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During the height of Trump’s trade war with China, where tariff increases were announced on an almost weekly basis, companies like Logitech responded by significantly increasing the prices of their products in the US. Earlier this year, the US Supreme Court ruled that these tariffs were illegal and must be returned to manufacturers. However, there’s […]

Smith Collection/gado/Getty Images Surveillance is always a buzz-worthy topic, but the mid-2020s have seen it dominate mainstream conversation more than ever. One of the main sources of controversy is Flock Security’s automated license plate readers (ALPRs). Despite their name, Flock cameras capture far more than license plate numbers and collect […]

Enterprise teams running AI agents at scale are finding that a single model handles every task poorly — either the model is too expensive for simple questions or not capable enough for hard ones. Model routing, which picks the right model for each task automatically, is becoming the fix. Snowflake’s Cortex AI Gateway now offers […]

I’ve been waiting for magnetic charging to stop being mostly an iPhone and Pixel party, and now, Motorola might be looking to join the club. Leaker Evan Blass has shared images of an unreleased Moto Snap magnetic wireless charger. The accessory is a slim circular charging puck with Motorola’s batwing logo, a braided cable, and […]

Block, the technology company founded by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey that owns Square, Cash App and the music streaming service Tidal, is open-sourcing Berd, a desktop application it originally built to give its own employees a single environment for working with AI agents across different models, tools and projects. Berd is a locally installed […]

Rob Strechay, until recently managing director and principal analyst at theCUBE Research, has joined VentureBeat as our first Lead Analyst and a founding analyst of VentureBeat Research. His arrival is the next step in a deliberate move at VentureBeat toward deeper specialization: analysis built for the technical decision-makers — the directors, VPs, CIOs, and CTOs […]

NATO is planning to fortify the border with Russia and its allies with a network of sensors and drones, with AI assistance The Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative will track threats along the NATO borders with Russia and Belarus The strategy mirrors the steps taken by Ukraine to bolster its defenses against Russian aggression NATO’s concerns […]

Jetcityimage/Getty Images There are some things you need to look out for when buying a used car and for many people, price is at the top of the list. But finding an affordable used car isn’t what it used to be; depending on what vehicle you’re considering, […]

Apple will finally let iPhone users reply to specific messages from Android phones when iOS 27 arrives in September. Called inline replies, the feature is common across most mainstream messaging platforms today. Before this, replies to specific green-bubble messages appeared as new texts, which broke the flow of chats, whether in group chats or DMs. […]

Apple has filed its response to OpenAI’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit in which it accuses two former employees, as well as OpenAI and io Products, of stealing its trade secrets. Here are the details. A bit of context A few days ago, OpenAI filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit Apple brought against the […]