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AI can describe a picture, identify objects, and answer questions about what a camera sees. But when a blind user needs a quick answer, getting an entire spoken essay about the scene isn’t exactly helpful. Researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) have found that AI-powered visual assistance can leave blind users doing too much work to get the information they actually need. The study, titled Say It My Way: Exploring Control in Conversational Visual Question Answering with Blind Users, examined how people interact with Be My AI, an AI-powered feature of the Be My Eyes app. The researchers found…

Military working dogs charge into places the rest of us would flee. So, I understand why anyone would want to breed tougher, healthier dogs for the job. Warhound, a new startup from Colossal Biosciences co-founder Ben Lamm and Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey, has stepped out of stealth with $200 million to clone and gene-edit working dogs for American troops, police departments, and emergency services (via TechCrunch). A really great perspective from a journalist who was actually part of the working dog program on various problems that have existed for decades and how WARHOUND can help solve these problems while also…

We buy fitness bands and activity trackers to keep tabs on our exercise, but it is easy to forget to start tracking or switch modes when moving between different activities. For Fitbit and Pixel Watch users, that could soon become a lot less annoying, as Google is rolling out a major upgrade to automatic activity tracking that can recognize more than 100 types of exercise, up from just 10 before. Google first showed off the improved tracking earlier this month alongside the Fitbit Edge. It is now coming to Fitbit Air and the Pixel Watch 3, 4, and 5, and…

Grainy night photos are the flaw no phone launch ever seems to fix, so a potential solution that starts with a 3D printer got my attention. Researchers at Singapore’s University of Technology and Design, along with partners in China and Japan, have 3D-printed tiny structures called color routers. Think of them as microscopic traffic directors for light. Instead of filtering light and throwing much of it away, they guide red, green and blue light to the right spots on a sensor (via Nature Communications). How does a color router beat a camera filter? Almost every camera sensor sits behind a…

Epic Games has just announced the 2026 Epic AI MegaJam, which is looking to see how much game development can be squeezed into a very short window. This is running from November 12 through November 15. Participants can work alone or in teams of up to five people, build in Unreal Engine or Unreal Editor for Fortnite, and bring along “as many AI agents as you want.” Epic explicitly encourages coding agents, AI-generated assets, audio tools, writing tools, and other AI systems. The official event page literally says “Vibe your way to $50k.” Epic is putting real money behind vibe…

Umm Al Quwain, UAE – 23 October 2026: National Bank of Umm Al Qaiwain (NBQ) has announced a profit after tax of AED 378 Mn for the period ended 30 Sept 2026, reflecting its resilience amid challenging conditions. NBQ’s sustained strong growth is backed by strong fundamentals, disciplined risk management, and consistent focus on sustainable, long-term growth. It reaffirms NBQ’s ranking as the fifth (5th) top performing bank globally among small banks by the Forbes’ “World’s Top Performing Banks 2026” ranking, released in September 2026. NBQ’s performance over the first nine months of 2026 was supported by continued diversification of…

The iPhone Duo has barely been out for a day, and someone’s already found a way to run their Mac on it. Well, sort of. Headroom, a remote desktop app from MusicFlow, lets users control their Mac from Apple’s new foldable phone, with an interface that adapts as the device opens, closes, and folds in half. Think of it as turning a pocket-sized phone into a miniature MacBook, minus the actual MacBook. Headroom turns the iPhone Duo into a mini Mac Headroom connects directly to macOS’s built-in Screen Sharing feature, so there’s no extra software to install on the Mac…

PHP is the programming language behind roughly 70% of websites, and it just ran into a serious problem. Security researchers used AI to uncover a critical flaw called PHP2Shell, which could let attackers take over web servers, steal data, or disrupt online services. Since the discovery, websites worldwide have been hit with millions of attempts to exploit it. Hackers moved fast once the flaw went public. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said the attack attempts jumped from tens of thousands within 45 minutes to millions overnight, The Guardian reports. How did AI find the PHP flaw and why is it causing…

The first wave of the GLP-1 era in the U.S. was defined by scarcity. Patients often waited for backlogged prescriptions, pharmacies rationed supply, and demand outpaced what manufacturers could deliver. That period is largely over. Tirzepatide and semaglutide are now regularly available, the range of clinical options has widened, and platforms such as Mochi Health offer structured care pathways that may include medications like compounded tirzepatide and compounded semaglutide where a licensed provider determines it clinically appropriate. The conversation has shifted toward what quality of care accompanies that access and whether it is thorough enough to produce lasting results. From…

Samsung has kept us waiting for years for a bigger Ultra battery, but a change may finally be on the horizon. The Korean giant appears to have finalized the battery hardware, with details for the Galaxy S27 Pro and Galaxy S27 Ultra now showing up in South Korea’s safety records. Before that, China’s 3C records spotted the batteries (via GSMArena). What do the certification records actually show? Less than you’d hope. Korea’s product-safety database, Safety Korea, lists two batteries labeled EB-BS958DBY and EB-BS957CBY. Both are manufactured by China-based Zhuhai CosMX Power Jinwan. While the images in the records show the…