Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Mint Mobile prides itself on offering cheap phone plans for as little as $15 a month, making it a great deal for someone looking to save money on their phone bill. In 2023 the Ryan Reynolds-owned carrier widened its target to families as well. Is the Mint Mobile family
Read MoreMany of the Star Wars shows on Disney+ were often just overly long movies in disguise. Bringing The Mandalorian and Grogu to the big screen rights that.
Read MoreJon Porter / The Verge: Asus revamps the Zenbook Duo with two 14″ 120Hz OLED displays and a detachable bluetooth keyboard; in the UK it will debut in late January for £1,699 — Asus is back with another Zenbook Duo, the latest device in its range of dual-screened laptops. But rather than including …
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge The state of Pennsylvania will deploy OpenAI’s enterprise ChatGPT service in a pilot program to help state employees do administrative work. The pilot begins this month and will be limited to an unspecified number of Pennsylvania’s Office of Administration employees, but it could be expanded to other state workers in the future,
Read MoreA new gadget called Swapery claims to give your phone a fully charged external battery pack in seconds. There’s no word on pricing for the Swapery or battery packs just yet. Many top smartphones are equipped with fast charging speeds, but what if you can’t afford to wait for a device to top up? Well,
Read MoreRecently [Michael] over at the [Teaching Tech] YouTube channel got access to the X1Plus firmware, and takes us through what it may mean for Bambu Lab X1 owners. X1Plus is alternative firmware for the Bambu Lab X1 FDM 3D printer that was developed by X1 owners who felt that there were some features that they
Read MoreLisa Stiffler / GeekWire: Cybersecurity company ExtraHop raises $100M in new funding from existing investors and says it ended 2023 with ~$200M ARR, double what it reported in 2021 — Cybersecurity company ExtraHop announced $100 million in new funding from existing investors, as well as the hiring of two C-suite executives.
Read MoreAlex Konrad / Forbes: Keith Rabois is returning to Khosla Ventures as a managing director, after five years at Founders Fund — With $3.1 billion in new funds, Khosla Ventures and founder Vinod Khosla are bringing back Keith Rabois, a high-profile former partner and outspoken Miami resident.
Read MoreThat’s a whole navigable UI… on broadcast TV. | Photo by Alex Cranz / The Verge If you happen to live in Las Vegas and have a TV with an ATSC 3.0 tuner, then, for the next few days, there will be a new channel on your TV. At first, the Roxi channel just appears
Read MoreJon Brodkin / Ars Technica: The FCC plans shutdown of the two-year-old Affordable Connectivity Program, which currently has 23M enrolled households, as GOP withholds funding — FCC must start winding down low-income program as Congress fails to add money. — The Federal Communications Commission is about to start winding …
Read MoreFor those with an interest in the history of spaceflight, January 8th promised to be a pretty exciting day. Those who tuned into the early morning live stream were looking forward to seeing the first flight of the Vulcan Centaur, a completely new heavy-lift booster developed by United Launch Alliance. But as noteworthy as the
Read MorePhoto by Loren Grush / The Verge NASA has pushed back its timeline for its Artemis missions that would send human beings to the Moon, including landing on the south pole. The first of these, Artemis II, will launch in September 2025 and will orbit the Earth’s satellite, with the landing mission, Artemis III, now
Read MoreImage: Luminar All vehicles are required to have automatic emergency braking, but the technology is not the best at preventing crashes, especially at highway speeds. But what about automatic emergency steering? Florida-based lidar company Luminar unveiled a new automatic emergency steering (AES) feature powered by its Iris Plus sensor. The idea is to use the
Read MoreThe PlayStation 5 “slim” is barely a couple months old, but Sony is already preparing to release new sideplates for the console. And the company is showing off a trio of those new color options — blue, silver, and red — here at CES 2024. The side covers will start at $54.99 when they go
Read MoreImage: Mercedes-Benz AG People love to play their music while driving, but unless you’re some sort of wizard with control over time and space, rarely does the beat actually match up with the rhythm of acceleration and steering. Mercedes-AMG aims to change that with a new “interactive musical experience” that it’s created along with musician
Read MoreImage: Mercedes-Benz AG Mercedes-Benz is supercharging its in-car voice assistant with generative AI, paving the way for more natural interactions and personalized driver experiences. The automaker’s upgraded MBUX Virtual Assistant will run on the next-generation MB.OS operating system to create “the most human-like interface with a Mercedes-Benz yet,” the company says. Examples include predictive behavior,
Read MoreFaster pairing is caring. | Image: Google Modern digital life comes with a great many gadgets — and those gadgets are often loath to work together. Nowhere is that more apparent than the OLED-paneled halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center during CES, where Google is announcing some small efforts to get the wide constellation
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge At CES 2024, Google is revealing some new features for people to use Android Auto phone mirroring in their cars as well as for those who drive cars with Google’s native Android software. Electric vehicle owners will soon be able to share real-time battery information with Google Maps
Read MoreCredit: Adam Birney / Android Authority Google has announced that the Chrome browser is coming to Google-powered cars. Electric cars with Android Auto are also gaining handy battery/charging features in Maps. Google is no stranger to CES, and the company is using the 2024 event to make a raft of announcements. These announcements include plenty
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Fast Pair support is now coming to Chromecast with Google TV, and soon to other Google TV devices. Chromecast now supports TikTok and will soon also support casting live content from TikTok to your Chromecast built-in devices. You can now also cast Spotify and YouTube Music audio from
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Google and Samsung have come together to rebrand Nearby Share to Quick Share. The new Quick Share option will roll out to current Nearby Share-enabled devices next month. The companies are also in talks with PC makers to expand Quick Share to Windows PCs as a pre-installed app.
Read MorePhoto by Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Kaitlyn Dever will officially take on the role of Abby in the highly anticipated second season of The Last of Us, HBO announced on Tuesday. Rumors about Dever’s role as Abby in the video game adaptation began circulating late last year. Abby is one of the major
Read MorePhoto by Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images Similar to the way X (formerly Twitter) offered Tucker Carlson a soapbox to broadcast from following his ouster from Fox News, the streaming platform is launching a trio of new shows built around former CNN journalist Don Lemon, ex-Representative Tulsi Gabbard, and sports radio host Jim
Read MoreA fully maxed out system like this will cost more than $50K, and that’s before you factor in the cost of solar and labor. | Image: EcoFlow The Delta Pro Ultra is EcoFlow’s upgraded answer to US power outages that have been made worse by a surge in extreme weather. In the event of a
Read MoreThe Rabbit R1 is not a phone… but it’s not not a phone. | Image: Rabbit Jesse Lyu, the CEO and founder of an AI startup called Rabbit, says he doesn’t want to replace your smartphone. At least not right away. His company’s new gadget, a $199 standalone AI device called the R1, is so
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