Home Assistant 2026.7 releases publicly on Wednesday, July 1, 2026 — two days from now — and brings the most consequential set of changes to the platform's automation engine and Matter implementation ...

Usama has a passion for video games and a talent for capturing their magic in writing. He brings games to life with his words, and he's been fascinated by games for as long as he's had a joystick in ...

Apple will rely on Google's fleet of Nvidia chips to power its overhauled version of Siri when it launches in September, according to a new report from The Information. Last week, the outlet reported ...

VR's AI-powered virtual assistant, named Vera, was created to transform the customer service experience, replacing the traditional FAQ and chatbot model with a more fluid, personalized, and ...

Researchers from Huawei and three partner institutions released Claw-Anything, a benchmark that evaluates AI agents on personal-assistant tasks. GPT-5.5, OpenAI's flagship model, scored only 34.5% on ...

When Microsoft Clarity made AI citations available to all users, it opened up a new playground for SEOs to harvest AI visibility data. Finally, we can see the exact “grounding queries” an AI engine ...

Tuning in Forza Horizon 6 is about fixing what the car is doing wrong. If the car refuses to turn, slides too much, spins on corner exit, bottoms out, or runs out of gear on long straights, the tuning ...

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By Kazuma Nagahara / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Japanese megabank Mizuho Bank Ltd. on Monday announced that it will launch a service featuring an AI assistant, developed in-house, that will handle ...

Amazon is axing its Rufus chatbot and making its Alexa assistant the centerpiece of its artificial intelligence shopping strategy. The company introduced Alexa for Shopping, an e-commerce bot that can ...

Amazon brings together Rufus and Alexa+ to create ‘Alexa for Shopping’ on the Amazon Shopping app and website. “Alexa for Shopping is like having an expert personal shopper who already knows you and ...