Latest Tech News

Stay updated with the latest in technology, AI, cybersecurity, and more

Filtered by: ai Clear Filter

Gemini Is the Top Free iPhone App, and This 'Bananas' AI Image Model Is Why

AI fans have gone bananas over Google's new image generator, known as Nano Banana. The image generation app has helped Gemini dethrone OpenAI's ChatGPT as the most popular free app for iPhone users. On Monday, the Gemini iOS app was the No. 1 free app in the Apple App Store, marking an important milestone for Google in a heated AI race. Screenshot of the Apple app store charts taken on Monday, Sept. 15. Screenshot by Katelyn Chedraoui/CNET Gemini has gotten a lot of updates over the past few

My New Favorite Air Fryer Is Completely Nontoxic and Easy to Clean

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. 9.2 / 10 SCORE Ninja Crispi $160 at Amazon $164 at Best Buy $180 at Target Pros Cook, serve, and storage capabilities Easy to clean: almost everything is dishwasher-safe Intuitive operation No concern about PFAS Ability to see cooking in progress Can buy additional glass vessels for maximum food prep Small storage footprint with nesting capabilities

Boeing faces $3.1M fine for door plug blowout, hundreds of safety violations

The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday proposed fines of $3.1 million against Boeing for various safety violations related to the January 2024 door plug blowout and what the FAA called "interference with safety officials' independence." An FAA statement said the proposed fine covers "safety violations that occurred from September 2023 through February 2024," and is the "maximum statutory civil penalty authority consistent with law." Boeing, which reported $22.7 billion in revenue and a n

Russia Tests Hypersonic Missile at NATO’s Doorstep—and Shares the Video

On Sunday, Russia released images of its launch of a 3M22 Zircon hypersonic missile from a frigate in the Barents Sea, in the Arctic Ocean, near NATO borders. The launch comes against a backdrop of rising tensions with the West, just days after several Russian drones violated the airspace of North Atlantic Treaty Organization member countries Poland and Romania. The Zircon test is part of the Zapad 2025 joint maneuvers with Belarus, a week of military exercises aimed at assessing defensive and

OpenAI upgrades Codex with a new version of GPT-5

OpenAI announced Monday that it’s releasing a new version of GPT-5 to its AI coding agent, Codex. The company says its new model, called GPT-5-Codex, spends its “thinking” time more dynamically than previous models, and could spend anywhere from a few seconds to seven hours on a coding task. As a result, it performs better on agentic coding benchmarks. The new model is now rolling out in Codex products — which can be accessed via a terminal, IDE, GitHub, or ChatGPT — to all ChatGPT Plus, Pro, B

Inside the Shift at Disrupt: Building Community and Scaling in the AI Era

At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, October 27–29 in San Francisco, industry leaders will explore how founders can build lasting companies while navigating rapid shifts in AI, markets, and consumer behavior. Catch this dynamic panel on the Going Public Stage, where three seasoned leaders will explore how AI is transforming go-to-market (GTM) strategies from the inside out. Meet the speakers Meet the speakers Nirav Tolia , CEO, president, and co-founder of Nextdoor , leads one of the most recognized c

Bessent: TikTok deal 'framework' reached with China, Trump and Xi will finalize it Friday

The U.S. and China have reached a "framework" deal for social media platform TikTok, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday. "It's between two private parties, but the commercial terms have been agreed upon," he said from U.S.-China talks in Madrid. Both President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Friday to discuss the terms. Trump also said in a Truth Social post Monday that a deal was reached "on a 'certain' company that young people in our Country very much wante

Fixing Hallucinations Would Destroy ChatGPT, Expert Finds

In a paper published earlier this month, OpenAI researchers said they'd found the reason why even the most powerful AI models still suffer from rampant "hallucinations," in which products like ChatGPT confidently make assertions that are factually false. They found that the way we evaluate the output of large language models, like the ones driving ChatGPT, means they're "optimized to be good test-takers" and that "guessing when uncertain improves test performance." In simple terms, the creator

