Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: Tech Advisor reviews Casio’s Moflin, a £369 palm-sized AI emotional support pet designed as a furry, guinea pig-like companion for those seeking non-judgmental interaction. The device features sensors for light, sound, and touch, plus warming functionality, responding with head movements and sounds while learning from user interactions.

Messaging apps handle sensitive conversations, contacts, and media, and their behavior on a device varies in ways that affect privacy. An analysis of Android versions of Messenger, Signal, and Telegram shows that differences in permissions, background activity, and system exposure shape how much data each app can access and how often it communicates. Permissions define

Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images Sony and Honda have killed off the upcoming electric car, Afeela EV, before it could even get off the production line. It appears that the PlayStation-adjacent vehicle is a victim of Honda’s overhaul of its current position in the EV market going forward. On

MN lawmakers close to banning AI apps that turn photos into fake porn Dozens of Minnesota women have had their innocent social media photos turned into pornography that could haunt them for the rest of their lives. Minnesota lawmakers call it “nudification,” and they’re getting close to a bipartisan ban on the technology, which they say

Iran’s IRGC says 37th wave of attacks launched against Israel, heavy missiles used Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has reportedly claimed that it has struck a data center of American tech company Oracle in Dubai. According to a report in AlJazeera, IRGC’s navy command claims it launched an attack on a data center belonging

Maybe it’s because I’ve been covering Microsoft professionally for over 30 years, I don’t know, but when it comes to this company and its promises for Windows, I have these out-of-body experiences sometimes, these flashes that take me out of the moment. I had one when it announced Recall at the Copilot+ launch event in

The electric vehicle (EV) market cooled off, especially in the U.S., over the past few years. That slowdown — along with higher interest rates, increased competition, and reduced government subsidies — chilled the industry and deflated the valuations of many high-flying EV stocks. But according to Grand View Research, the global EV market could still

In January, dozens of detained immigrants crowded into a Whipple building holding cell where a toilet overflowed with feces, urine caked the floor and the phone didn’t work. That’s according to “J.J.B.,” a 20-year-old refugee from Venezuela who testified before a Minnesota judge this month. He described “begging” to contact an attorney for help getting

As a longtime Bridge Street resident, Werner Liepolt has a front-porch view of traffic — including the vehicles that apps like Waze send past his house. He writes: Take a look at Westport the way a navigation algorithm does. I-95: Thursday, March 26, 9 p.m. It sees not a collection of neighborhoods — but a

By Lefteris Papadimas and Renee Maltezou ATHENS, April 2 (Reuters) – Greek mother Georgia ⁠Efstathiou ⁠has tried everything to loosen the grip ⁠that social media has on her 14-year-old son: heart-to-heart talks; internet-free time; confiscating his phone. Arguments ​flare as she fights the allure of his screen and its videos and messages. Now, Efstathiou may

Stratview Research The Electric Vehicle Busbar Market is projected to reach nearly USD 4.7 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of around 13.0% during 2025-2030. The market was valued at approximately USD 2.5 billion in 2025, reflecting strong expansion driven by rapid electrification trends. Electric vehicle busbars are critical components that distribute high current

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) is set to introduce the “Empowering Parents to Protect Their Children’s Devices Act” next week, which would require Apple and Google to verify users’ ages before they download potentially harmful apps, The Post has learned. This means that parents, if they want, could meaningfully restrict the content their kids can access

The Artemis II space mission has blasted off from the US state of Florida, sending four astronauts on a historic journey around the moon and marking the first time humans have travelled beyond low-Earth orbit in more than 50 years. The mission, which launched on Wednesday, is a major step in the United States space

Delray Beach, FL, April 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — According to MarketsandMarkets™, the global EV battery market is projected to reach from USD 91.93 Billion in 2024 to USD 251.33 Billion in 2035, at a CAGR of 9.6%. This growth is being fueled by the rapid shift of automakers and fleet operators toward electrification, along

Apple has issued a security patch for iOS 18 users The fix addresses the recently discovered DarkSword malware strain It follows a patch that was released for iOS 26 These days, it’s not safe to assume that Apple devices are immune to malware attacks as more and more products from the Cupertino firm are being

A Verizon truck driving down Beach Road in Tisbury. —Eunki Seonwoo Verizon, one of the largest telecommunications companies in the nation, has sued Chilmark after the town denied upgrades by the cellular company that would have expanded cell coverage to its customers.  The federal lawsuit, filed by Verizon on March 16 in the U.S. District

In January, a Finnish-Estonian startup proclaimed it had developed a truly solid state battery, a holy grail for the technology industry. Donut Labs’ cell wasn’t just solid state, however. It claimed it was made from cheap and easily available materials, would charge to full in a few minutes and last for hundreds of years. If

Intel has become the first major American technology company to respond after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) threatened attacks on 18 US firms operating in the Middle Eastern region. The Guards said the US had “ignored our repeated warnings about the need to stop terrorist operations”, and that the companies’ offices are now a