Merrell has one of the deepest lineups of hiking shoes and boots on the market, so when it says it’s developed something that disrupts the market and reinvents sole construction, it’s worth having a look. The method to the madness behind the alien-looking SpeedArc Surge Boa is a nitrogen-injected coiled midsole that adds high-performance rebound and energy return and a dual-Boa system for tight, dialed-in zonal fit. Merrell’s team didn’t have to look far off the trail to find ideas for the new SpeedArc – they simply turned their gaze to the dirt road that leads to the trail, using…
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This article is part of VentureBeat’s special issue, “AI at Scale: From Vision to Viability.” Read more from this special issue here. This article is part of VentureBeat’s special issue, “AI at Scale: From Vision to Viability.” Read more from the issue here. Scaling adoption of generative tools has always been a challenge of balancing ambition with practicality, and in 2025, the stakes are higher than ever. Enterprises racing to adopt large language models (LLMs) are encountering a new reality: Scaling isn’t just about deploying bigger models or investing in cutting-edge tools — it’s about integrating AI in ways that transform operations,…
Apple is now seeding its third beta release for iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS Sequoia 15.3. With iOS 18.3 Beta 3, Apple is bringing a few changes to Apple Intelligence, including disabling notification summaries for News and Entertainment apps. This appears to be a temporary measure as Apple looks to fix its notoriously bad summaries. Notification summaries are expected to be reinstated with future iOS updates. Users can also disable notification summaries directly from the Lock Screen on a per-app basis. Apple is also changing notification summaries, which now appear in an italicized font so they are clearly distinguishable…
In most hotels, if the room temperature drops below freezing, there’s going to be some strong words with the manager, however Sweden’s Icehotel isn’t like most hotels. Each December it opens with sub-zero suites that are decorated with weird and wonderful frozen sculptures for guests to enjoy.Now in its 35th year, the 2024/2025 Icehotel involved the use of 500 tons of ice sourced from a nearby river in northern Sweden, as well as the equivalent of 10 Olympic-sized swimming pools of an ice and snow mixture. Construction took six weeks.The site includes 12 art suites, as well as 20 ice…
News Weekly(Image credit: Android Central)News Weekly is our column where we highlight and summarize some of the week’s top stories so you can catch up on the latest tech news.This is Android Central’s News Weekly, your go-to source for a concise roundup of the week’s most significant tech stories. This is where we delve into the top headlines that provide the latest developments and innovations contributing to the digital landscape.The countdown to Samsung’s Unpacked has begun, and in a week, we will see what this year’s models look like. This week, Galaxy S25 leaks came in hot, we got a…
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More In our rush to understand and relate to AI, we have fallen into a seductive trap: Attributing human characteristics to these robust but fundamentally non-human systems. This anthropomorphizing of AI is not just a harmless quirk of human nature — it is becoming an increasingly dangerous tendency that might cloud our judgment in critical ways. Business leaders are comparing AI learning to human education to justify training practices to lawmakers crafting policies based on flawed human-AI analogies. This tendency to humanize…
Introduction The Honor Magic7 Pro has been official in China for a few months and now the world gets in on the action. The versatile camera setup, the latest high-end chipset, and the hot new IP rating are probably going to be the key selling points, but are the upgrades enough? Let’s try and find out. For starters, the camera system is looking very much unchanged compared to last year. That’s not a bad thing in and of itself though – the 200MP telephoto camera on the back is always going to be appealing, and the high-res selfie camera with…
Beyond the Alphabet(Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central)Beyond the Alphabet is a weekly column that focuses on the tech world both inside and out of the confines of Mountain View.I was recently asked to give some reasons why someone might want to move from iOS to Android, under the pretense that this hypothetical person hadn’t used Android in over 10 years. After sitting and thinking about it for a little while, I provided my responses, but I also came away with a burning question — Is AI really the last frontier?It’s a question that’s been rattling around in my…
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The world of AI agents is undergoing a revolution, and Microsoft’s recent release of AutoGen v0.4 this week marked a significant leap forward in this journey. Positioned as a robust, scalable, and extensible framework, AutoGen represents Microsoft’s latest attempt to address the challenges of building multi-agent systems for enterprise applications. But what does this release tell us about the state of agentic AI today, and how does it compare to other major frameworks like LangChain and CrewAI? This article unpacks the…
Last week, we looked at the launch of the OnePlus 13 and 13R. Next week, Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S25 series. This week, we will look at what Google has to offer. The Google Pixel 9 Pro is a rare small-ish Android with high-end cameras – a 1/1.31” 50MP main, 48MP 113mm periscope and 48MP 123° ultra-wide. Its 6.3” display is an LTPO panel with 1280p+ resolution and a 42MP ultra-wide (17mm) selfie camera. The battery is fairly large at 4,700mAh, but charging is slow – 27W wired and 21W wireless. The same hardware is available in…