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Software engineers at General Motors’ (GM’s) autonomous driving division spend only 15% of their time writing code, according to Rashed Haq, GM’s VP of autonomous vehicles, in a recent onstage interview at VB Transform 2026. GM is now using AI agents to accelerate much of the other 85%—including analyzing vehicle data, triaging problems, running experiments […]

AI-generated videos have gotten so realistic that spotting a fake is difficult enough on its own. Figuring out which AI model actually created it is even harder. That’s exactly why researchers at UC Riverside built a tool that can do both. It’s called SAGA, and it can trace a fake video back to the specific […]

iPhone 18 Pro is coming soon, and there are several reasons why it could prove an especially popular upgrade choice this year. #1: Top-requested new features iPhone 17 Pro was a huge hit for Apple—far more so than the company anticipated. While it’s hard to know exactly what deserves credit for its success, it’s easy […]

The AI race started off with a pretty clear direction – bigger and better. The first waves were characterized by building bigger models, but it’s all change in the world of artificial intelligence and with enterprises, SMBs and consumers all finding use cases for the technology, the focus has shifted. Now, AI firms and model […]

Snowflake announced Cortex AI Gateway on Tuesday, a centralized control layer designed to govern how AI agents — including those built by competitors like Anthropic’s Claude Code and Cursor — access enterprise data, tools, and models. Alongside the gateway, the company unveiled a first wave of security integrations with 1Password, Aembit, Linx Security, SailPoint, and […]

Apple has officially launched Apple Upgrade, a leasing program that lets customers pay monthly for an iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch instead of buying the device outright. The program went live today on Apple’s website in partnership with Klarna, replacing the iPhone Upgrade Program that Apple has offered since 2015. What you can lease […]

Apple today officially launched its new Apple Upgrade leasing program, covering iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac. As part of this launch, Apple has also discontinued the iPhone Upgrade Program. Here’s what that means for current users. The iPhone Upgrade Program is no more In today’s press release, Apple said that existing customers will have […]

The upcoming MacBook Ultra was never going to be cheap, with an all-new sleeker design, OLED, and touchscreen – even before the price increases driven by higher memory costs. A new report now suggests the manufacturing cost could be pushed yet higher Apple typically likes to have multiple suppliers for components in order to maximize […]

As AI adoption accelerates, some workers will naturally feel apprehensive. Harvard Business Review found trust in employer-provided generative AI fell by 31% between May and July 2025, despite rising top-down pressure to leverage the technology and boost productivity. This shows a clear gap between leaders’ priorities, and those of their teams. AI tools have the […]

OpenAI has made ChatGPT Health, its wellness-focused AI tool, available to all US users on free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans. OpenAI pitches ChatGPT Health as helping users understand their lab results, enhance their sleep or physical activity, prepare questions to ask their doctors, and more. To do so, though, users are encouraged to connect […]