Japan election: Can Sanae Takaichi fix the economy?Japan has given Takaichi a landslide win - but can she bring back the economy? Suranjana TewariAsia Business CorrespondentAnadolu via Getty ImagesJapan's prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, rolled the dice on a snap election - and it paid off. She and her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have the kind of decisive majority - 316 out of 465 seats -...

ElevenLabs CEO: Voice is the next interface for AI ElevenLabs co-founder and CEO Mati Staniszewski says voice is becoming the next major interface for AI – the way people will increasingly interact with machines as models move beyond text and screens. Speaking at Web Summit in Doha, Staniszewski told TechCrunch voice models like those developed by ElevenLabs have recently moved beyond simply...

Italian police arrest protesters after clash in Olympic host city MilanEPA/ShutterstockSaturday's clashes came a week after more than 100 police officers were injured in another protestSix people have been arrested after police clashed with protesters in Milan, one of the hosts of the Winter Olympic Games, during the first day of the competition. Thousands took to the streets of the city in...

Smartphone Sales to Plummet 13% in 2026 Due to RAM Crisis, Says IDCThe projected shortage of memory chips worldwide will have a more serious impact on smartphone sales in 2026 than previously projected, according to new data from International Data Corporation Worldwide. Whereas the company just in November had estimated a drop of between 0.9% and 5.2% (the latter being its "pessimistic...

I 'Vibe Designed' a Website in Minutes Using Google Labs' Stitch Tool Stitch puts UI design tools into the hands of anyone who can chat. Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a keyboard, you'll most likely find him playing...