The Eastern Herald’s Technology Desk covers technology companies, consumer electronics, digital products, emerging technologies and major developments shaping the global technology industry.
Google Wallet home keys are rolling out in Google Home Public Preview, enabling NFC door unlocking and hands-free access with compatible Aliro hardware.
A federal judge rejected the Justice Department's bid to force Google to sell its advertising exchange, despite a monopoly finding that has stood since April 2025. Google keeps AdX, keeps the exchange
Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face, the hub for 3 million AI models and 18 million developers, for $12.93 billion. CEO Jensen Huang pledges the platform stays open for all hardware
Google's September Android update delivers Guided Vision, a Gemini-powered camera tool that reads text aloud for blind and low-vision users, alongside Motion Assist for motion sickness in vehicles, Remembered Items for voice-based
OpenAI's Astra uses 'recurrent depth,' a reasoning method that loops internally and generates fewer legible chain-of-thought traces — a design choice that AI safety researchers say fundamentally undermines the monitoring tools the
Apple's John Ternus opened his CEO tenure with a staff memo calling next week's iPhone launch 'phenomenal.' On September 9, he faces his first product stage with a foldable iPhone expected to
Sony has asked a California court to dismiss a class action alleging its PlayStation Store misleads buyers, arguing that 'reasonable consumers' already knew a digital purchase grants a license, not ownership. Plaintiffs
A federal judge in Virginia rejected the DOJ's push to force Google to sell its AdX advertising exchange, ordering behavioral changes instead. Both sides claimed victory — but publishers have no reason
OpenAI's Astra is the first AI to hit the 'Critical' cybersecurity threshold, autonomously discovering zero-days without direction. OpenAI is releasing it staged via Daybreak Blue — and a former researcher is questioning
Tim Cook's 15-year tenure as Apple's chief executive ended at midnight Tuesday as John Ternus formally took the title, inheriting a company whose AI strategy runs on a billion-dollar deal with Google
An Egyptian court sentenced two men to two years in prison on July 21, 2026 for operating StreamEast, the platform that served 1.6 billion visits annually as the world's largest illegal live
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