AI fitness coach senses the muscle mechanics as you exercise and prevents rookie injuries

BioCoach is a new AI prototype that watches you exercise through your camera, reconstructs your skeleton in 3D, and tells you which joint angle to fix.

China is moving beyond super-apps to embrace AI agents that do it all for you

Alibaba’s Qwen and Tencent’s WeChat are pushing China’s app economy toward AI agents that can order food, book travel, shop, pay, and move through services from a chat prompt.

You can literally save the planet by being less polite to AI bots like ChatGPT and Gemini

A new UN report reveals that keeping your AI prompts short and concise could save enough electricity to power millions of homes. Here’s why your words literally matter.

Amazon develops a warehouse robot that workers can speak to
Amazon develops a warehouse robot that workers can speak to

Amazon has announced a new version of its fully autonomous warehouse robot, Proteus, that will interact using language instead of code. The expanded capabilities come as part of a growing pivot toward automation as the e-commerce giant replaces its human workers with robots. Amazon says the AI-powered upgrade means its human employees can assign the […]

Samsung Health’s biggest update yet will turn your Galaxy Watch into a health coach

Samsung Health is getting a major update that turns your Galaxy Watch into a proactive health coach, turning complex biometric data into simple, actionable guidance you can actually use.

Nintendo is redesigning the Switch 2 so you can replace the battery yourself

Nintendo has confirmed it’s preparing an EU-specific version of the Switch 2 with a user-replaceable battery, driven by a regulation that takes effect in February 2027.

Shokz upgraded its open earbuds with better sound and a lighter design
Shokz upgraded its open earbuds with better sound and a lighter design

Shokz has announced two new versions of its open earbuds. Like the original OpenDots One that launched in May 2025, the new Shokz OpenDots 2 and OpenDots Air are both designed to be worn clipped to the back of your ear with their drivers positioned to project sound toward your ear canals without blocking them. […]

Microsoft is killing Office 2019 for Mac, and your only way out is to pay up

Office 2019 for Mac is about to enter read-only mode, meaning you can view documents but not edit or save them. Microsoft won’t fix it, and the only real way out is to pay for a newer version.

Google wants to kill your expensive voice transcription subscription

Google AI Edge Eloquent is a free dictation app for Mac that transcribes and polishes your speech on-device, no subscription, no cloud, and no privacy concerns.

ELM MicroGrid installs battery storage in its hometown [video]
ELM MicroGrid installs battery storage in its hometown [video]

Battery energy storage specialist ELM MicroGrid has spent more than two decades building a nationwide energy storage and utility infrastructure businesses. Now, the company is bringing that expertise home with the installation of a new battery energy s…