The Download: IVF embryo limbo, and Anthropic on AI agents

Millions of embryos created through IVF sit frozen in time, stored in cryopreservation tanks around the world. The number is ...
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Wanted: Humans to build robots for OpenAI – and not everyone is thrilled

Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images Following the disbanding and reinstating of OpenAI’s robotics department over the past years and reports of OpenAI building ...
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How AI could supercharge your glucose monitor – and catch other health issues

Adrienne Bresnahan/Getty Images Researchers at Stanford have been using artificial intelligence (AI) to dive deeper into diabetes diagnosis — and ...
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Halliday’s new AI glasses are what Meta, Google, and Apple have been trying to build

Jada Jones/ZDNET At CES this year, several trends dominate the showcased products, including AI and smart glasses. Despite the fierce ...
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The best AI tech of CES 2025: Neural wristbands, smart mirrors and more

It is difficult to find an implementation of AI in a wearable that is truly unique, but I have never ...
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I saw Roborock’s ‘mechanical arm’ robot vacuum pick up objects – and it likely won’t be my last

Maria Diaz/ZDNET Roborock just dropped the mic in the robot vacuum market at CES 2025 with the Saros Z70 robot ...
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How the US is preparing for a potential bird flu pandemic

I first covered the virus in an article published on January 7, 2020, which had the headline “Doctors scramble to ...
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I took a 90-second eye exam at CES 2025, and the results were surprisingly accurate

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Getting regular eye exams is a good practice for maintaining good vision. However, doing so requires setting aside ...
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We have named the 12 winners for the official Best of CES 2025 awards

Kerry Wan/ZDNET At this year’s CES, ZDNET has teamed up with the rest of CNET Group (CNET, PCMag, Mashable, and Lifehacker) and the Consumer ...
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2025 is a critical year for climate tech

One company, called Stegra, is close to starting up the world’s first commercial green steel plant, which will make the ...
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