technology could be used for lethal autonomous weapons and mass surveillance, demanding Google reject all classified workloads to ensure AI benefits humanity.
Google Photos uses AI to make the iconic closet from ‘Clueless’ a reality
Google Photos on Wednesday announced a new AI-powered feature that will soon turn photos of your clothes into a digital closet where you can create new outfit ideas, and even virtually try on your creations. Yes, the idea takes obvious inspiration from Cher’s iconic virtual wardrobe featured in the movie “Clueless,” where she could scroll through her various ensembles while deciding what to wear. Google says the new feature will leverage AI technology to automatically create a...
Families sue OpenAI over Canadian mass shooter's use of ChatGPT
Technology Families sue OpenAI over Canadian mass shooter's use of ChatGPT April 29, 20269:09 AM ET Geoff Brumfiel A woman mourns at a makeshift memorial for the victims of a deadly mass shooting that took place in the town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. A lawsuit filed Wednesday claims that OpenAI was negligent for failing to report the shooter to authorities after her account was flagged for "gun violence activity and planning." Paige Taylor White/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle...
Google withdraws from Pentagon's $100 million drone contest
Google quietly withdrew from a Pentagon competition to build voice-controlled autonomous drone swarms—after initially being selected as a successful submission. The $100 million contest, run by Special Operations Command and the Defense Innovation Unit, seeks technology to direct drone swarms in real-time battlefield scenarios. Google cited "resourcing" issues, but the exit is said to be followed by an internal ethics review. OpenAI, Palantir, and xAI remain in the running.
A whole new world: Disneyland adds facial recognition to some entrance lanes
Walt Disney Company says technology at California theme park will prevent fraud and streamline re-entryDisneyland, the beloved California adventure park, has outfitted some entrance lanes with facial recognition technology, a move its parent company says will prevent fraud and streamline re-entry.At certain entrance lanes, a camera will capture images of visitors, which can be converted via biometric technology into unique numerical values, according to the Walt Disney Company’s website. Continu...
WhatsApp may block devices linked to digital arrest scams: Centre tells SC
The platform has also agreed to consider retaining data of deleted accounts for a minimum of 180 days, as required under the Information Technology Rules| India News
The Charging Battles In Europe Are Over, USB-C Won
InnovationConsumer TechThe Charging Battles In Europe Are Over, USB-C WonByEwan Spence,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ewan Spence covers the digital worlds of mobile technology.Follow AuthorApr 28, 2026, 08:15pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Signage for Microsoft Copilot+ PC going on sale )Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg© 2024 Bloomberg F...
Disney rolls out facial recognition to confirm tickets and stop fraud at one of its parks
NewsWorldAmericasDisney rolls out facial recognition to confirm tickets and stop fraud at one of its parks‘The Happiest Place on Earth’ says the new technology will help speed up entering and re-entering parks for guests Isabel Keane in New York Tuesday 28 April 2026 20:48 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},...
Musk says basis of charitable giving at stake in OpenAI lawsuit
Musk says basis of charitable giving at stake in OpenAI lawsuit7 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleLily Jamali,North America Technology correspondent, in courtandMax MatzaElon Musk vs Sam Altman: Why are the tech titans in court?A trial pitting two founders of OpenAI - Sam Altman and Elon Musk - against each other has opened in California, with the sides presenting duelling narratives about the company's history and obligations to consumers.Musk, wearing a dark suit and tie, was...
JPMorgan Taps Former Goldman Exec to Lead Blockchain Unit
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has named former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executive Oliver Harris to lead its blockchain division Kinexys, as the bank looks to grow the adoption of products and services built using crypto’s underlying technology.
The personal pettiness of the Elon Musk v OpenAI trial
In theory, Musk and Altman’s court fight could pose key questions about AI safety – in reality, it’s motivated by money and personal grievanceSign up for the TechScape newsletter: our free technology emailHello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the Guardian, writing to you from beneath a cherry blossom tree in Prospect Park in New York City. Spring has arrived!Facing AI and a tough job market, gen Z turns to entrepreneurship: ‘I have to prove myself’ C...
BCI startup Neurable looks to license its ‘mind-reading’ tech for consumer wearables
BCI (brain-computer interface) technology — in which neural signals are routed from a person’s head to a computer — was once the stuff of science fiction, but these days the technology represents a competitive corner of the tech industry. One of the companies racing to commercialize BCI is Neurable, which this week announced that it’s looking to license its “mind-reading” technology to consumer wearables. Neurable specializes in “non-invasive” BCI, which disti...
Pharmacy Has A Tower Records Problem. Outsiders Rebuilding The Tech Stack Might Help.
InnovationHealthcarePharmacy Has A Tower Records Problem. Outsiders Rebuilding The Tech Stack Might Help.BySeth Joseph,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the intersection of health care, technology and policyFollow AuthorApr 28, 2026, 09:13am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.View of a Tower Records sign above the store's parking lot, San Franc...
Why The UK Struggles To Scale AI Companies
InnovationWhy The UK Struggles To Scale AI CompaniesByCharles Radclyffe,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a Digital Ethicist, writing about Emerging Technology and EthicsFollow AuthorApr 28, 2026, 08:01am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Britain's King Charles III and Britain's Queen Camilla step off their plane upon arrival at Joint Base Andrews...
OmniOps partners with Grafana Labs to deliver sovereign observability in Saudi Arabia
Press release: OmniOps, Saudi Arabia’s leading AI infrastructure technology provider, today announced its participation in the Grafana Labs global partner program. Grafana is the company behind Grafana Cloud, the open observability cloud. OmniOps joins the program to help enterprises advance their observability with Grafana Cloud, bringing together metrics, logs, profiles and traces in a single, scalable, open observability platform. Through this collaboration, OmniOps will introduce Adv...
US Stock Futures Slip as Report on OpenAI Sales Miss Drags Tech
US stock futures declined on Tuesday, as a report of OpenAI missing its internal sales goals fueled worries about artificial intelligence spending and dragged down technology stocks related to the AI startup.
Private 5G. How factories, ports and hospitals could be transformed in Morocco
Remote-controlled robots, factories able to transmit data in real time, smoother port operations, safer mines, connected stadiums for tens of thousands of spectators… In Morocco, private 5G is no longer a theoretical concept. In an interview with Médias24, Ouassim El Arroussi, Director of Studies and Development at Inwi, takes us behind the scenes of the country’s first industrial deployment of the technology and explains why it could open up a new strategic market for the Kingdom. A deep dive....