Qualcomm is acquiring Arduino but allowing it to operate independently. The new Qualcomm-powered UNO Q is available for $44. Qualcomm is a huge player in the SBC space, dwarfing Raspberry Pi.

Insurance companies are increasingly using aerial drones to inspect properties for underwriting purposes. Drones help insurers identify high-risk properties, which they say leads to fewer claims and ...

The Census Bureau plans to use U.S. postal workers as census takers in at least two locations during field tests next year for the 2030 census, which will determine political power and federal funding ...

Taking a page from the private insurance industry’s playbook, the Trump administration will launch a program next year to find out how much money an artificial intelligence algorithm could save the ...

The U.S. military academies are reportedly looking at accepting scores from the Classic Learning Test (CLT), an alternative to the SAT and ACT that has been propped up in conservative circles, ...

Imagine turning your old, “dumb” appliances into intelligent, Wi-Fi-enabled devices that respond to your voice, phone, or automation rules. Sounds futuristic, right? With the ESP8266 microcontroller, ...

Bridget Carey is an award-winning reporter who helps you level-up your life -- while having a good time geeking out. Her exclusive CNET videos get you behind the scenes as she covers new trends, ...

The situation with the fiscal year 2026 budget for the United States is, to put it politely, kind of a mess. The White House proposed a budget earlier this year with significant cuts for a number of ...

Congress is weighing a bill that would send Americans hundreds of dollars in the form of tariff rebate checks — similar to the pandemic stimulus checks — in potential efforts to soften the financial ...

AI rivals OpenAI and Anthropic shed new light on the AI revolution this week, releasing the first major data-driven studies on how their technology is used. The reports analyze millions of ...

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