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Qwen AI hits 10m+ downloads as Alibaba disrupts the AI market

Reading Time: 4 minutesAlibaba’s recently launched Qwen AI app has demonstrated remarkable market traction, accumulating 10 million downloads in the seven days since its public beta release – a velocity that exceeds the early adoption rates of ChatGPT, Sora, and DeepSeek. The application’s rapid uptake reflects a shift in how technology giants are approaching AI commercialisation. While international […]

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Sketch: A guided tour of Copenhagen

Reading Time: 2 minutesSketch is getting a massive UI overhaul, codenamed Copenhagen: Our latest update — Copenhagen — features a major redesign of Sketch’s UI. Redesigns like this don’t happen often. In fact, our last one was in 2020, when Apple launched macOS Big Sur. Makes a lot of sense for an app that’s so tightly integrated to Mac to […]

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WorldGen: Meta reveals generative AI for interactive 3D worlds

Reading Time: 5 minutesWith its WorldGen system, Meta is shifting the use of generative AI for 3D worlds from creating static imagery to fully interactive assets. The main bottleneck in creating immersive spatial computing experiences – whether for consumer gaming, industrial digital twins, or employee training simulations – has long been the labour-intensive nature of 3D modelling. The […]

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ChatGPT group chats may help teams bring AI into daily planning

Reading Time: 4 minutesOpenAI has introduced group chats inside ChatGPT, giving people a way to bring up to 20 others into a shared conversation with the chatbot. The feature is now available to all logged-in users after a short pilot earlier this month, and it shifts ChatGPT from a mostly one-on-one tool to something that supports small-group collaboration. […]

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How the Royal Navy is using AI to cut its recruitment workload

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Royal Navy is handing the first line of its recruitment operations to a real-time AI avatar called Atlas. Atlas is powered by a large language model and has been deployed to field questions from prospective submariners. The deployment shows how AI can support a shift from slow text-based triage to fast and immersive automated […]

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Should We Even Have :closed?

Reading Time: 3 minutesFor the past few months, I’ve been writing a lot of entries on pseudo-selectors in CSS, like ::picker() or ::checkmark. And, in the process, I noticed I tend to use the :open pseudo-selector a lot in my examples — and in my work in general. Borrowing words from the fine author of the :open entry in the Almanac: The CSS :open pseudo-selector targets […]

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How to choose the best thermal binoculars for long-range detection in 2026

Reading Time: 3 minutesChoosing the right thermal binoculars is essential for security professionals and outdoor specialists who need reliable long-range detection. Many users who previously relied on the market’s best night vision binoculars now seek advanced thermal imaging for superior clarity, extended range, and weather-independent performance. In 2026, ATN continues to lead the market with cutting-edge thermal binoculars […]

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Pure Storage and Azure’s role in AI-ready data for enterprises

Reading Time: 4 minutesMany organisations are trying to update their infrastructure to improve efficiency and manage rising costs. But the path is rarely simple. Hybrid setups, legacy systems, and new demands from AI in the enterprise often create trade-offs for IT teams. Recent moves by Microsoft and several storage and data-platform vendors highlight how enterprises are trying to […]

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Lightweight LLM powers Japanese enterprise AI deployments

Reading Time: 4 minutesEnterprise AI deployment faces a fundamental tension: organisations need sophisticated language models but baulk at the infrastructure costs and energy consumption of frontier systems. NTT’s recent launch of tsuzumi 2, a lightweight large language model (LLM) running on a single GPU, demonstrates how businesses are resolving this constraint – with early deployments showing performance matching […]

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Customer voice earns RingEX the 2026 Buyer’s Choice Award

Reading Time: 2 minutesRingCentral is proud to announce that RingEX has, again, been awarded the TrustRadius 2026 Buyer’s Choice Award. This award is special because it comes directly from our users. It’s a testament to the trust our customers place in us every single day. The TrustRadius Awards are unique because they are based 100% on verified reviews […]

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Ring AIdea: Sparking innovation across EMEA

Reading Time: 3 minutesRing AIdea was a regional internal hackathon that united teams from our EMEA development hubs. The goal was simple: inspire and empower employees to experiment with AI, bring bold ideas to life, and collaborate across borders — while having fun along the way of course. Thanks to the collaboration and support from our leadership teams […]

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Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Anthropic forge AI compute alliance

Reading Time: 3 minutesMicrosoft, Anthropic, and NVIDIA are setting a bar for cloud infrastructure investment and AI model availability with a new compute alliance. This agreement signals a divergence from single-model dependency toward a diversified, hardware-optimised ecosystem, altering the governance landscape for senior technology leaders. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the relationship is a reciprocal integration where the […]

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