Google's new 'Recover storage' feature in Google Photos compresses original-quality photos and videos to free up account space, but the company retains all user data for AI training, according to repo…
A developer known as slvDev_ has run a small language model on an Espressif Systems ESP32-S3 microcontroller costing under $8, using a technique called Per-Layer Embeddings to store most of the 28.9-m…
Alibaba's Qwen3.6 35B A3B scores 32 on Artificial Analysis's Intelligence Index v4.1, outperforming Google's Gemma 4 26B A4B at 26, with Qwen winning 18 of 22 evaluations tested. However, Gemma 4 is 6…
Google's upcoming Tensor G6 chip sacrifices CPU and GPU performance to prioritize on-device AI processing, with a new TPU and image signal processor designed to run Google's AI models locally. Critics…
Google is rolling out Android 17 for Pixel phones with new features like App Bubbles and Pause Point, but all run through an AI architecture that cannot be fully disabled, raising privacy concerns. CN…
An XDA Developers columnist reports using Claude as a conversational collaborator to transform his creative workflow, starting with dialogue instead of design tools to surface ideas, reframe problems,…
Anthropic's Claude Code now supports a plugin system that connects the terminal-based AI assistant to external tools, project files, and orchestrated workflows. Plugins add custom slash commands, spec…