In a nutshell: The FCC approved a nearly four-year-old request to open part of the 6GHz spectrum for ultrafast WiFi tethering. The proposal must still jump through the rest of the FCC’s rulemaking hoops, but that should just be a formality after a unanimous vote. It should help manufacturers in their quest to develop lightweight AR […]

New YorkCNN —  When Snapchat announced last month that it had reached 5 million paying subscribers for its Snapchat+ service, it seemed like a stunning achievement. The milestone marked the halfway point to the 10 million subscriber number that CEO Evan Spiegel had just months earlier identified as a “medium-term” goal. The service’s success in just 15 months after launching proved that

The artificial intelligence boom continues to fuel a blockbuster year for chipmaker Nvidia. Nvidia’s stock jumped as much as 9% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the Santa Clara, California-based company posted year-over-year sales growth of 101%, to $13.5 billion for the three months ended in July — a new record for the company. The results were

Alexandra is a very attentive girlfriend. “Watching CUBS tonight?” she messages her boyfriend, but when he says he’s too busy to talk, she says, “Have fun, my hero!” Alexandra is not real. She is a customizable AI girlfriend on dating site Romance.AI. As artificial intelligence seeps into seemingly every corner of the internet, the world

The technology keeping swimmers safe at one New York beach : Warmer and cleaner waters off the coast of Long Island, New York, in recent years have brought growing numbers of bait fish to the area — and with them, the bigger fish that eat them, including sharks. In some ways, it’s a good sign for the