Google’s latest AI upgrade, Veo 3.1, is blurring the line between creative tool and movie studio. The update lets users adjust lighting and shadows, stitch scenes together, and — for the first time — add AI-generated sound to their videos. It’s all part of Flow, Google’s AI filmmaking platform that now feels like Photoshop, Premiere,

European organizations are increasingly vocal about their desire to reduce their reliance on US-based hyperscalers like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. This goal stems from a growing need to achieve digital sovereignty, comply with stricter data privacy regulations, and counter geopolitical challenges that make it risky to depend on non-EU infrastructure. European

The dream of self-directed AI is becoming real, and companies can’t wait to turn their agents loose on everyday workflows. Standards like the Model Context Protocol are helping agents move from chat to action, while new frameworks promise smoother integrations and smarter automation. But as these agents grow more autonomous—and start teaching themselves—so do the

Apple’s alleged decision to suspend development of a lighter and cheaper Vision Pro device sounds a lot worse than it actually is, because in a short time the product will be seen as the Newton of the AR age. Why the Newton? Vision Pro is ahead of its time. To build it, Apple pushed the envelope

Microsoft is expected to sidestep a French antitrust probe into its search business after regulators signaled plans to dismiss a complaint by local rival Qwant, easing scrutiny of the US tech giant even as Europe ramps up enforcement of digital competition rules. France’s competition authority is preparing to reject Qwant’s allegations that Microsoft imposed exclusivity

Well, this is highly irregular. For the first time in many moons now, Google’s giving us not one but two new full-fledged Android versions in a single year. Android 16 officially arrived into the world this summer, and it’ll soon be followed by another release this fall. Keeping up with what’s new and noteworthy isn’t

Windows 11 24H2 has been released, but behind the scenes, Microsoft is constantly working to improve the newest version of Windows. The company frequently rolls out public preview builds to members of its Windows Insider Program, allowing them to test out — and help shape — upcoming features. Skip to the latest builds The Windows

Microsoft’s Copilot will soon be able to work autonomously on local files in Windows, with Copilot Actions, an “experimental” feature that can perform tasks such as sending emails, updating documents and organizing files on its own.  The AI agent relies on a combination of AI vision and advanced reasoning to “click, type and scroll” like

Voice AI technology has been around for years. But clunky voices, awkward pauses, and problems with accuracy have been roadblocks to widespread adoption. Many of those issues are now being resolved as more startups jump into the voice AI fray, Twilio and Zoom CEOs said recently at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology conference. Twilio

Anthropic is launching Claude Haiku 4.5, the newest version of the generative AI ​(genAI) ​company’s smallest language model. The company says it offers the same performance as Sonnet 4, but at a third of the cost and more than twice the speed. Haiku 4.5 reportedly performs on par with Sonnet 4, OpenAI’s GPT-5, and Gemini 2.5