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Pixel Camera 11 debuts refreshed quick access controls and a handy Launch mode
The upgrade is easy to miss. TL;DR Pixel Camera 11 gets redesigned Quick access controls with sleek, dial-like sliders for settings such as focus, exp…
Android Auto YouTube Limitations: Is It Worth Using In The Car?
Android Auto YouTube Limitations: Is It Worth Using In The Car?
Claude wins out in major user satisfaction survey, beating Gemini and ChatGPT — but it's bad news for Grok and Siri
Claude is reportedly the AI tool people are most satisfied using, with both current and former users expressing high regard for Anthropic’s AI ahead o…
Doodle generative compositions in your browser with Musical Spirograph
I remember having a Spirograph as a kid and being obsessed with it. Its geometric patterns are hypnotic and gorgeous. I also love generative music com…
I’ve spent a month with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, and this video-friendly phone has turned me into a foldable believer
It's the one-month anniversary of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 — here are my thoughts on the device so far. Just when it looked like foldable phones mi…
LG OLED vs Samsung RGB: I tested the two brands' latest flagship TVs side-by-side using reference 4K Blu-ray scenes — here's which one came out on top
RGB TVs seek to take the TV crown from OLED, so I decided to test a flagship LG OLED against a flagship Samsung Micro RGB to see if the new tech can t…
Apollo finds AI is hitting paychecks rather than payrolls
An Apollo analysis of 321 occupations found that wages in jobs highly exposed to AI grew 6.7% more slowly after 2023, with no statistically significan…
Amazon devices are the latest casualties of the memory shortage price hikes
Everything from the Echo to the Kindle is going up.
China’s AI and chip firms are handing out shares to keep their engineers
Chinese chip companies are running unusually broad equity schemes to keep engineers, with Cambricon covering 85.3% of its workforce and AMEC more than…
Oura is facing a lawsuit over whether its $300 ring can actually track sleep
The lawsuit takes aim at a core feature of the product: its ability to turn data collected from a wearer's finger into scores for sleep, readiness, an…
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OpenAI says California should strengthen its AI safety bill
OpenAI is calling for California to strengthen SB 53, an AI safety bill that the company previously opposed.
You might want to skip using a Bluetooth headset for a better gaming experience
Bluetooth pales in comparison to 2.4GHz and wired headsets for gaming. You should pick another option to avoid its latency and other drawbacks.
The company that just opened America’s newest battery plant says solid-state cars are a decade away
LG Energy Solution says the unsolved problem in solid-state batteries is making large cells at scale, and expects the technology to reach smartphones …
Sounds Like ‘National Treasure 3’ Could Finally, For Real Happen
Jon Turtletaub is giving fans hope, but what world will this hypothetical 'National Treasure 3' come out to?
Microsoft blames RGB peripherals for crashing Windows 11 — RGB software is causing blue screens, crashes, and game freezes
RGB software is reportedly wreaking havoc on Windows PCs. The drivers used by these applications can trip up anti-cheat software, causing your games o…
Frontier AI labs still won’t say how they’d contain a rogue model
A new study finds leading AI labs have few publicly documented plans for containing rogue models, raising questions about preparedness as AI systems i…
I wore these obnoxious, travel-focused smart glasses for a week on vacation and learned more than I’d bargained for about the stony steps of Santorini
The L’Atitude 52°N are a promising debut from this new player in the smartwatch game, but they’re not without their issues. L'Atitude 52°N smart glass…
Google's $10 million bid to buy old business data from Spirit Airlines so it can use it to train AI has hit turbulence
One corporation's old business data could be another's AI treasure Google won a bankruptcy auction for Spirit Airlines' internal business data for $10…
Betting brands are off Premier League shirts. Enterprise software moved in
Premier League clubs are playing this season without gambling brands on the front of matchday shirts, forcing eight of the 20 to find new partners at …
25 years after the death of 3dfx, the Voodoo 3 gets a Linux driver update — classic Voodoo GPUs can now boot without a PC BIOS
It's been a quarter-century since the firm folded, but the graphics chips still have utility in esoteric use cases. Linux kernel 7.3 is set to bring a…
Civil society groups push FTC to sue AI companies over book destruction
Deliberately destroying rare books might be the final straw in the eyes of the Federal Trade Commission. Earlier this month, we reported on the distur…
Before you buy a used GameCube, check for this common issue
If you buy the wrong GameCube console, you may not get to play all the games you want to play. Here's what to look for.
US battery startups have found a lifeline in defense
U.S. battery startups pulled in $500 million in grants from the Department of Energy, throwing a lifeline to an industry that was on the ropes after E…
Bilibili wants to be YouTube's rival everywhere, not just in China
The international Bilibili app is currently available on Android, with an iOS version expected soon. The company is also reportedly working on an Engl…
Trump’s FTC Wants You to Call Surveillance Pricing ‘Personalized Pricing’
Biden's FTC used the term surveillance pricing.