EU commissioner Margrethe Vestager addressed an audience at SXSW in Austin earlier this month where she was quizzed on everything from USB-C to the AI Act. Read more: Vestager on EU taking the lead in regulation and its global impact
Read MoreDell reduced its workforcereduced its workforce as part of a broader initiative to cut costs that included limiting external hiring and employee reorganizations, it said in a filing on Monday. From a report: As of Feb. 2, 2024, it had nearly 120,000 employees, down from about 126,000 a year earlier. The layoffs come after sluggish
Read MoreAs more big companies are showing support for passkeys, FIDO Alliance CEO Andrew Shikiar believes that our dependence on passwords will be gone in several years. Read more: The long road to passkeys: When will they become mainstream?
Read MoreVinyl reigns when it comes to physical media. | Image: RIAA People bought 43 million vinyl records last year, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). That’s 6 million more than the number of CDs sold in 2023, marking the second time since 1987 that’s happened and reflecting the steady 17-year-running growth of
Read MoreGiving gifts is important in Dragon’s Dogma 2, just as it is in real life, and who doesn’t love receiving flowers? The thoughtful gift that dies within days has got many a human out of a young, short-term spot over the ages and it seems things are no different in video games now. A bunch
Read MoreCredit: Samsung Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2024). The specs are mostly the same as the 2022 release, except for the SoC. The tablet will launch on March 28. Despite the silent launch in Romania, Samsung’s refreshed budget-friendly Android tablet was never officially announced. So as Spider-Man says, “Alright, people, let’s
Read MoreImage: The Verge Google is releasing an optimized version of its Chrome browser for Windows on Arm this week, the search giant has announced alongside chipmaker Qualcomm. The official release comes two months after an early version of the browser was spotted in Chrome’s Canary channel. Qualcomm says the release “will roll out starting today.”
Read MoreImage: Nintendo Delightful design and the beloved royal badass isn’t enough to save Peach’s first game in 19 years from being a touch boring. Continue reading…
Read MoreB&H Photo has dropped the price of Apple’s M1 MacBook Air to $699, a discount of $300 off the original retail price. Plus, get bonus perks like free 2-day shipping and a sales tax refund with Payboo. B&H’s $699 price matches the lowest price available on the M1 13-inch MacBook Air. This model, available in
Read MoreThe Apple Vision Pro may get a boost of support when it eventually launches in China, with Tencent reportedly agreeing to supply apps for the headset. Tencent’s WeChat could be heading to the Apple Vision Pro Apple CEO Tim Cook has already confirmed that the Apple Vision Pro will be heading to China later in
Read MoreAlthough we no longer rely on our phones’ Bluetooth connectivity to exchange files, we still use it to connect speakers, earphones, and headsets. If you listen to music every day to nullify your stress hormones, you will be upset when you discover that your Android’s Bluetooth is not working. Your Android phone’s Bluetooth may stop
Read MoreImage: Microsoft Microsoft is improving the way its AI-powered Copilot works in Microsoft Teams with new ways to invoke the assistant during meeting chats, summaries, and more. Copilot is already able to summarize Teams meetings, but in the coming months, it will combine spoken transcripts and written chats into a single view to make it
Read MoreTelegram is offering a new way to earn a premium subscription free of charge: all you have to do is volunteer your phone number to relay one-time passwords (OTP) to other users. This, in fact, sounds like an awful idea — particularly for a messaging service based around privacy. From a report: X user @AssembleDebug
Read MoreImage: The Verge / Photo courtesy of University of Washington The world is a noisy place. High-end headphones are getting better at shutting it out; solid noise-canceling headphones from Sony, Bose, and others are increasingly a must-have for anyone who spends a lot of time on planes and trains, or in coffee shops full of
Read MoreA combination of gamified social platforms, distrust in media and government, unprecedented conspiratorial thinking, and even a bot influence campaign led us to this point.
Read MoreAs the new MoonSwatch watch hits stores, licensing operations behind IP from Popeye to Miss Piggy are no longer dealing in bargain-basement merch—Louis Vuitton, Balenciaga, Fendi, Audemars Piguet and more are tapping into high-end comic connections.
Read MoreThe Pixel A-series has been offering some of the best value-for-money phones in recent times, packing flagship features into a sub-$500 price tag. The Pixel 7a continued this tradition, boasting some of the most impressive specs ever seen on a Pixel A-series phone. But if all the rumors about the Pixel 8a turn out to
Read MoreThe new designs for the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro may have been revealed in these 3d printed dummy units. Purported dummy units of the iPhone 16 Pro (left) and iPhone 16 (right) Following an earlier report that the iPhone 16 Pro could see one new color, the leaker is now showing off dummy
Read MoreA phone called Xeta One is in the crowdfunding stage. It’s a QWERTY phone that cannibalized the LG Wing, one of LG’s last smartphones. You should definitely not back this phone’s crowdfunding campaign, but it’s interesting to look at. One of the final phones from LG before its unfortunate exit from the smartphone industry was
Read MoreA photo of what could be a case for the iPhone 16 Pro may have revealed the size and location of a rumored new button. A gap in a case for the iPhone 16 Pro [Sonny Dickson/X] Apple’s big external change on the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max was the inclusion of the Action
Read MoreIllustration by Vincent Kilbride The AI search tools are getting better — but they don’t yet understand what a search engine really is and how we really use them. Continue reading…
Read MoreYou might love gaming so much that you want it to be as immersive as possible. or perhaps you’ve honed your skills to the point that milliseconds count. Either way, upgrading to a top Samsung gaming monitor will take you to the next level, and Samsung Gaming Week is the best chance to save. The
Read MoreCredit: Supplied by vivo The vivo X Fold 3 and X Fold 3 Pro have been launched in China. These foldables bring slim designs and bright screens. The Pro model also brings a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset for the first time in a foldable phone. Vivo has teased the X Fold 3 and X
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Android smartphones come in all shapes and sizes, appealing to different people across price ranges. We have top Android flagships dominating at the top end, and we have budget Android phones serving needs without hurting your wallet. With such intense competition across often similar hardware, Android OEMs have to
Read MoreMost docking stations support around ten ports and, at most, three external monitors. iVANKY breaks that trend by launching the ultimate 20-in-1 dock capable of supporting four external displays for ultimate visibility for your demanding projects. iVANKY’s FusionDock Max 1 supports four external displays. iVANKY’s FusionDock Max 1 unlocks uncharted territory for creatives, business professionals,
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