Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft starts rolling out a Windows 11 update that adds access to Windows Copilot and, over the coming months, AI updates to Paint, Snipping Tool, and Photos — Microsoft is releasing one of its biggest updates to Windows 11 today. It includes access to the new Windows Copilot …
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Update, September 26, 2023 (3:06 PM ET): We have updated our ROG Phone 8 rumor hub with new information on the processor. As Windows- and Linux-based gaming handhelds pick up steam, Android-based gaming phones appear to be going the other way, fading into obscurity and with increasingly fewer options
Read MoreDavid Pierce / The Verge: Eddie Cue’s US v. Google testimony: Cue said Google was the only “valid” search choice for a deal; the DOJ noted Apple railed against Google’s privacy policies — Eddy Cue, in a dark suit, peered down at the monitor in front of him. The screens in the Washington, DC …
Read MoreDespite a somewhat shaky start, it seems like everyone is finally embracing USB-C. Most gadgets have made the switch these days, and even Apple has (with some external persuasion) gotten on board. That’s great for new hardware, but it can lead to a frustrating experience when you reach for an older device and find a
Read MoreAndrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: Review of macOS 14 Sonoma: a better stab at usable widgets, improved password manager, promising gaming enhancements, but more features are skipping Intel Macs — If at first you don’t create usable desktop widgets, try, try again. — I was preparing to write an intro calling macOS Sonoma …
Read MoreDevin Coldewey / TechCrunch: The US FCC announces plans to reinstate net neutrality and “return to the successful rules the Commission adopted in 2015” — Net neutrality is back on the menu, citizens. After a long, long battle ending in eventual defeat during Trump’s presidency, the FCC is set to reinstate rules …
Read MorePhoto by Becca Farsace / The Verge Apple just released macOS Sonoma, and along with the new 14.0 version of its operating system, there’s an update for its standalone Studio Display monitor that addresses some of our issues with its much-derided webcam (via MacRumors). Now, the Studio Display’s camera offers manual control over framing and
Read MoreDan Goodin / Ars Technica: Researchers detail a cross-origin attack affecting Chrome that lets a malicious site read pixels from another site; it exploits how modern GPUs compress images — A previously unknown compression side channel in GPUs can expose images thought to be private.
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Sources: OpenAI is pitching investors on a possible share sale that would value the startup at between $80B and $90B, almost triple its level earlier this year — Startup was valued at about $29 billion in share sale earlier this year — OpenAI is talking to investors about a possible share sale
Read MorePhoto by Steven Ferdman / Getty Images The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced plans to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules meant to guarantee fair access to the internet and its information, five years after they were repealed by then-president Donald Trump in 2018. Previous net neutrality rules adopted in 2015 classified broadband service
Read MorePhoto by Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Eddy Cue, in a dark suit, peered down at the monitor in front of him. The screens in the Washington, DC, courtroom had briefly malfunctioned and left witnesses with only binders, but now the tech was up and running — showing an image of three iPhones, each demonstrating
Read MoreManaged Apache Kafka service provider Confluent has launched a new initiative, dubbed Data Streaming for AI, in order to help enterprises develop applications based on real-time data, including generative AI use cases. To read this article in full, please click here
Read MoreMost of these streaming services are in the Streaming Innovation Alliance. | Image: Wes Davis / The Verge Streaming companies have formed the Streaming Innovation Alliance (SIA), reported Axios. The new trade group should give companies like Netflix and Disney a solid foundation from which to deal with current and future regulation by the federal
Read MoreThe new iPhone 15 series is the first in the lineup that gets rid of the classic mute switch. In its place, we get a new “Action Button.” Surprisingly, Apple has given users the choice to set a number of pre-defined actions to this button. Even more surprisingly, you can also run Shortcuts through this
Read MoreImage: Apple Just yesterday, I included Fingernails in a list of movies from the Toronto International Film Festival that would be streaming very soon. And now, we have our very first trailer for the sci-fi romcom, which is coming to Apple TV Plus. Directed by Christos Nikou, Fingernails is set in a sort of retrofuturistic
Read MoreCNBC: The FTC and 17 US states sue Amazon for allegedly using monopoly power to keep its prices artificially high, push sellers to pay fees, and harm its rivals — – Amazon is facing its first set of antitrust charges from the U.S. federal government after the Federal Trade Commission filed …
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google announced that it is discontinuing Google Podcasts. The app will continue to work until sometime in 2024. Google Podcasts users will be able to migrate their existing subscriptions If you liked having your podcasts and music separated, you’re not going to like today’s news. Google will be discontinuing
Read MoreApple has officially released macOS 14. Here’s a breakdown of all the new features, which Macs support it, and how to download it.
Read MorePhoto by Becca Farsace / The Verge Microsoft is releasing one of its biggest updates to Windows 11 today. It includes access to the new Windows Copilot, AI-powered updates to Paint, Snipping Tool, and Photos, RGB lighting support, a modernized File Explorer, and much more. Windows Copilot is the big new feature for this Windows
Read MoreNew York Times: More than half of the testimony given in the Google antitrust trial so far has been behind closed doors, due to a secrecy push from Google, Microsoft, and Apple — Efforts to seal testimony have increasingly raised questions as the federal antitrust case enters its third week in court.
Read MoreApple’s macOS Sonoma update is now ready for download after a months-long beta process.
Read MoremacOS Sonoma brings the iOS lock screen to the Mac. | Screenshot: Monica Chin / The Verge Apple injects a little more iOS into the Mac today as it releases macOS Sonoma, aka macOS 14.0. Sonoma brings with it features like persistent desktop widgets, a new iOS-style lock screen, and a game mode that promises
Read MoreCredit: Nothing CMF by Nothing is a new sub-brand that uses the same in-house design team as mainline Nothing products. The first three devices from this sub-brand are earbuds, a smartwatch, and a GaN charger. The products are incredibly inexpensive and will come to the UK at first. India is next, with the US and
Read MoreIt may be a 75 percent layout, but this hefty keyboard is anything but compact. Angry Miao usually specializes in bespoke mechanical keyboards with zany or nonsensical designs that cost small fortunes. But today, its new Japan-based sub-brand, Dry Studio, is announcing a Lamborghini-inspired gaming keyboard that looks like a futuristic race car on your
Read MoreKyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: Google Messages has been installed 5B+ times, after crossing 1B installations in May 2020 and becoming the default messaging app on most new Android devices — In the midst of Google’s “#GetTheMessage” campaign, the company’s own RCS/SMS/MMS app for Android, Google Messages, has now been installed over five billion times.
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