Usage of Chinese AI models by businesses across the globe has increased substantially in 2026.

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Honor is unveiling the Magic9 series on September 28, and since we're just a few days away from the event, the company keeps on teasing the upcoming phones. The Magic9 devices, or at least the Magic9 Pro Max, will feature a cinematic mic, and Honor's "imaging innovator" Han Han has shared how it delivers a dynamic sound experience in his daily life. This cinematic mic captures sounds from both near and far - and every sound is crystal clear, be it of fried food or a coffee machine or some ..

A New Mexico jury on Friday "found Facebook liable for deceiving users" about its privacy protections, reports the Associated Press. A New Mexico newspaper calls it "another massive legal victory" against Facebook, reporting that the jury found Facebook "had committed tens of millions of violations of the state's Unfair Practices Act in connection with its lies to consumers about how their personal information was handled by the company and third-party users." The state has asked the company be ..

YouTube, TikTok, and Meta's Facebook and Instagram all seem to be either chickening out or taking Elon Musk's side.

Fast forward to 2026, and researchers rode ImageMagick straight into OpenAI's internal GitHub.

We had the distinct pleasure of attending vivo's X500 series unveiling in Shanghai, China. If you've never been to such an event, it's pretty nice; the maker usually arranges a bunch of photo opportunities around the location, and vivo did just that. So we went to a couple of places, vivo X500 Pro Max in hand, and took some photos. We did share a bunch of these pics with you in our hands-on, but we had more, so we're sharing them as well. This isn't a detailed review of the cameras of the X500 ..

Playground Games has confirmed it has locked down Fable's trophy list, but swears players won't have to do several playthroughs to achieve 100% completion.

By now, youve probably heard that Samsung is planning to release a pair of open-ear earbuds. The audio device, which has already appeared in multiple leaks over the past couple of months, has been referred to as both the Galaxy Buds On and the Galaxy Able (or Galaxy Buds Able). Now, a new set of [] The post Samsung Galaxy Buds On Appears In Official-Looking Images appeared first on Lowyat.NET .

"The only control or 'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT," wrote Trump.

OpenAI agents tried to get information from "governments, universities, public agencies, and other institutions" through extreme means that sometimes curbed security controls, the company said.

Is Quince the Away alternative weve been waiting for? I tested its luggage to find out, and the price difference is hard to ignore.

One of gaming's biggest horror franchises has come to the UK. Can it live up to the original?

Bitdefender launches free macOS beta tool that hides AI agents' IP addresses during each temporary browsing task.

US Air Force is weighing an unmanned refueling tanker, inspired by the Navy's MQ-25, but size remains a major challenge.

"Signature forgery." It's a new way to break RSA keys and it doesn't require factoring. Ars Technica reports on new research using classical computing to "reduce the current RSA security level to an unacceptably low threshold" and lower the required computing resources by orders of magnitude. There's "a gap in current RSA-type security assumptions," according to a paper co-authored by University of California, San Diego professor Nadia Heninger, who argues that gap "gives classical ..

The Supreme Court ruled Trump's DHS can let states use a database of sensitive citizenship and Social Security info to hunt for noncitizen voters.

Microsoft Visio is an all-in-one data design program on sale for only $50 through October 4

Motorola has started rolling out the update to Android 17 for the Edge 60 Fusion in India, according to reports on Reddit. The update arrives over-the- air as version A171VCH.41-9, and it's a 5.2GB download, so make sure you grab it over a fast enough network. [#InlinePriceWidget,13752,1#] It's unclear whether this update brings with it Motorola's new Qira AI assistant, but it might. Anyway, everything else that comes with Android 17 is included of course. Motorola Edge 60 Fusion Android 17 ..

Health Guardian's a big part of this, but not the whole picture.

HPs ZBook Ultra G3a combines 192GB memory, AMD processing, integrated Radeon graphics, and substantial power for demanding local AI workloads.

Five alternatives entered and only one could top our poll, but there was a bigger surprise at the bottom.

Google is facing some funny SEO irony for Googlebooks queries.

Before 'Blue Lock' became a mega-hit, series creator Muneyuki Kaneshiro wrote a gleefully unhinged horror manga that's getting an official English release just in time for Halloween.

Rebellion has confirmed that Alien Deathstorm was built on a new version of the Atomfall engine, which also let the team bring the horror aspect to life.

It is getting harder for college students and recent graduates to be seen in the job market as AI is used as a hiring tool and demanded by employers as a skill.

The setting affects whether workers can review photos and videos from your glasses.

They wanted the silicon. They got the sand.

Rare sonar mappingconducted before and after an undersea volcano erupted off the coast of Tonga in 2022has uncovered the unique reasons for its deadly tsunami.

The company is still paying for the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

The Razer Mako lineup of desktop gaming speakers arrive in two models: the 2.1-channel Mako and the compact Mako X, both with Chroma RGB and 7.1 virtual surround sound.

A US-based company called Ioengine is suing Samsung in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, alleging that the Korean company is using five of its connectivity-related patents without authorization or compensation. These patents were allegedly used by Samsung in the Galaxy S23 Ultra, Galaxy Watch Ultra, Galaxy Buds2 Pro, and Samsung's Portable SSD T7. These devices are being used as examples, by the way - they do not represent the full scope of the complaint. Samsung Galaxy ..

'The Horror Show' exhibit at the Academy Museum is open through July 2027 and is truly next level.

Once a single-scalar home, spreadsheet cells are being redeveloped to handle many tenants

Z Fold 8 Ultra seems to have it worse than others.

The government acted lawfully when it labeled the AI company a supply chain risk, the judges wrote in a 2-1 decision.

Spotify already offers AI playlists and recommendations. Heres how its connection to Metas Muse is different.