AI & RoboticsNews

How Otter.ai’s CEO is pushing the company to be more than just a meeting scribe

Otter.ai CEO Sam Liang isn’t satisfied with the company being viewed, and used, as just a meeting notetaker. Liang wants Otter.ai to become a go-to source for enterprises and a new batch of products released Tuesday is the first step in that evolution. The Silicon Valley-based AI meeting assistant startup on Tuesday released a new suite of tools for enterprises designed to better…
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AI & RoboticsNews

OpenAI and the race for AI-driven commerce

OpenAI held its annual dev day on Monday, where the company rolled out its plan to build apps into ChatGPT. The demo was impressive, showing how programs like Spotify and Figma can be called or discovered without leaving the ChatGPT window. With so much of the tech world…
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Kia is killing off its cheap box car that was once a star

Love it or hate it, the Kia Soul always stood out with its funky, box-like design. Kia is dropping the infamous box car from its lineup at the end of 2025, but promises more exciting vehicles will replace it. Kia is retiring the Soul box car after the 2025 model year Who could forget the dancing hamster commercials Kia put out over a decade ago? The Soul was the star in some of Kia’s best…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Kia's smallest EV is full of big surprises

It’s almost here. Kia is about to introduce its smallest, most affordable electric vehicle yet. Although the EV2 is tiny, Kia promises it will look and feel much larger both inside and out. Kia will unveil the EV2, its smallest EV, in early 2026 We knew it was coming…
DefenseNews

Italy lines up fallback plan for freeing €12 billion defense spending

ROME — Italy is ready to use an EU-devised accounting trick to help boost its defense budget by €12 billion, or $14 billion, as it tries to meet tough new NATO spending targets. The plan devised in Brussels last year allows EU member states to exempt defense spending when they calculate annual deficit spending, allowing them to raise defense budgets without breaking EU deficit rules. The EU…
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ComputersNews

Corsair EX300U SSD review: 10Gbps USB performance with a MagSafe magnet

Small, thin, and squarish SSDs seem to be in vogue these days, with Corsair as active in producing them as any company. Witness the EX300U, a less expensive, 10Gbps alternative to the USB4 (40Gbps) EX400U I reviewed about six months back. It shares its sibling’s MagSafe magnetic circle on back for easy attachment to devices that allow it, though not its speed. The EX300U is a 10Gbps USB drive…
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