OnePlus 12 review: A no-nonsense flagship for a great price
It might be weird to see a new device call back to a time less than a decade ago. But tech moves fast and with the OnePlus 12, it feels like someone made a phone for the pre-AI era. Instead of magic...
View ArticleThe Biden administration now requires large cryptocurrency miners to report...
The Biden administration recently announced that it would be requiring large cryptocurrency mining operations to report electricity usage, via a press release from The Energy Information...
View ArticleNASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is laying off 570 workers
Even NASA is not immune to layoffs. The agency says it's cutting around 530 employees from its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California amid budget uncertainty. That's eight percent of the...
View ArticleSpider-Man 2's delayed New Game+ mode is coming on March 7
Insomniac Games has long-promised a New Game+ mode for its hit superhero sim Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and it’s arriving on March 7. The mode was supposed to drop at the tail-end of 2023, but was delayed...
View ArticleMeta's Threads app is getting a bookmarking feature to save posts
Threads is beginning to test a bookmarking feature to allow users to save posts, according to Instagram head Adam Mosseri. The update is beginning as a “limited test,” but the “heavily requested”...
View ArticleDisney is investing $1.5 billion in Epic Games to create a 'games and...
Disney will invest $1.5 billion in Epic Games, the creator of Fortnite, the company announced on Wednesday. As part of the initiative, Disney and Epic Games will create a brand new “games and...
View ArticleFTC accuses Microsoft of misrepresenting its Activision Blizzard plans after...
One week after Microsoft laid off nearly 2,000 employees in its gaming division, the Federal Trade Commission is accusing Microsoft of contradicting its pledge to allow Activision Blizzard to operate...
View ArticleESPN's standalone streaming service will launch by fall 2025
On the company's quarterly earnings call today, Disney CEO Bob Iger said the previously-announced standalone ESPN streaming service will arrive by the fall of 2025. The company had already tipped the...
View ArticleBluesky has added almost a million users one day after opening to the public
Bluesky, the open source Twitter alternative, has seen a surge in new users just one day after opening its platform up to the public. The service has gained more than 850,000 users bringing its total...
View ArticleApple releases an AI model that can edit images based on text-based commands
Apple isn't one of the top players in the AI game today, but the company's new open source AI model for image editing shows what it's capable of contributing to the space. The model called MLLM-Guided...
View ArticleToyota announces a three-row electric SUV for US customers
While Toyota helped lead the hybrid charge with its Prius, the company has been less active in EV production. But that might be in the past, as Toyota has announced another $1.3 billion for its...
View ArticleApple's latest Vision Pro update improves the look of 'Persona' avatars
A key feature of Apple's Vision Pro VR, er, spatial computing headset is Personas that that lets people see a digital version of themselves during calls, Zoom meetings, etc. At launch, they looked a...
View ArticleSony's WH-1000XM5 ANC headphones are just $280 right now
Some devices easily stand out in their category, and in the case of headphones, that's Sony's WH-1000XM5 model. If you've been coveting our favorite wireless headphones, there's good news: Sony's...
View ArticleHomeworld 3 delayed again until May
Homeworld 3, the much-anticipated sequel to 20-year-old real-time strategy game Homeworld 2, has been delayed once again, Gearbox Publishing and Blackbird Interactive announced. It's now set to come...
View ArticleThe Morning After: Apple has reportedly made multiple foldable iPhone prototypes
According to The Information, Apple has created two clamshell-style foldable iPhone prototypes, though they’re all in the early stages of development. If Apple were to move forward with foldable...
View ArticleMeta and TikTok sue to get out of paying the EU's fee for policing content
Meta and TikTok owner ByteDance are not keen on the idea of paying the European Union to regulate them. The companies have challenged a supervisory fee set forth by EU moderators, who are now required...
View ArticleThe best portable Bluetooth speakers for 2024
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about today’s Bluetooth speakers, it’s that for general consumers, the options are pretty good. However, that doesn't make the process of sifting through the dozens of...
View ArticleFunimation will stream its last anime on April 2
Sony's Funimation purchased Crunchyroll from WarnerMedia for $1.175 billion in 2020, and they kicked off their transformation into a unified anime subscription service under the latter's name a year...
View ArticleGoogle rebrands its Bard AI chatbot as Gemini, which now has its own Android app
Just as Microsoft renamed Bing Chat to Copilot to unify its generative AI branding, Google is doing the same thing with Bard and Duet AI. The services now bear the name Gemini, after Google's...
View ArticleThe best microSD cards in 2024
Most microSD cards will be fast enough for storing photos, recording video and transferring files, but some options will provide a little more value than others. If you’re looking to add storage space...
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