Breakthrough could lead to range of wearables that extend range of vision and help people with colour blindness.Researchers have given people a taste of superhuman vision after creating contact lenses that allow them to see infrared light, a band of the electromagnetic spectrum that is invisible to the naked eye.Unlike night vision goggles, the contact lenses need no power source, and because t...

A new app, Verb.AI, wants to pay the generation that’s most laissez-faire on digital privacy for their scrolling time.Rather than clocking in at a Saturday job or selling old clothes for quick cash, Gen Zers have another side hustle up their sleeve: selling their personal data.To take advantage of the nearly seven hours a day Gen Z spends on their phones, a new app called Verb.AI, launched by...

A new report published by market intelligence and research firm SimilarWeb, covering global web traffic patterns for AI-related platforms for 12 weeks ending May 9, 2025, offers a useful look for businesses and users interested in the current landscape of generative AI use online.Using proprietary analytics based on site visits, the report tracks trends across all sectors, including general-pur...

The tale of how smart toilet startup Throne landed its seed round is so full of serendipities, one could almost believe it was orchestrated by the hand of Fortuna, Roman goddess of providence.Throne is an Austin-based company working on an AI-powered toilet device for consumers. It uses computer vision (cameras pointing in the bowl plus AI software) to monitor gut health conditions. It just rai...

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have unveiled something delightfully geeky: LegoGPT, an AI model that builds Lego structures straight from text prompts.The study, published last Thursday, explains the mechanics in depth. Armed with a massive dataset of Lego builds constructed by the team with captions, the researchers trained a model similar to ChatGPT — but instead of guessing the n...

In the face of recent tariff proposals and widespread economic uncertainty, IT leaders are prioritizing controlling costs—and doubling down on AI investments to help manage budgets and boost productivity.Almost 60% of IT leaders participating in a recent BCG survey believe that a recession is likely or already underway in 2025.Most survey respondents say that they have begun to adopt a range o...

Inspired by the Kelly bag, featuring hand-stitched leather and metallic finishes.Hermès debuts $15,000 USD headphones crafted by its bespoke Ateliers Horizons divisionInspired by the Kelly bag, they feature hand-stitched leather and metallic finishesPart of Hermès’ expansion into luxury tech and capsule lifestyle collectionsHermès is bringing haute craftsmanship to high fidelity with the la...

Sonus Microsystems’ wearable AI-enabled patch uses ultrasound to provide real-time heart monitoring.Sonus Microsystems, a Vancouver-based medical technology startup, is teaming with Providence Health Care Ventures to commercialize its wearable heart monitor.The AI-enabled device, dubbed the Sonus Patch, uses ultrasound to create real-time imaging of a wearer’s heart and is designed for use wi...

May 21 marks International Tea Day. With a global market valued at nearly $50 billion in 2023, tea is said to be the second most consumed beverage in the world. As the United Nations notes, the tea industry provides "a major source of income and export earnings for some of the poorest countries and, thanks to its high labor requirements, generates numerous jobs, particularly in remote and econo...