A $500 Smart Tea Maker or $9 Tea Infuser? Based on Testing, I Have an Answer The Teforia smart tea infuser scans NFC chips on its tea boxes to make the perfect cup of tea. Anna Gragert/CNET A $500 Smart Tea Maker or $9 Tea Infuser? Based on Testing, I Have an Answer Teforia’s design: Like a Keurig for loose-leaf tea The setup: Not as easy as I’d hoped...

Doss raises $55M for AI inventory management that plugs into ERP Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are often described as a company’s ‘central brain’ because the software connects different departments—including finance, HR, and inventory—into a single database where everyone shares the same information. In recent years, a new crop of AI-powered ERP startups, such as Rillet and...

What has the U.S. war with Iran accomplished? Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a news briefing at the Pentagon on Wednesday. President Trump's stated goals for the Iran war look mostly unmet. Andrew Harnik/Getty...

Fundamental raises $255 million Series A with a new take on big data analysis An AI lab called Fundamental emerged from stealth on Thursday, offering a new foundation model to solve an old problem: how to draw insights from the huge quantities of structured data produced by enterprises. By combining the old systems of predictive AI with more contemporary tools, the company believes it can...

MacBook Neo Teardown Reveals It's the Most Repairable Apple Laptop in AgesA MacBook Neo teardown has revealed an internal Apple surprise: The new budget laptop is actually easy to get into.For several generations, the company's laptops have been designed as sealed vaults that house a processor, memory, storage and other electronics. And when I say "sealed," I mean it: Opening one up often...