A new AI coding challenge has revealed its first winner — and set a new bar for AI-powered software engineers. On Wednesday at 5pm PST, the nonprofit Laude Institute announced the first winner of the K Prize, a multi-round AI coding challenge launched by Databricks and Perplexity co-founder Andy Konwinski. The winner was a Brazilian […]
Apple Maps is getting an upgrade to understand your commute better, and proactively offer recommendations based on traffic. Apple announced the updates to Maps, coming in iOS 26, during WWDC on Monday.
Apple announced at WWDC on Monday that it’s bringing polls to iMessage. The feature has been highly requested by users, and is one that has been long adopted by services like WhatsApp and Telegram.
Apple’s iPhone may not be getting a significant AI upgrade, but it is getting a fresh coat of paint. As are Apple’s other operating systems. At Monday’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 25), the company announced a refreshed user interface called Liquid Glass, which features shiny, reflective, and transparent visual interface elements that give the software […]
Apple is launching what it calls the Foundation Models framework, which the company says will enable developers to tap into its AI models in an offline, on-device fashion.
A healthy chunk of corporate America has eagerly embraced AI, betting that the tech will bring heretofore unrealizable productivity gains. But adoption may be leveling off, according to transaction data from fintech company Ramp.