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INGELHEIM, Germany, and LONDON, April 20, 2026 — Boehringer Ingelheim today announced the expansion of its global Computational Innovation footprint with the launch of a new center for AI and machine learning in King’s Cross, London, UK, part of the Knowledge Quarter ecosystem. As the company continues to innovate and expand its AI capabilities in pharmaceutical R&D, this significant investment recognizes the UK’s commitment to AI and the life sciences sector. With this latest investment, Computational Innovation now has locations in Austria, Germany, UK and USA specializing in AI, machine learning, human genetics, and computational biology. The addition of London to…

Through a single integration via the Visa Acceptance Platform, Intelligent Commerce Connect enables secure payment initiation, tokenization, spend controls, and authentication. Visa Inc.  unveiled Intelligent Commerce Connect, a new solution that makes it easier for businesses to connect to and participate in AI-powered commerce. Intelligent Commerce Connect acts as a network, protocol, and token vault-agnostic ‘on ramp’ to agentic commerce for agent builders, merchants, and enablers. As consumers increasingly rely on AI agents to make purchases, businesses – whether they are building agents, selling to them, or processing transactions – need a simple way to get started. Intelligent Commerce Connect,…

TESSANIf you’ve ever stared at an “eco-friendly” product badge and wondered whether it actually meant anything, I hear you. The sustainable tech space is full of noise — buzzwords, carbon offsets buried in fine print, and products that are green in name only. But if you actually care about what your gadgets are made of, how long they last, and what happens to them when you’re done — I wrote this guide to the best sustainable tech gadgets for you.If you’re like me, you’re not shopping for the lowest price or the flashiest specs. You’re shopping with one extra question…

Samsung has released new updates to the One UI 8.5 beta for the Galaxy S24 family and the Galaxy Z Fold7 today. The updates include the new Galaxy AI features that debuted on the Galaxy S26 family a few weeks ago. We’re talking about Creative Studio, Call Screening, the improved version of Photo Assist, and a better Audio Eraser. If you’re already using the One UI 8.5 beta on your Galaxy S24 series device or the Galaxy Z Fold7, you will of course receive the new build as an over-the-air software update. If you haven’t been notified about it yet,…

Over the weekend in China, a humanoid robot shattered world half-marathon record—the human record—by seven minutes.The star performer was a robot developed by the Chinese company Honor (the smartphone maker), which finished the 13.1-mile race in 50 minutes, 26 seconds. The human record, set by Ugandan Olympic medalist Jacob Kiplimo, is 57 minutes, 20 seconds. The result marks an impressive milestone especially considering that, just a year earlier, the fastest robot at this half-marathon event took two and a half hours to complete the same distance.But Honor’s robot was not the only participant. The event consisted of more than 100…

A while back, Google announced that it was bringing its “AI Enhance” features for Google Photos users in several regions worldwide, and the company has more recently followed up on this with the roll-out of new touch-up tools, which are found in Google Photos’ editor function. The tools are designed to give users the option of removing small imperfections in photographs via new software tricks. Part of Google’s announcement reads: Your photos should capture how you feel in the moment. That’s why we’re introducing new touch-up tools in Google Photos’ image editor to help you apply subtle enhancements that refine…

Cisco Sovereign Critical Infrastructure addresses the needs of organizations to innovate at pace while maintaining even greater control and autonomy over their data and digital infrastructure. Cisco,  the worldwide leader in networking and security, launched its Sovereign Critical Infrastructure (SCI) portfolio for customers across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Cisco Sovereign Critical Infrastructure addresses the needs of organizations to innovate at pace while maintaining even greater control and autonomy over their data and digital infrastructure. The portfolio spans Cisco’s core product lines including networking, security, compute, collaboration, network management, AI and Splunk. Customers can configure and operate it…

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Huawei’s Watch Fit series just entered its fifth generation. Watch Fit 5 and Watch Fit 5 Pro were announced today at Huawei’s big launch event, which also saw the debut of the Pura X Max foldable, Pura 90 Pro series, as well as the Watch Buds 2 and Watch Ultimate Star Diamond Edition. Huawei Watch Fit 5 Pro Both Watch Fit 5 members bring familiar-looking designs, though the Fit 5 Pro gets slimmer bezels, which allowed Huawei to fit a larger 1.92-inch AMOLED touchscreen this time around. The Pro features 2.5D sapphire glass and 3,000 nits peak…

Training Isn’t Enough: Reasoning Models and LLMs Need Reinforcement Learning by Jelani Harper | April 20, 2026 Most people familiar with generative models know that LLMs are trained on the entirety of the internet’s content. Many regard their millions of parameters and hyperparameters, which dwarf the quantity of those of the previous generation of neural networks, as a considerable advancement. However, few people realize that these language models are nowhere near ready for production settings, especially not for enterprise users, without reinforcement learning. This form of machine learning is necessary to finalize—if…