<p>The program’s signature yellow labels appear on appliances and electronics for sale throughout the U.S.</p>

<p>In 2017, Raghav Gupta set out to solve a personal problem: He wanted easy access to the home-cooked meals he grew up eating without having to spend time cooking or spend money on takeout or hiring a private chef. He turned to robotics, which led him to found the startup Posha. Posha, a former TechCrunch [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Quantum computing has long been announced as “just around the corner,” but several companies are now determined to make this a commercial reality, with the promise of solving complex problems beyond classical computers’ reach. The problems in question are wide-ranging, from medicine and cybersecurity to materials science and chemistry. But first, there are very practical [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Apple is planning to split the launch of the iPhone 18, expected in 2026, by about half a year, The Information reported, citing supply chain sources. The company is planning to release the Pro versions of the iPhone 18 in fall 2026 and push the release of the less expensive iPhone 18, along with a [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Amazon&#8217;s upgraded digital assistant powered by generative AI, Alexa+, has rolled out to over 100,000 users, CEO Andy Jassy said on the company&#8217;s earnings call Thursday. While that&#8217;s a far cry from the 600 million Alexa devices out there, the company is making some progress on the rollout of Alexa+, which was first unveiled in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re very engaged on the tariff discussions, Apple CEO Tim Cook said. &#8220;On the pricing piece, we have nothing to announce today.&#8221;</p>

<p>Anthropic agrees with the U.S. government that implementing robust export controls on domestically made AI chips will help the U.S. compete in the AI race against China. But the company is suggesting a few tweaks to the proposed restrictions. Anthropic released a blog post on Wednesday stating that the company &#8220;strongly supports&#8221; the U.S. Department [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When it comes to creating images of Earth from above, satellites, drones, planes, and spacecraft are what tend to come to mind. But a startup called Near Space Labs has a very different approach to taking high-resolution photos from up high. Near Space Labs is building aircraft, called Swift, that are raised by helium balloons [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Blink and you’ll miss it: A startup out of Finland is taking a new look at the market for prescription eyewear. Tapping into innovations in eye-tracking and liquid crystal lens technology, IXI is building low-power glasses that will invisibly and automatically adjust to account for a wearer&#8217;s presbyopia (far-sightedness). Four years into its life, Helsinki-based [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Hugging Face, the startup best known for the AI developer platform of the same name, is selling a programmable, 3D-printable robotic arm that can pick up and place objects and perform a few other basic chores. Called the SO-101, the arm is the follow-up to Hugging Face&#8217;s previous robotic arm, the SO-100, released last year. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Chinese tech conglomerate Huawei is looking to take on semiconductor behemoth Nvidia with a new advanced AI chip. Huawei is making progress developing its latest Ascend AI GPU, the Ascend 910D, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar. The company has been reaching out to other Chinese firms to find test partners, the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>News about Android is being relegated to a side show at Google&#8217;s annual developer conference, Google I/O, next month. On Monday, the company announced it would share information about the latest updates coming to the Android ecosystem at an upcoming virtual event called &#8220;The Android Show: I/O Edition,&#8221; airing on May 13. The decision to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Google announced this week that beginning on October 25, it will no longer support or release software updates for the first and second generation Nest Learning Thermostats. And it will completely stop launching new Nest products in Europe. That means owners of the Nest thermostats released in 2011 and 2012 (as well as the version [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Tech and consulting giant IBM was not immune to the Department of Government Efficiency&#8217;s (DOGE) cuts. IBM had 15 of its federal contracts canceled due to DOGE-related cuts during the first quarter of 2025, according to reporting from Reuters and Bloomberg. These cuts amount to $100 million in future payments, per Bloomberg. Federal contracts represent [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Intel is set to cut over 21,000 people, or roughly 20% of its workforce, with an announcement due this week, according to a Bloomberg report.  The news comes ahead of Intel&#8217;s Q1 earnings call helmed by recently appointed CEO Lip-Bu Tan, who replaced longtime chief Pat Gelsinger last year.&nbsp; With the layoffs, Tan aims to [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Apple reported on Wednesday that is more than halfway to its 2030 goal.</p>

<p>The science fiction trope of humans superpowered by computer and bionic implants is fast becoming a reality, and today, a startup hoping for a role in how that plays out is announcing some funding.&nbsp; Phantom Neuro, which is developing a wristband-like device that gets implanted under the skin to let a person control prosthetic limbs, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In the wake of criticism over the underwhelming performance of its AI products, especially in areas like notification summaries, Apple on Monday detailed how it is trying to improve its AI models by analyzing user data privately with the aid of synthetic data. Using an approach called &#8220;differential privacy,&#8221; the company said it would first [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Apple isn’t giving up on its mixed reality headset the Vision Pro, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The company has been debating the best direction forward for the product after disappointing sales, Gurman says, but is now moving forward with two different models. One would address probably the two biggest complaints about the initial product [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The tech industry may not be safe from new tariffs, according to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. The Trump administration announced Friday evening that consumer electronics such as laptops and smartphones would be exempt from the tariffs it unveiled earlier this month. (While Trump delayed many of those tariffs this week, he left a 10% [&hellip;]</p>