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Ernst & Young announced a $100 million bonus pool aimed at rewarding employees for critical thinking, judgment and other distinctly human capabilities. The initiative is designed to encourage staff to develop skills that complement artificial intelligence tools rather than compete with them.
Apple has published guidance explaining how iPhone users can add or remove debit, credit, transit and ID cards in the Wallet app using the Plus button, either by scanning a physical card or entering details manually. The guidance notes that cards must come from a participating issuer and may require extra verification from the bank before working with Apple Pay. It also clarifies that adding a card on iPhone doesn't automatically enable it on an Apple Watch, iPad or Mac—each device needs separate setup.
Clipto, a San Francisco-based startup with teams in Singapore and Hong Kong, closed a $15 million all-equity funding round that values the company at $250 million. The startup's software indexes videos, audio, images, and meeting recordings stored on a user's computer, letting people find files by describing them in natural language or through AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude. Founder Henry Kang, whose prior startup ZenVideo was acquired by Tencent in 2020, built Clipto around the idea that AI has created a glut of unused content rather than a shortage of it.
The Shaw Prize Foundation has introduced a new Computer Science prize category, marking the first expansion beyond its original three award categories. Nominations are now open, inviting the community to put forward candidates whose work reflects notable innovation and rigor in the field.
A ZDNET tester took Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Google's Pixel 11 Pro Fold to Germany to compare their camera systems side by side. The Z Fold 8 relies on two 50-megapixel wide and ultrawide sensors, while the Pixel 11 Pro Fold pairs a 48-megapixel main camera with a 5x telephoto lens and a 10.5-megapixel ultrawide, giving it a zoom advantage the Samsung device lacks.
Amazon has cut the price of the 65-inch Hisense U7 Mini-LED Google TV to $847.99 from its $1,499.99 list price, a 43% reduction that matches its previous Prime Day low. The 2026 model offers 4K Mini-LED picture quality, HDR10+, Dolby Vision IQ, Dolby Atmos, IMAX Enhanced support, and gaming features like native 165Hz refresh, VRR, ALLM, and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro.
A new study using coral data going back a millennium finds that human-caused warming appears to be intensifying El Niño events. Researchers say the historical coral record shows a pattern connecting rising global temperatures to more pronounced El Niño swings than in past centuries.
Scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the University of Tsukuba built a solid-state cooling prototype that uses a shape-memory titanium-nickel film to convert heat directly into the mechanical motion needed to drive elastocaloric cooling, replacing the usual electric actuator. In tests, heating the actuator film to 86°C produced a 4.0 K temperature difference across the cooling device, and swapping in an external 130°C heat source still yielded a 2.2 K span, showing waste heat alone can power the cycle.
Almanac, a startup from Y Combinator's Summer 2026 batch, has launched an AI system designed to understand a company's internal operations, tools and communications rather than general web knowledge. In a demo, the assistant monitored a customer Slack channel, identified duplicate bug reports, and automatically filed GitHub issues with reproduction steps and linked conversation threads. The product positions itself as an operational AI layer that can act on a company's existing data and workflows rather than just answer questions about them.
Following an executive order from President Trump renaming Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' amid US-Canada trade tensions, Google Maps updated its US listings over the weekend to reflect the new name. This happened even though the official US Geographic Names Information System database, which Google says it follows, has not yet updated its base map to show the change.
Dell has dropped the price of its Alienware AW2726DM gaming monitor to $319.99, down $30 from its usual $349.99. The 27-inch display uses a QD-OLED panel with quantum dot technology, a 240Hz refresh rate, and AMD FreeSync Premium Plus support, marking the first discount on this particular model.
McDonald's launched a Dragonberry Energizer drink in partnership with Red Bull, and days later Taco Bell countered with three new energy refreshers, according to Restaurant Business. Both fast-food giants are pushing deeper into beverages as customer spending rises and drinks attract new visitors.