Qualcomm's AI data centre chips

Qualcomm Enters AI Chip Market with AI200 and AI250

The AI chip landscape has witnessed a significant shift with Qualcomm’s foray into the market, posing a substantial challenge to Nvidia’s long-standing dominance. This move reflects broader industry trends, where companies are diversifying their product portfolios to capitalize on the growing demand for AI infrastructure. Qualcomm’s AI200 and AI250 solutions, launched on October 28, 2025, are designed to redefine rack-scale data centre capabilities, with a focus on AI inference workloads. ...

November 3, 2025 · 2 min · TechLife

Best AI-Powered Learning Apps for Kids Ages 2-5: A Parent's Guide

Best AI-Powered Learning Apps for Kids Ages 2-5: A Parent’s Guide As parents, we’ve all been there: your toddler wants screen time, and you’re wondering whether you should feel guilty about handing over that tablet. But here’s the thing—not all screen time is created equal. The educational app landscape has transformed dramatically with artificial intelligence, and today’s best learning platforms are doing something pretty remarkable: they’re actually teaching while keeping kids engaged. ...

November 3, 2025 · 8 min · TechLife Team
A person using Doppl to virtually try on clothes

Discover Your Style with Doppl

The way we shop for clothes is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR). This move reflects broader industry trends towards personalized and immersive shopping experiences. Google Labs’ latest experiment, Doppl, is a prime example of this shift. Introduced on June 26, 2025, Doppl is an innovative app that allows users to virtually try on clothes, exploring different styles and discovering new looks. ...

November 3, 2025 · 2 min · TechLife
Pomelli logo with a background of social media icons

Pomelli: AI-Powered Marketing for SMBs

As the digital landscape continues to evolve, small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) face increasing pressure to produce high-quality, on-brand marketing content. This move reflects broader industry trends, where 83% of marketers believe that creating engaging content is crucial for business success. However, for many SMBs, the resources required to develop such content can be a significant barrier. That’s where Pomelli, a new AI experiment from Google Labs, comes in. Pomelli is designed to help SMBs generate scalable, on-brand social media campaigns with ease. By leveraging AI technology, Pomelli can analyze a business’s website and existing images to create a unique “Business DNA” profile. This profile includes the business’s tone of voice, custom fonts, images, and color palette, ensuring that all generated content feels authentic and consistent across channels. ...

November 3, 2025 · 2 min · TechLife
NVIDIA's open-source Aerial software for AI-native 5G and 6G networks

NVIDIA Boosts Telecom with Open-Source AI Software

The telecom industry is on the cusp of a revolution, driven by NVIDIA’s decision to release its Aerial software as open source. This move reflects broader industry trends towards open-source innovation and collaboration, which have already transformed sectors like software development and finance. By making Aerial available on various NVIDIA platforms, including the DGX Spark, developers can now build AI-native 5G and 6G networks at an unprecedented pace. NVIDIA’s commitment to open-source software is not new, with its previously open-sourced Sionna software having already garnered over 200,000 downloads and 500 citations. The Aerial software, including Aerial CUDA-Accelerated RAN, Aerial Omniverse Digital Twin (AODT), and the new Aerial Framework, is expected to be available on GitHub under Apache 2.0 licensing starting this December, with AODT release in March 2026. This will empower developers to build full-stack, AI-native 5G and 6G RAN solutions, experiment freely, and accelerate the transition from research to real-world deployment. ...

November 2, 2025 · 2 min · TechLife
Andrej Karpathy, co-founder of OpenAI, discusses the future of AI agents

OpenAI Co-Founder: AI Agents Still a Decade Away

The development of AI agents has been a topic of significant interest in recent years, with many experts predicting a rapid advancement in the field. However, according to Andrej Karpathy, co-founder of OpenAI, we are still about 10 years away from achieving true AI agents. This move reflects broader industry trends, where the focus is shifting from narrow, specialized AI models to more general, autonomous agents. Karpathy’s statement is significant, given his experience in leading Tesla’s self-driving efforts from 2017 to 2022. He notes that while large language models (LLMs) have made huge progress, there is still a lot of “grunt work” to be done before we can achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI). As Karpathy puts it, “I still feel there’s so much work to be done” - but he adds that “they’re going to get better, and it’s going to be wonderful.” ...

