The need for AI model transparency and rapid innovation among the developer community has put open-source AI in the spotlight. We map 70+ vendors developing open-source tools to help enterprises build and deploy AI projects.[click to enlarge]The open-source approach to AI development — which is focused on making source code available for public use and allowing a community of developers to con...

Researchers at Google have devised a technology that allows active noise-canceling (ANC) wearables to feature health-sensing applications.The team utilized a technique called audio plethysmography (APG) in ANC wearables to monitor a user's physiological data, such as heart rate and heart rate variability, without the need for additional sensors or sacrificing battery life.This technique of audi...

What we do know is that Apple is dedicated to redefining the user experience, which is evident from the recent report that expects Apple to launch the next generation Watch Ultra in 2024 with a 2.1-inch micro-LED display.Apple has always been at the forefront, consistently pushing the boundaries of what is possible in consumer technology. The Apple Watch Ultra 2, with its innovative gesture inp...

Denmark is the best country in the world for remote workers, according to The Global Remote Work Index 2023 by NordLayer, a business cybersecurity provider. Despite its high cost of living and expensive internet, the small northern European country received strong marks for excelling in areas such as social inclusiveness, internet quality, social safety, e-government, and healthcare.The Netherl...

If your work involves regularly carrying heavy things around, then your back is most likely one of your body parts that suffers. I don’t have a job that does that (does carrying a heavy bag every day count?) and yet I constantly feel all sorts of back aches. Well, maybe I’m just old. In any case, those who work in construction, warehouse production, and other industries where they have to car...

Find out in which cities property prices and valuations have fallen the most, where (further) corrections are imminent, and where price increases are continuing or could happen in the future.Low financing costs have been the lifeblood of global housing markets over the past decade, driving home prices to dizzying heights. However, the abrupt end of the low interest rate environment has shaken t...

Rollable and bendable displays have captured the attention of the tech world in the last couple of years, primarily implemented in the foldable phones and rollable TVs released by mainstream consumer electronics giants like Samsung and LG. Now, Motorola wants to bring a bendable smartphone right onto your wrist. Truly the next logical progression from the Motorola Razir rollable concept, reveal...

A new speaker can rearrange its seven "self-deploying" microphones to partition a room into so-called "speech zones," allowing it to track and identify different voices, even as they move.Even better, the researchers behind the invention say this pinpoint localization allows them to not only separate simultaneous conversations, but mute noisy zones — or annoying guys — on command, for applica...

In light of the modern-day consumer’s shopping behaviors and spending habits, retailers and consumer goods manufacturers in Asia would do well to question—or perhaps even abandon—traditional ways of doing business.You might not call yourself one, but you are probably a “zero consumer.” A diverse and growing segment, zero consumers share the following attributes: they’re omnichannel shoppe...