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Microsoft is urging 240 million PC users to upgrade their hardware to support Windows 11's security features, which rely on the TPM 2.0 chip. The company highlights TPM 2.0's role in protecting data, ensuring trusted sof…
Synology will restrict third-party hard drive use in its 2025 Plus Series NAS devices, prioritizing its own branded and certified drives for optimal performance and reliability. Existing users and 2024 and earlier Plus S…
Apple Watch Series 10 is on sale at Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy. The 42mm model is $299 ($100 off), and the 46mm Wi-Fi model is $329 ($100 off). This is the lowest price seen for both sizes. The Series 10 offers a brig…
China hosted the world's first humanoid half-marathon, featuring over 20 robots competing against 12,000 humans. While technologically impressive, the robots, including the winning Tiangong Ultra, finished significantly …
Nintendo Switch 2 preorders begin April 24th. Target starts at 12 AM ET, GameStop at 11 AM ET online and in-store when doors open. The launch date is June 5th. Nintendo delayed preorders to assess tariffs and market cond…
Microsoft researchers have developed a new large language model (LLM) using a ternary (-1, 0, 1) weight system, significantly reducing memory footprint and computational needs. This "1.58-bit" model, trained natively at …
YouTube Music is rolling out a 'Consistent Volume' feature for Android and iOS, normalizing audio levels across different tracks. This long-requested feature, already available on the main YouTube app, is accessible thro…
Google is adding colorful icons to the Android Settings app as part of a broader expressive redesign. This change, spotted in Android 16 Beta 4, features circular icons with varying colors on the Settings homepage. While…
A Cursor AI code editor's support bot, "Sam," falsely informed a user of a nonexistent policy restricting usage to one device per subscription. This fabrication, a known AI issue called confabulation, caused significant …
The British Army successfully used a radiofrequency directed energy weapon (RF-DEW) to neutralize a swarm of 100 drones in Wales. This is the largest trial of its kind in the UK, demonstrating the weapon's effectiveness …
Google's latest marketing campaign directly compares its Pixel 9a to Apple's iPhone 16e, highlighting superior features. Google emphasizes the Pixel 9a's larger display, longer battery life, dual camera system with advan…
Samsung has resumed the rollout of its One UI 7 update for the Galaxy S24 in South Korea after temporarily suspending it due to a serious bug that prevented users from unlocking their phones. The new build, version S928N…
Google offers US college students a free subscription to its Google One AI Premium plan until June 30th, 2026. Requiring a valid .edu email, the offer includes 2TB of storage and access to AI tools like Gemini Advanced (…
The British Army successfully tested a new radio-wave weapon capable of neutralizing drone swarms. Developed by Thales UK, the weapon uses high-frequency radio waves to disable drones' electronic components, causing them…
Google aims for 500 million Gemini users by 2025 and is offering US college students a year of free access to Gemini Advanced, including Pro models, Deep Research, and other AI tools. This Google One AI Premium plan also…
A viral trend uses OpenAI's new ChatGPT models, o3 and o4-mini, to identify locations from images. These models analyze images, even blurry ones, and use web searches to pinpoint cities, landmarks, and businesses. This r…
The U.S. Space Force released a new document, "Space Warfighting: A Framework for Planners," detailing its strategy for defending and, if necessary, offensively engaging enemy space systems. The document emphasizes space…
Apple's iPhone 18 models are slated to utilize TSMC's advanced 2nm chip manufacturing process for their A20 chips, promising significant performance and efficiency boosts. This follows Apple's adoption of 3nm technology …
TSMC's new 2nm wafers, costing $30,000 each, are creating a dilemma for tech giants like Apple, Qualcomm, and MediaTek. While the cutting-edge technology is desirable, the high cost will likely lead to more expensive sma…
Wikipedia launched a new dataset on Kaggle, a Google-owned platform, to provide AI developers with structured Wikipedia content in English and French. This aims to reduce the strain on Wikipedia's servers caused by AI sc…
Apple released urgent security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS Sequoia, tvOS, and visionOS to patch two actively exploited vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-31200, a memory corruption flaw in Core Audio, and CVE-2025-31201, a vul…
Google announced the upcoming release of Android 16 Beta 4 on April 17th. This near-final build, teased for the third consecutive release, is primarily for developer testing. While minor visual changes and features like …
Google's Gemini Live, offering screen and camera sharing with AI-powered analysis, is expanding access. Initially available to Advanced subscribers, the feature is now rolling out for free to all Android users. Users can…
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can now stream over 100 select Xbox games directly from their Series X/S or One consoles, eliminating download times and saving hard drive space. This feature, previously available on …
Google is discontinuing Google Assistant on Fitbit Sense and Versa smartwatches, a feature launched in 2020. The shutdown, announced in March 2024 and beginning now, is part of Google's broader shift to its Gemini AI pla…