November 2, 2025 · 2 min · TechLife
OpenAI's Sora social media app logo

OpenAI's Sora App Now Open to US Users

As the world of artificial intelligence continues to evolve, OpenAI’s latest move reflects broader industry trends towards more accessible and interactive AI experiences. The company has opened up its Sora social media app to users in the US, Canada, Japan, and South Korea, allowing them to download and explore the platform without the need for an elusive invite code. This development is significant, as it marks a new era in AI-generated content and social media interaction. ...

November 1, 2025 · 2 min · TechLife
Lumana AI video surveillance system

Revolutionizing Video Surveillance with AI

The rapid growth of smart cities and industries has led to an increased demand for reliable video surveillance systems. However, most traditional systems struggle to interpret real-time footage, resulting in false alerts and performance issues. This is a concern for manufacturers, schools, and city designers who rely on AI to keep people and property safe. As Jordan Shou, Lumana’s Vice President of Marketing, notes, “Adding AI on top of outdated infrastructure is like putting a smart chip in a rotary phone. It might function, but it will never be truly intelligent or reliable enough to understand what’s being captured or help teams make smarter real-time decisions.” ...

October 31, 2025 · 2 min · TechLife
AI chatbot with low-quality data

AI Chatbots Struggle with Low-Quality Data

The old adage “garbage in, garbage out” has never been more relevant, particularly in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI). A recent preprint posted on arXiv on 15 October reveals that AI chatbots, such as Llama 3 from Meta, struggle to retrieve accurate information and reason effectively when trained on large amounts of low-quality content from social media. This move reflects broader industry trends, where the quality of training data has become a major concern for AI developers. ...

October 31, 2025 · 3 min · TechLife
Samsung Electronics and NVIDIA collaborate on AI Megafactory

Samsung & NVIDIA Unveil AI Megafactory

The manufacturing industry is on the cusp of a significant transformation, driven by the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technologies. This move reflects broader industry trends, where companies are leveraging AI to optimize production processes, improve efficiency, and reduce costs. In a significant development, Samsung Electronics has announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to create a new AI Megafactory, marking a major milestone in the company’s efforts to lead the global paradigm shift toward AI-driven manufacturing. ...

October 31, 2025 · 2 min · TechLife
Aardvark, OpenAI's agentic security researcher

OpenAI Unveils Aardvark, AI-Powered Security Researcher

Revolutionizing Software Security with Aardvark As the software industry continues to grow, with over 40,000 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) reported in 2024 alone, the need for effective security measures has never been more pressing. This move reflects broader industry trends, where companies are investing heavily in AI-powered security solutions. OpenAI’s latest innovation, Aardvark, is a significant step forward in this direction. Aardvark is an agentic security researcher powered by GPT-5, designed to help developers and security teams discover and fix security vulnerabilities at scale. ...

October 31, 2025 · 2 min · TechLife
Canva's new digital marketing and video-editing tools

Canva Revolutionizes Design with AI-Powered Tools

As the demand for high-quality visual content continues to rise, companies are racing to develop innovative solutions to meet this need. This move reflects broader industry trends, where technology is increasingly being used to streamline creative workflows. Canva, a leading design platform, has taken a significant step forward by introducing new digital marketing and video-editing tools, built around what the company describes as a “world-first” design-focused AI model. These launches are part of an overhaul to the design platforms Visual Suite workplace products, which Canva has dubbed a “Creative Operating System” for marketing teams. By leveraging AI, Canva aims to empower marketers and designers to produce professional-grade content without requiring extensive technical expertise. This development is particularly noteworthy, as it has the potential to democratize access to high-end design tools, allowing smaller businesses and individuals to compete with larger enterprises. ...

October 31, 2025 · 2 min · TechLife