Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images The Annihilation author talks about jumping back into the Southern Reach series 10 years later and whether this is truly the end of the story. Continue reading…
Read MoreThe industry has been saying Apple is behind and asking when the iPhone maker would ever bring out AI — but the industry has always underestimated Apple. Today, toward the end of 2024, Apple Intelligence has still not yet been deployed. What frame of reference is there for postulating how important it is for “first
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Android 15 is a surprisingly feature-packed update, even though it does not come off as such a significant update. Considering how incremental several past updates have been, Android 15 features a lot of good changes that enhance the overall platform experience. We asked you what your favorite features are,
Read MoreImage: AMD AMD is officially announcing its first next-generation X3D desktop processors today, based on its latest Zen 5 architecture. I’d love to tell you which Ryzen 9000-series X3D chips are arriving next month, but AMD is strangely only teasing a release date of November 7th and providing no pricing or further details. AMD has
Read MoreA price war has developed between Amazon and Best Buy, with Apple’s M3 MacBook Air now marked down to just $899. Save $200 on Apple’s M3 MacBook Air. We covered a $200 price drop on the upgraded 13-inch MacBook Air with 16GB RAM/512GB storage earlier today, but the same $200 discount is now in effect
Read MoreInternet Archive founder Brewster Kahle highlighted a recent wave of attacks on libraries and archives across the globe and hopes that they are ‘not indicative of a trend’. Read more: Internet Archive suffers yet another cyberattack
Read MoreAhead of it rolling out to users, Tim Cook says that Apple Intelligence is already changing lives — including his own. Tim Cook — image credit: Apple Apple has been reported to be as much as two years behind the rest of the artificial intelligence industry, and CEO Tim Cook does not care. On the
Read MoreSimply telling playtesters not to share any details hasn’t exactly worked out. | Image: The Verge Nintendo has updated the official website for its mysterious “Switch Online: Playtest Program” today, privately revealing more information to participants about what it entails. The playtest is running from October 23rd, 9PM ET until November 5th, 8PM ET, and
Read MoreA team at the university’s Hamilton Institute will investigate how computers of the future could run on DNA. Read more: Maynooth University bags €4m for DNA computing project
Read More“Several of Europe’s biggest carmakers unveiled low-cost electric vehicles at the Paris Motor Show this week,” reports CNBC. The automakers are “seeking to jump-start a demand slump and recapture some of the market share now held by Chinese brands.” “It feels like Europe is fighting back,” Julia Poliscanova, senior director for vehicles and e-mobility supply
Read MoreFounded in 2021, this start-up wants to help US students access quality maths education in a virtual setting. Read more: Brighterly: Building an edtech solution to a US math problem
Read MoreOnePlus has posted a video which reveals the OnePlus 13’s design. The video also confirms an October 31 launch date in China. There’s been no shortage of OnePlus 13 rumors in the last few months, and OnePlus itself has also been teasing the phone in recent weeks. Now, the company has revealed a launch date
Read MoreAs things get smaller, we can fit more processing power into devices like robots to allow them to do more things or interact with their environment in new ways. If not, we can at least build them for less cost. But the design process can get exponentially more complicated when miniaturizing things. [Carl] wanted to
Read More“Millions of Cubans remained without power for a third day in a row Sunday,” reports CNN, “after fresh attempts to restore electricity failed overnight and the power grid collapsed for the fourth time — all before the arrival of Hurricane Oscar.” A report from Reuters notes it was the fourth power grid failure in 48
Read MoreCredit: Samsung Samsung has launched the Galaxy Z Fold 6 Special Edition in South Korea. The phone is thinner and lighter, get’s an upgraded 200MP camera, and features a stripped pattern metal/glass design. There is no word on the international availability of the phone. After months of leaks and rumors, Samsung has finally announced the
Read MoreWe have probably all been there: that sudden memory of playing a (video) game and the good memories associated with said memory. Yet how advisable is it to try and re-experience those nostalgic moments? That’s what [Matt] of the Techmoan YouTube channel decided to give a whirl when he ordered the Arcade1Up Pong 2 Player
Read More“After two years of being beaten with the memory-safety stick, the C++ community has published a proposal to help developers write less vulnerable code,” reports the Register. “The Safe C++ Extensions proposal aims to address the vulnerable programming language’s Achilles’ heel, the challenge of ensuring that code is free of memory safety bugs…” Acknowledging the
Read More“After two years of being beaten with the memory-safety stick, the C++ community has published a proposal to help developers write less vulnerable code,” reports the Register. “The Safe C++ Extensions proposal aims to address the vulnerable programming language’s Achilles’ heel, the challenge of ensuring that code is free of memory safety bugs…” Acknowledging the
Read MoreWhen all else fails, there’s radio. Hurricane Helene’s path of destruction through Appalachia stripped away every shred of modern infrastructure in some areas, leaving millions of residents with no ability to reach out to family members or call for assistance, and depriving them of any news from the outside world. But radio seems to be
Read MoreMichelle Yeoh is back in Trek. | Screenshot: YouTube Star Trek: Section 31 will premiere as a direct-to-streaming movie on January 24th on Paramount Plus, which revealed the date during a Trek panel at the New York Comic Con. Fans will finally see Michelle Yeoh’s Star Trek: Discovery character, Emperor Philippa Georgiou, put her Mirrorverse
Read MoreThis M3 MacBook Air is a popular configuration due to a bump up to 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. And thanks to an October discount, it’s on sale for $1,349. Save on Apple’s upgraded MacBook Air – Image credit: Apple The $1,349 price is available at Amazon on the 13-inch M3/16GB/512GB SSD spec
Read More“Who asked for any of this in the first place?” wonders a New York Times consumer-tech writer. (Alternate URL here.) “Judging from the feedback I get from readers, lots of people outside the tech industry remain uninterested in AI — and are increasingly frustrated with how difficult it has become to ignore.” The companies rely
Read MoreImage: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Tech billionaire Elon Musk gave a $1 million check to an audience member at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he’s been Trump-stumping, on Saturday. And he said he will continue to give that prize to one random voter per day until the Presidential election on November
Read MoreImage: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Tech billionaire Elon Musk gave a $1 million check to an audience member at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he’s been Trump-stumping, on Saturday. And he said he will continue to give that prize to one random voter per day until the Presidential election on November
Read MoreA post shared Saturday on social media acknowledges those admins and developers at the Internet Archive working “literally round the clock… They have taken no days off this past week. They are taking none this weekend… they are working with all of their energy and considerable talent.” It describes people “working so incredibly hard… putting
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