Consumer News

As more and more sectors experiment with artificial intelligence, one of the areas that has most quickly adopted this new technology is law enforcement. It's led to some problematic growing pains, from false arrests to concerns around facial recognition.... Read more

New research from the University of Portsmouth has found that a significant number of older adults in the U.K. are affected by fear of fraud, especially those who live alone or have previously been victims of crime.... Read more

Alphabet, Google's parent company, dominates large parts of the technical infrastructure for the digital advertising market. This includes the supply chain through which advertising space is now traded automatically. This system, known as programmatic advertising, decides within milliseconds which ad is displayed to which user.... Read more

A new approach using generative AI platforms such as ChatGPT is showing promise in enhancing communication for people with language disorders.... Read more

Amazon Prime Day sales looked bumpy at first this week, with year-over-year comparisons for the first two days down. But by Friday, early data showed solid sales for the tech giant despite economic uncertainty.... Read more

You can only sit in front of the fridge with the door open for so long.... Read more

It starts with a call from someone claiming to be your bank. They know your name. They know your bank. They even know your credit card number. There's been "unusual activity" on your account, they say—and they just sent you a one-time passcode to verify your identity so they can... Read more

The world of wearable technology—such as sensors and energy-producing devices—is expanding, thanks to new research into a unique combination of materials that are flexible, safe to use on or inside the human body, and environmentally friendly.... Read more

Samsung introduced several updates to its foldable devices lineup on Wednesday, with the new Galaxy Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7, and the new Z Flip 7 FE taking stage at the latest Unpacked event.... Read more

Ageism is not only a deeply ingrained societal bias; it is a powerful tool used by cybercriminals to target and financially exploit vulnerable senior citizens, say researchers from the University of Surrey... Read more

Maxim Van de Wynckel, a researcher at the WISE lab of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), successfully defended his Ph.D. in computer science on 30 June 2025. Over six years, he explored a major challenge facing many modern technologies: How can indoor positioning systems—which determine the location of people or... Read more

Cybersecurity and data privacy are constantly in the news. Governments are passing new cybersecurity laws. Companies are investing in cybersecurity controls such as firewalls, encryption and awareness training at record levels.... Read more

If you have always wanted a personal shopping assistant, you may be in luck: The tech industry is creating digital ones that can buy things for you.... Read more

Large language models (LLMs), such as the model underpinning the functioning of OpenAI's conversational platform ChatGPT, are now widely used by people worldwide to source information and generate content for various purposes.... Read more

Customers contact companies regularly to purchase products and services, inquire about orders, make payments and request returns. Until recently, the most common way for customers to contact companies was through phone calls or by interacting with human agents via company websites and mobile apps.... Read more