Samsung officially reveals Project Moohan, its Vision Pro competitor, at its Galaxy Event later today. The company has so far allowed tech writers to try a prototype, but there is still a great deal we don’t yet know – including the official name of the device. Our sister site 9to5Google got a chance to try the prototype in December of …
Read More »Apple is facing a tough new rival in the era of AI, according to the company’s former CEO. Speaking at the Zeta Live conference in New York City on Thursday, Apple’s former CEO, John Sculley, said OpenAI represented “the first real competitor” that Apple has had “in many decades.” “AI has not been a particular strength for them,” Sculley said …
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National home improvement chain Lowe’s finalized an $8.8 billion deal this week to acquire one of its competitors. On Thursday, the company confirmed it had completed the purchase of California-based Foundation Building Materials (“FBM”). FBM is a leading building materials and construction products distribution company that has more than 370 locations in the U.S. and Canada. “Completing the acquisition of …
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Amazon Prime Big Deal Days began today, and as usual multiple retailers have introduced their own Prime Day-like sales to compete with Amazon. In this article we’re tracking a few sitewide sales from Samsung, Sony, and Best Buy with big discounts on monitors, TVs, headphones, and more. Sony Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When …
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Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Retailers Raise your hand if you have Amazon Prime Day fatigue. As editors who have to cover this (now) biannual sale, we’re right there with you. However, despite it all, we do love a good deal. If you’re in the market for saving but you don’t necessarily want to succumb to Bezos, we’re rounded up …
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On Tuesday, OpenAI announced the release of Sora 2, an audio and video generator to succeed last year’s Sora. Along with the model, the company also launched a linked social app called Sora, where users can be able to generate videos of themselves and their friends to share on a TikTok-style algorithmic feed. OpenAI’s work on a new social platform …
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Apple is about to kick off what’s arguably its first serious push into smart home products, starting with two launches very soon but ramping up in 2026. And Samsung just provided users another great reason to wait for Apple’s products. Apple rumored to be expanding Home product offerings Apple’s efforts in the smart home space have seemed, for a long …
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Mistral AI, the French company that develops the AI chatbot Le Chat and several foundational large language models, is considered one of France’s most promising tech startups and is arguably the only European company that could compete with OpenAI. “Go and download Le Chat, which is made by Mistral, rather than ChatGPT by OpenAI — or something else,” French president …
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For the past 18 months, Polar has been making steps towards a Whoop competitor. Back in May 2024, they announced the Polar 360, which was a business version of such a device, aimed primarily at healthcare scenarios and workplace/wellness entities. Then, earlier this summer they announced it’d be coming to consumers on September 3rd. At the time, it lacked …
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