What you need to know Apple Maps is now accessible on Android phones via the BETA web customer. You can install the Beta Apple Maps site on your phone as a progressive web application. The web customer always has major limitations, such as a lack of support for Apple identification signals. Apple works on an…
IOS 26 provides a multitude of improvements designed to improve conviviality, personalization and convenience. Although the main updates often dominate the spotlights, it is the less known features that can really transform your daily interactions with your device. These subtle but impactful additions reflect the dedication of Apple to refine the features and to offer…
Thanks to the progress of battery technology, larger batteries can be found in smaller and finer Android phones. An upcoming version of IQOO shows it perfectly, with a massive battery of 7,300 mAh inside a thinner device than the Google Pixel 9. It is rare to find devices that have larger batteries than around 5,000…
Benjamin and Chance are back with another episode of the bumper WWDC, featuring our reflections on all that Apple announced during its Keynote in 2025. New features of iOS 26 at the overhaul of the liquid glass, we give our first reactions of all changes in the new operating systems. And in Happy Hour Plus,…
For Kiara Nirghin, 24-year-old co-founder and chief technology officer of applied AI lab Chima, the narrative that her generation is using artificial intelligence as a cheat code is not only false: it ignores a fundamental shift in human cognition. The former Stanford computer science student and Pierre Thiel A colleague argued that while older generations…
The Android 16 launch date is approaching surprisingly quickly, and it won’t be long before the first beta version of the software is available for us all to enjoy. While there’s still a lot we don’t know about Android 16 and the changes it will incorporate, it looks like we could see design changes to…
Ferreting out AI emotional states by identifying persona vectors is a crucial new pursuit. getty In today’s column, I examine the underlying mechanisms that seem to propel generative AI and large language models (LLMs) into exhibiting emotional traits such as being angry, jealous, boastful, disgusted, and other such expressive characteristics. These are based on so-called…
Apple published PowerBeats Pro 2 in February as the first earpiece with heart rate monitoring, and iOS 26 will further improve this functionality. Many of the improvements will bring the PowerBeats Pro 2 in accordance with the new AirPods Pro 3, which also presents monitoring of the heart rate. From iOS 26, the cardiac frequency…
Japan Financial Services Agency (FSA) is currently pleading for notable changes to its tax-money tax laws. The existing framework allows the benefits of sales of digital assets to be taxed up to 55%, a significant difference compared to the tax rate of 20% applicable to shares and obligations. The proposed reforms of the FSA would…
This addition brings the perspective of the cloud ecosystem and enterprise AI implementation to the board, advising Qlik on practical and responsible adoption of AI. PHILADELPHIA, January 21, 2026–(BUSINESS FEED)–Qlik®a global leader in data integration, data quality, analytics and artificial intelligence (AI), today announced that Mark Relph, Director of Amazon Web Services (AWS), has joined…