<p>After reporting in January that Apple is adding an “Air” option to its iPhone lineup, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman is offering more details about the upcoming slimmer iPhone. The iPhone 17 Air will launch this fall, Gurman says — and like the MacBook Air, it will be thinner than standard models, while combining high-end and low-end [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Amazon Echo users will no longer have the option to process their Alexa voice recordings locally, which means those recordings (with the exception of certain Alexa features like wake word detection) will be sent to the company’s cloud. Ars Technica reports that on Friday, Amazon sent an email to customers who have “Do Not Send [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Google announced on Thursday that Android phones will soon support Auracast, a new Bluetooth technology that uses a phone to enable a direct connection from hearing aids to audio broadcasts in noisy environments. With Auracast, compatible hearing aids and earbuds can receive direct audio streams, such as a PA system at a train station or [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Light, the maker of a minimalist phone designed to help consumers disconnect from smartphone distractions and social media, will launch its newest model, the Light Phone III, on March 27. This version of the device, like its older counterpart, offers a simple black-and-white display and necessary features like support for calls, texts, navigation, alarms, hotspots, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Intel has appointed Lip-Bu Tan, a major figure in the semiconductor industry, as CEO, the company announced late Wednesday. Tan succeeds interim co-CEOs David Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus. He&#8217;ll also rejoin the Intel board of directors after stepping down from the board in August 2024, Intel said. Zinsner will remain Intel&#8217;s CFO, while Johnston [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Google DeepMind, Google&#8217;s AI research lab, on Wednesday announced new AI models called Gemini Robotics designed to enable real-world machines to interact with objects, navigate environments, and more. DeepMind published a series of demo videos showing robots equipped with Gemini Robotics folding paper, putting a pair of glasses into a case, and other tasks in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Tracking an aspect of your health is one of the most popular applications for wearables these days. In the U.S. alone, 44% of Americans own devices specifically for this purpose, according to one recent report. A startup called Junction believes that more can be done with that data: It can be shared with researchers and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Apple announced this week that the “more personalized” version of Siri that it promised last year has been delayed — and according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, that’s also postponed the launch of the company’s planned smart home hub. In a statement, Apple said the upgraded Siri features, which are part of its broader Apple Intelligence [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The downsides of doomscrolling and screen addiction are well documented, but while many of us would like to spend less time glued to a smartphone, it&#8217;s easier said than done. Much has been written about the so-called dumbphone revival, where individuals regain some respite from pings and push notifications by downgrading to a basic feature [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Infineon Technologies has partnered with CDIL Semiconductors to tap into emerging business cases including light EVs and battery storage solutions in India.</p>

<p>In addition to a new M4-powered MacBook Air, Apple on Wednesday launched a new Mac Studio, its desktop computer for professionals who need top-of-the-line performance. The company is trying something new with the Mac Studio as it lets you choose between the M4 Max or the M3 Ultra. The Mac Studio starts at $1,999. Preorders [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Apple on Wednesday introduced a new MacBook Air on its website, offering improved performance while retaining the familiar design. The new laptop is equipped with Apple’s M4 chip, the most recent addition to the M-series chip lineup. The MacBook Air comes in two sizes. Customers can choose between a 13-inch and a 15-inch display. Pricing [&hellip;]</p>

<p>EcoDataCenter (EDC), a Swedish company that builds eco-friendly data centers used by major compute providers to handle their AI traffic, has raised nearly half a billion dollars — $478 million (€450 million) to be exact — in anticipation of more demand.  The equity funding, which is coming from a group of unnamed institutional investors, will [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Apple has introduced new 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Air models with the M3 chip. The new iPad Air can be preordered starting Tuesday, and will launch on March 12. The device starts at $599 for the 11-inch model and $799 for the 13-inch model. It comes in four colors: blue, purple, starlight, and space gray, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The drive to decarbonize our economies through electrification and clean energy continues to generate momentum around battery technologies, as storage has a key role to play in enabling the green transition. While renewables are clean sources of energy compared to burning fossil fuels, their power output isn&#8217;t always consistent. In the case of solar &#8212; [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Singapore just arrested 3 men for allegedly smuggling Nvidia chips.</p>

<p>Chipmaker TSMC said that it aims to invest &#8220;at least&#8221; $100 billion in chip manufacturing plants in the U.S. over the next four years as part of an effort to expand the company&#8217;s network of semiconductor factories. President Donald Trump announced the news during a press conference Monday. TSMC&#8217;s cash infusion will fund the construction [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Upholding export controls on semiconductor chips made in the U.S. may be harder than Washington, D.C. thinks. Chinese buyers are getting their hands on computing systems with Nvidia&#8217;s Blackwell chips through third-party traders located in other regions, The Wall Street Journal reported. Buyers in Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam are buying these resources for their own [&hellip;]</p>

<p>It was inevitable that this year at MWC in Barcelona, at least one carrier would announce a major effort at building a smartphone with a top AI company. And here it is: Deutsche Telekom (DT), said that it is building an “AI Phone,” a low-cost handset created in close collaboration with Perplexity, along with Picsart [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Jolla, the erstwhile mobile maker turned privacy-centric AI business — via sister startup, Venho.ai — has taken the wraps off an AI assistant it says is a “fully private” alternative to data-mining cloud giants crawling all over your personal information. &nbsp; The AI assistant is designed to integrate with apps like email, calendar, and social [&hellip;]</p>