Illustration: The Verge The Supreme Court has declined a long-running legal challenge from X Corp., formerly Twitter, over whether it can publicly reveal US government demands for user data. X Corp. v. Garland was on a list of denied petitions released this morning. That leaves X with a March 2023 ruling that the First Amendment
Read MoreAlan Ohnsman / Forbes: Starting this month Waymo plans to run its SUVs on Phoenix freeways, initially with just its staff, making it the first robotaxi company to prep faster rides — Starting this month the Alphabet Inc. unit will operate autonomous Waymos on Phoenix-area freeways.
Read MoreThis year’s Golden Globes didn’t feature all that many surprising upsets, and host Jo Koy lost the audience on more than one occasion, but the awards ceremony was marked by a number of heartfelt acceptance speeches and memorable moments that made it feel like Hollywood’s ready to get back to work. Setting aside the messiness
Read MoreCredit: NVIDIA NVIDIA has announced the RTX 40 Super range of graphics cards. Expect these cards to range in price from $599 to $999. CES 2024 is well underway, and NVIDIA isn’t content to sit on the sidelines. The company has just held a virtual event, where it announced the RTX 40 Super series of
Read MoreEmilia David / The Verge: Getty Images and Nvidia launch Generative AI by iStock, a text-to-image service that generates stock photos and is aimed at SMBs — Getty Images and Nvidia are deepening their AI partnership with the launch of Generative AI by iStock, a text-to-image platform specifically designed to make stock photos.
Read MoreLily Gladstone has made history by becoming the first Indigenous actress to win a Best Performance Golden Globe
Read MoreThe Apple Vision Pro has finally received a release date and, alongside this, a list of apps that will be available from launch. Here’s everything we know.
Read MoreThe high-end Victrola Stream Sapphire comes with a wooden plinth. | Image: Victrola Over the past few years, Victrola’s come back on the scene with slick turntables capable of streaming to Sonos’ wireless speakers. Now, the company is taking things a step further with the Victrola Stream Sapphire, a turntable that’s capable of streaming records
Read MoreApple’s Vision Pro headset. | Image: Apple When the Apple Vision Pro headset goes on sale on February 2nd, anyone who needs some vision-correcting lenses will need to account for an extra charge to add optical inserts from Zeiss. Apple says that readers will cost $99, while prescription lenses are $149. Footnotes from Apple indicate
Read MoreChance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple says the base Vision Pro model has 256GB of storage and the ZEISS Optical Inserts for readers cost $99 and prescription ZEISS Optical Inserts cost $149 — Apple has announced more details on Vision Pro availability. In a press release today, Apple announced that Vision Pro …
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Read MoreCredit: Apple Apple Vision Pro goes on sale in the US on February 2, while pre-orders begin on January 19. The Vision Pro costs $3,499 for 256GB storage, ZEISS reader inserts will cost $99, and prescription inserts will cost $149. Apple is including a Solo Knit Band, a Dual Loop Band, and plenty of other
Read MoreBrody Ford / Bloomberg: Twilio co-founder Jeff Lawson steps down as CEO and from the company board, replaced by Khozema Shipchandler, amid slow growth and activist investor pressure — Lawson will be replaced by Khozema Shipchandler, who most recently led the communication business unit, Twilio said in a statement Monday.
Read MoreRobots are growing appendages… The Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra is the first robovac with an arm. It’s also one of the first to support Matter. | Image: Roborock While we wait impatiently for robot vacuums to grow legs to tackle our stairs, Roborock has added an arm to its newest flagship model. Launching at CES
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Read MoreOnce expensive and difficult to implement, renewable energy solutions like wind and solar are now often the cheapest options available for generating electricity for the grid. However, there are still some issues around the non-continuous supply from these sources, with grid storage becoming a key technology to keep the lights on around the clock. In
Read MoreCredit: Roborock Roborock is launching several new robotic cleaning products. The S8 Max series uses a robotic arm to clean hard-to-reach areas. Both the Q Revo series and S8 Max series will be available for purchase in April. It’s CES 2024 and that means it’s time for companies to show off their latest technological innovations.
Read MoreApple isn’t expected to unveil an updated item tracker any time soon and its stock rooms are reportedly still full of the old model.
Read MoreWith Vision Pro confirmed to be coming in February, Apple has also revealed some new features for its headset.
Read MoreImage: AMD AMD is launching a new 1080p GPU that can also stretch to handle up to 1440p. The $329 Radeon RX 7600 XT will be available on January 24th, offering a performance bump over the existing Radeon RX 7600 that was firmly designed for 1080p gaming. I’ve been waiting for sub-$400 cards to really
Read MoreImage: AMD Not long after AMD announced new AI-focused silicon, the company is back with more. AMD finally revealed its Ryzen 8000-series desktop processors at CES 2024, and like the Ryzen 8040 mobile APU series announced in December, these chips are also built to, according to AMD, better handle AI. The highest-specced chip of the
Read MoreGavin Bonshor / AnandTech: AMD announces the $329 Ryzen 7 8700G, $229 Ryzen 5 8600G, and $179 Ryzen 5 8500G for desktop, offering Zen 4 cores and Radeon 780M graphics, shipping January 31 — While it’s been touted for many months that AMD will release APUs for desktops based on Zen 4, rumors and wishes
Read MoreThis phone fell from a commercial jet airliner while it was in flight and lived to tell the tale. | Image: @SeanSafyre (X) Game designer Sean Bates found an iPhone in a bush Sunday that had fallen from Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 when it lost a part of its fuselage shortly after takeoff. The phone
Read MoreImage: Waymo Waymo’s days of avoiding freeways are finally coming to an end. The Alphabet-owned company announced today that its fully driverless vehicles would begin tackling the higher speeds of Phoenix’s freeways, all while ferrying passengers to and from their destinations. Waymo says it will approach freeway trips with some degree of slowness — not
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Homey is rolling out infrared AC controls to the Homey Pro and Homey Bridge. Older Homey hubs will also receive the update. The company is also enabling Thread capabilities for the Homey Pro’s built-in Thread radio. Smart home hubs Homey Pro and Homey Bridge are getting new capabilities
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