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AI is rewriting the world and, at the same time, inventing a whole new language to describe how it’s doing it. Sit in on any product meeting, pitch, or panel these days, and you’ll hear people toss around LLMs, RAG, RLHF — and, as of last week, terms like “opaque recurrence,” the reasoning technique in…

Audi debuted the A2 e-tron, dubbing it the most efficient model in the carmaker’s history. Unlike its higher-end EVs such as the RS e-tron GT Performance, the humble A2 e-tron occupies Audi’s compact entry-level segment with a design focused on delivering peak energy efficiency. According to Audi, its latest EV has an energy consumption of…

Telluride just managed one of its best-kept secrets in years, per The Hollywood Reporter. On Sunday night, festivalgoers filed into a 650-seat theater with their phones locked away, having no idea what they were about to see, told only that it ran nearly three hours, hadn’t been shown anywhere, and that its principal creators would…

Dropped your phone by accident in this economy? The AI boom raising memory prices across consumer tech can make you consider some worrying financial decisions. Many flagship devices have long crossed the $1,000 threshold, and repairs can range from under $100 to a few hundred dollars, depending on your phone and the severity of the…

Sony is taking a unique approach to its headphone lineup for the rest of the year. Instead of building an all-new upper-midrange model, the company is reviving and old favorite. With the WH-1000XM4C (or WH-1000XM4 second-generation), Sony is bringing back a well-reviewed entry in its iconic 1000X headphone line with a few upgrades and a…

The upcoming iOS 27 update will deliver some much-needed optimization and system refinements to the iPhone — along with a more practical way to settle a group meal. For those who prefer contributing to the collective gastronomic experience instead of carrying the entire bill, Visual Intelligence will read receipts, split the bill and send out…