Boring Work Needs Tension

We can make our work exciting by chasing the every day tension. We are all moved by great movies, cinematography, and stories. Watching them is fun because you can imagine yourself resonating with a character. You are thrilled by the tension the story creates and curious how it will be resolved. Many find software development a dull job where you have to write exactly what your PM or client asks for. It’s exciting at first, but it can become boring after a few iterations. Whatever doesn’t exc

Trump Admin Says ‘Framework’ Reached for U.S. Owners to Take Control of TikTok

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that the U.S. has “a framework for a TikTok deal,” suggesting that some kind of agreement is imminent to allow the social media platform to continue operating in the U.S. despite a law passed in 2024 that sought to ban the app or force a sale. The comments from Bessent came as he and U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer took questions from reporters after two days of meetings with Chinese officials in Madrid. “We believe we have an agreement. It

Hundreds of Google AI Workers Were Fired Amid Fight Over Working Conditions

More than 200 contractors who worked on evaluating and improving Google’s AI products have been laid off without warning in at least two rounds of layoffs last month. The move comes amid an ongoing fight over pay and working conditions, according to workers who spoke to WIRED. In the past few years, Google has outsourced its AI rating work—which includes evaluating, editing, or rewriting the Gemini chatbot’s response to make it sound more human and “intelligent”—to thousands of contractors empl

OpenAI board chair Bret Taylor says we’re in an AI bubble (but that’s OK)

In Brief Bret Taylor, board chair at OpenAI and CEO of AI agent startup Sierra, was asked in a recent interview with The Verge whether he agreed with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s declaration that “someone is going to lose a phenomenal amount of money in AI.” Taylor echoed Altman’s sentiments, suggesting that we are indeed in an AI bubble — but like Altman, he didn’t sound too worried about it. “I think it is both true that AI will transform the economy, and I think it will, like the internet, crea

Israel announces seizure of $1.5M from crypto wallets tied to Iran

Israel’s Ministry of Defense announced on Monday that it was ordering the seizure of 187 crypto wallets that allegedly belong to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC. In a document detailing the seizure order, the ministry’s National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing (NBCTF) said it was “convinced that the cryptocurrency wallets” in the list are property of the IRGC and are “used for the perpetration of a severe terror crime.” The IRGC is sanctioned as a terrorist organization b

China says Nvidia violated antitrust regulations

Trade tensions between China and the U.S. regarding semiconductors just got even more strained. On Monday, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation ruled that semiconductor giant Nvidia was in violation of the country’s antitrust regulations, as first reported by Bloomberg. The ruling was in reference to Nvidia’s 2020 acquisition of Mellanox Technologies, a computer networking supplier, for $7 billion. An Nvidia spokesperson supplied the following statement, “We comply with the law i

Deals: Mac mini $499, M3 iPad Air $150 off, M4 MacBook Air from $799, Beats iPhone 17 cases, more

Alongside ongoing pre-order deals for the new Apple Watch Ultra 3, Apple Watch Series 11, and AirPods Pro 3, today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is bursting at the seams with new Apple gear deals. Firstly, let’s start with iPad – just about all M3 iPad Air models are $150 off alongside just about all iPad mini 7 configs at $100 off. As for the Mac side of things, the latest M4 MacBook Air lineup returned to some of its best prices ever today at $200 off, Amazon is offering $300 off the most affordable

Topics: 17 air amazon m4 pro

The MacBook Air is on sale for $799 - Here's why I recommend it for most people

Apple MacBook Air M4 (13-inch) ZDNET's key takeaways Apple's MacBook Air M4 (13-inch) is on sale at Amazon for $799, a competitive price for its latest ultraportable. The M4 Air supports up to two external monitors with the lid open, and scales up to 32GB of unified memory. There are still only two USB-C ports on the left side, and I wish there were a nano-texture display option. View now at Bhphotovideo View now at Apple View now at Amazon more buying choices The MacBook Air M4 (13-inch) is

Topics: air apple m4 macbook pro

Cory Doctorow: "centaurs" and "reverse-centaurs"

Science fiction’s superpower isn’t thinking up new technologies – it’s thinking up new social arrangements for technology. What the gadget does is nowhere near as important as who the gadget does it for and who it does it to. Your car can use a cutting-edge computer vision system to alert you when you’re drifting out of your lane – or it can use that same system to narc you out to your insurer so they can raise your premiums by $10 that month to punish you for inattentive driving. Same gadget, d

