When Amazon’s new AI tool answers shoppers’ queries, who benefits?
By Arriana McLymore and Greg Bensinger (Reuters) – Amazon.com has begun rolling out a new artificial intelligence (AI) assistant that is meant to address shoppers’ product questions, but the feature…
India’s Paytm plunges 20% after RBI halts payments bank business
By Chris Thomas, Ira Dugal and Siddhi Nayak BENGALURU/MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian digital payments firm Paytm lost a fifth of its market value on Thursday after the central bank ordered…
Samsung S24, the first AI-Phones reshaping smartphone history
The Samsung Galaxy S24 is a smartphone that marks a historic milestone for the leading consumer electronics market. The trio consisting of the S24, S24+, and S24 Ultra represent the first examples of AI…
AI summarisation features come to text messengers
AI summarisation: Artificial intelligence is part of our everyday lives – it helps you choose what to watch on Netflix and complements your work if it is a large language…
Waist trimming tech: innovations to help keep those pounds at bay
Waist trimming tech: With many of us adopting healthier diets in the months that follow Christmas, it can often prove difficult to maintain our newly learned eating and exercise behaviours.…
Tcl 40 Nxtpaper, the phone that becomes an ebook reader
It is increasingly difficult to stand out in the crowded smartphone market. Beneath the industry’s biggies, such as Apple and Samsung, are well-known brands with unique peculiarities in mobile technologies.…
Samsung packs newest Galaxy S24 smartphones with AI functions to beat Apple
By Joyce Lee Galaxy S24: SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics latest premium smartphones, unveiled on Wednesday, will have multiple AI functions, such as simultaneous translation of foreign language phone calls,…
The best apps to help you stick to those New Year’s resolutions
New Year, new you – we’ve all heard this time and time again. New Year’s apps: Whether you’ve pledged to increase your fitness levels, take up a new hobby, get…
Microsoft edges out Apple as world’s most valuable company
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) – Microsoft‘s stock market value ended a trading session higher than Apple’s for the first time since 2021 on Friday, making it the world’s most valuable…
Big Tech rebuffs US consumer watchdog plans to supervise digital wallets
By Douglas Gillison (Reuters) – A U.S. watchdog’s plan to supervise companies like Apple and Alphabet’s Google that provide digital wallets and payment apps risks stifling innovation and keeping some…