Apple has struck a multi-year partnership with Google to power a more capable version of Siri using Gemini AI models, ending months of speculation about which company would help the iPhone maker catch up in the generative AI race. Apple said it had determined after “careful evaluation” that “Google’s technology Read more…
Deserts are hard to reclaim because plants cannot survive on shifting sand, but scientists in northwest China are changing that — by dropping vast amounts of blue-green algae onto the dry terrain. These specially selected strains of cyanobacteria can survive extreme heat and drought for long periods, according to China Read more…
Norway has released its December and full year 2025 automotive sales numbers and the world’s leading EV haven has broken records once again. The country had previously targeted an end to fossil car sales in 2025, and it basically got there. In 2017, Norway set a formal non-binding target to Read more…
The union will “pursue every legal recourse to ensure that the rights of these workers are respected and not infringed in any way.” The union said in a news release that it’s illegal in Canada for companies to close businesses because of unionization. That’s not necessarily what happened here, according Read more…
Streamer spend on content is set to top the $100 billion mark for the first time this year, according to an Ampere Analysis report. The landmark figure will be met as global streamers “remain the primary driver of growth in content investment,” according to Ampere. Spend by the likes of Read more…
Scifi author/tech activist Cory Doctorow has decried the “enshittification” of our technologies to extract more profit. But Saturday he also described what could be “the beginning of the end for enshittification” in a new article for the Guardian — “our chance to make tech good again”. There is only one Read more…
By the end of 2026, some 40 million Americans, or about 12 percent of the U.S. population, will be able to take advantage of the convenience, the companies claim… Once the items are picked and packed in a small cardboard basket, they are loaded onto a drone inside a fenced Read more…