Topics: ai fact lists summer use

Launch HN: Trigger.dev (YC W23) – Open-source platform to build reliable AI apps

Hi HN, I’m Eric, CTO at Trigger.dev ( https://trigger.dev ). We’re a developer platform for building and running AI agents and workflows, open-source under the Apache 2.0 license ( https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev ). We provide everything needed to create production-grade agents in your codebase and deploy, run, monitor, and debug them. You can use just our primitives or combine with tools like Mastra, LangChain and Vercel AI SDK. You can self-host or use our cloud, where we take ca

Topics: ai dev https self trigger

iPhone Air vs. iPhone 17 Pro Max: I compared the two flagship models, and here's the winner

Jason Hiner/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Apple's iPhone 17 lineup brings some of the biggest design changes the smartphone series has seen in years, and no two models better highlight this shift than the iPhone Air and iPhone 17 Pro Max. The iPhone Air is one of the thinnest smartphones Apple has ever made, made for those who value a sleek, portable design. Meanwhile, the iPhone 17 Pro Max doubles down on power with a cutting-edge camera system and a new vapor c

Topics: 17 air iphone max pro

AirPods Pro 3 Review: Skating to Where the Puck Is Going, Not Where It Has Been

2025 Almost three years after Apple introduced the original AirPods Pro 2 (updated with USB-C in 2023) with category-defining sound quality and active noise cancellation (ANC), I can safely say that just about every company making ANC wireless earbuds has caught up or surpassed them, and often with buds that are sold for less than $250. Basic wireless earbuds features—good audio, good ANC, and good battery life—are table stakes, and each of these is improved on AirPods Pro 3. Apple’s third-gen

Writing a Good AI Image Prompt Isn't Hard, but You Need These Essential Elements

One of the first things I learned while testing AI image generators is that there are a lot of things that can go wrong when you're trying to get the image you see in your head to appear on your screen. If you've ever used an AI image or video generator, you know what I mean. I've spent the past year testing and reviewing different AI image generators, and I've generated hundreds of images across services like Google's nano bananas model, Midjourney and Dall-E. But the images I created haven't

Topics: ai image like prompt want

Computer Vision and Healthcare: How Technology Provides a Glimpse Into the Future

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision in the healthcare industry continues to progress along a steep upward trajectory. Advanced AI technologies enable machines to interpret and analyze medical images, videos, and other data with unprecedented speed and accuracy. Computer vision combines that functionality with deep learning networks to enhance diagnostic precision, automate routine medical tasks, and support clinical decision-making. The evolving capabilities of computer v

US says 'framework' for TikTok ownership deal agreed with China

US says 'framework' for TikTok ownership deal agreed with China The US treasury secretary has said Washington has reached a "framework" deal with China on the ownership of TikTok's American operations. Scott Bessent said the framework was set in trade talks in Madrid to pave the way for US ownership. He added that US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping would "complete" the deal on Friday. China has not commented. Trump said on Truth Social that talks in Madrid had "gone ve

Apple's iPad Air M3 is back on sale for $150 off

If you've been on the fence about getting a new iPad then now might be the time to hop off it. Apple's iPad Air M3 is down from $599 to the record-low price of $450. The 25 percent discount applies to the 11-inch Wi-Fi model. We gave the iPad Air M3 an 89 in our review, thanks, in part, to its new chip. The M3 chip gives this generation's iPad Air a big boost over the M2 model — despite coming out less than a year apart. Plus, even without the discount, it's a more affordable option across Appl

Topics: air apple deals ipad m3

These Halo smart glasses just got a major memory boost, thanks to Liquid AI

Brilliant Labs/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Brilliant Labs announces partnership with Liquid AI. Liquid AI makes vision-language foundation models. These models will be available in Brilliant Labs' products. Smart glasses are often regarded as the best form factor for AI, as they can feed AI everything you see at every moment for the best assistance. However, this is only possible if the glasses can accurately interpret the visual conten