At Stanford, dozens of attendees participated in lengthy chats about the risks, as well as the benefits, of bot companions. “At the end of the day we actually see a lot of agreement,” says Sunny Liu, director of research programs at Stanford. She highlighted the group’s excitement for “ways we can use these tools to…
By Reuters Published November 19, 2025 TJX Cos raised annual sales and profit forecasts on Wednesday, betting that a wide sourcing network and fresh seasonal assortments will attract bargain-hunting customers to its off-price stores. Reuters Shares of the TJ Maxx parent rose about 3% in premarket trading, after it also beat third-quarter estimates. The Framingham,…
Caroline Haskins: So one thing that happened recently is that Palantir had its earnings call. And I think sort of consistent with what you observed, Alex Karp seemed really exuberant during that earnings call. I think he said that it was the best earnings for a software company in history, but the company is doing…
By Reuters Published November 19, 2025 The European Union’s General Court on Wednesday dismissed a request by Amazon to scrap its designation as a platform subject to stricter requirements under EU online content rules. Amazon logo is seen in this illustration created on February 11, 2025 – REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Amazon had contested the lawfulness…
Translated by Nicola Mira Published November 19, 2025 Nine international artists have created their own digital renditions of Valentino’s DeVain clutch handbag, designed by the luxury label’s creative director Alessandro Michele and first introduced with the pre-Fall 2025 collection. The DeVain features in an experimental visual story, a digital project exclusively created by the artists…
Memo may not be the world’s fastest barista, but it is impressive—for a robot. I recently watched as Memo, a new home robot from a company called Sunday Robotics, made coffee in an open-plan kitchen in Mountain View, California. Memo looks like something out of Wall-E, with a gleaming white body, two arms, a friendly…
“AI-powered digital twins mark a major evolution in the future of manufacturing, enabling real-time visualization of the entire production line, not just individual machines,” says Indranil Sircar, global chief technology officer for the manufacturing and mobility industry at Microsoft. “This is allowing manufacturers to move beyond isolated monitoring toward much wider insights.” A digital twin…
Tor Browser 15.0.2 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory. This version includes important security updates to Firefox. Send us your feedback If you find a bug or have a suggestion for how we could improve this release, please let us know. Full changelog The full changelog…
Optimizing generative AI applications relies on tailoring foundation models (FMs) using techniques such as prompt engineering, RAG, continued pre-training, and fine-tuning. Efficient fine-tuning is achieved by strategically managing hardware, training time, data volume, and model quality to reduce resource demands and maximize value. Spectrum is a new approach designed to pinpoint the most informative layers…
This post was written with Bharath Suresh and Mary Law from Snowflake. Agentic AI is a type of AI that functions autonomously, automating a broader range of tasks with minimal supervision. It combines traditional AI and generative AI capabilities to make decisions, perform tasks, and adapt to its environment without constant human intervention. These autonomous…
