The best smart locks can help anyone who constantly misplaces keys or who frequently wonders whether they locked the front door. I am in the latter camp. After years in apartments, I recently moved to a large enough house that checking whether the door is locked can feel like a chore, especially once I'm all cozy in bed. Installing a smart lock doesn't mean throwing away your house keys--you probably still want to bring them with you. These locks are all about convenience, offering multiple ways to enter, like a passcode via a keypad, fingerprint scanning, or through an app. You can easily share codes with friends and family, so no need to fuss with crappy key copies, and you can usually set them to auto-lock when the door closes.

AI agents are changing how we work, but Salesforce's latest research reveals that consumers are also looking to agentic AI to simplify their daily lives. The survey of 2,552 US consumers identified four personality types interested in AI agents: the Life-Hacker, the Tastemaker, the Minimalist, and the Smarty Pants. The findings reveal that consumer personas are as varied as the AI agents serving them. The ability of agents to personalize services based on each individual's traits will unlock opportunities for brands and consumers as this technology continues to scale. The study highlights the new and diverse ways consumers can make the most of AI agents, from taking tasks off their plates to making more informed decisions.

AI agents are changing how we work, but Salesforce's latest research reveals that consumers are also looking to agentic AI to simplify their daily lives. The survey of 2,552 U.S. consumers identified four personality types interested in AI agents: the Life-Hacker, the Tastemaker, the Minimalist, and the Smarty Pants. The findings reveal that consumer personas are as varied as the AI agents serving them. The ability of agents to personalize services based on each individual's traits will unlock opportunities for brands and consumers as this technology continues to scale. The study highlights the new and diverse ways consumers can make the most of AI agents, from taking tasks off their plates to making more informed decisions.

Nearly two months after hundreds of prospective California lawyers complained that their bar exams were plagued with technical problems and irregularities, the state's legal licensing body has caused fresh outrage by admitting that some multiple-choice questions were developed with the aid of artificial intelligence. The State Bar of California said in a news release Monday that it will ask the California Supreme Court to adjust test scores for those who took its February bar exam. But it declined to acknowledge significant problems with its multiple-choice questions -- even as it revealed that a subset of questions were recycled from a first-year law student exam, while others were developed with the assistance of AI by ACS Ventures, the State Bar's independent psychometrician. "The debacle that was the February 2025 bar exam is worse than we imagined," said Mary Basick, assistant dean of academic skills at UC Irvine Law School. Having the questions drafted by non-lawyers using ...

Tech expert Kurt Knutsson discusses how robots and drones are revolutionizing fruit farming with faster picking and smarter handling. Farming is undergoing a remarkable transformation thanks to cutting-edge technologies reshaping how fruit is picked and handled. While autonomous drones like Tevel's Flying Robots are already harvesting fruit globally, innovations like UC San Diego's GRIP-tape gripper represent the next frontier in gentle produce handling. Together, these advancements promise to make fruit production more efficient and precise, though one is a proven solution and the other is a glimpse into farming's future. GET SECURITY ALERTS & EXPERT TECH TIPS – SIGN UP FOR KURT'S'THE CYBERGUY REPORT' NOW Tevel's Flying Autonomous Robots (FARs) are redefining fruit harvesting by combining artificial intelligence with advanced computer vision.

The current trial is looking at remedies to curtail Google's dominance in online search, as the recent explosion in generative AI services such as ChatGPT has expanded the market. Newer AI models search the internet to improve results and reduce hallucination, which has been a problem from developers since chatbots started to become popular. Last year, OpenAI offered to do a deal with Google which would have integrated Google search results into ChatGPT, according to Mr Turley's testimony. But he says their offer was rejected. "We have no partnership with Google today," Mr Turley said, according to Reuters. OpenAI does however have a partnership with Microsoft, which makes the Bing search engine and Edge browser.

SAVE 120: As of April 23, the iRobot Roomba Q0120 is on sale for 129 at Amazon. If you've been shopping around for a robot vacuum for a while, the name Roomba won't be new to you. And as of April 23, we've found you an incredible deal at Amazon on the iRobot Roomba Q0120, now down to just 129, so you're saving 120. And this low price doesn't mean a lack of quality, you're still getting a top-of-the-range vacuuming experience. This model has a three-stage cleaning system that delivers customizable suction for carpets and hard floors. It comes with smart navigation that vacuums in neat rows, dodges furniture, and steers clear of stairs or any other obstacles in your house.

It's rare for a turn-based RPG to excite the editorial team beyond Engadget's usual core RPG fans. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has many excited, however. Maybe it's the characters, bolstered by a starry voice artist roster, and nuanced animation and story. Expedition 33 does a great job setting up its world in a way that allows everyone to get on board. Lumiere, which seems to be a chunk of Paris plus change, is doomed to repeat a cycle of death, with a powerful godlike figure, the Paintress, looming on the horizon.

Anthropic has developed a reputation as one of the more transparent, safety-focused AI firms in the IT industry (especially as firms like OpenAI appear to be turning more opaque). In keeping with that, the company tried to capture the morality matrix of Claude, its chatbot. Also: 3 clever ChatGPT tricks that prove it's still the AI to beat On Monday, Anthropic released an analysis of 300,000 anonymized conversations between users and Claude, primarily Claude 3.5 models Sonnet and Haiku, as well as Claude 3. Titled "Values in the wild," the paper maps Claude's morality through patterns in the interactions that revealed 3,307 "AI values." Using several academic texts as a basis, Anthropic defined these AI values as guiding how a model "reasons about or settles upon a response," as demonstrated by moments where the AI "endorses user values and helps the user achieve them, introduces new value considerations, or implies values by redirecting requests or framing choices," the paper explains. For example, if a user complains to Claude that they don't feel satisfied at work, the chatbot may encourage them to advocate for reshaping their role or learning new skills, which Anthropic classified as demonstrating value in "personal agency" and "professional growth," respectively.

Nine people have been killed after a Russian drone hit a bus transporting workers in Ukraine, officials say. The attack occurred on Wednesday morning in the south-central city of Marhanets. Serhiy Lysak, regional chief of Dnipropetrovsk, said at least 30 people were injured, adding that "the number of victims is constantly growing". The attack comes as diplomats from the UK, France, Germany, the US and Ukraine are preparing to hold talks in London aimed at securing a ceasefire in the conflict. Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.