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Microsoft updates Intel-based Surface PCs, if you can pay for them

Businesses often use hardware and software that still needs x86 to run properly. Microsoft's new Surfaces are all business. Credit: Microsoft Microsoft switched the Surface Pro tablet and both sizes of Surface Laptop from...

Apple chips can be hacked to leak secrets from Gmail, iCloud, and more

Side channel gives unauthenticated remote attackers access they should never have. Apple is introducing three...

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 costs as much as a whole gaming PC—but it sure is fast

Even setting aside Frame Generation, this is a fast, power-hungry $2,000 GPU. Credit: Andrew Cunningham Nvidia's...

Cutting-edge Chinese “reasoning” model rivals OpenAI o1—and it’s free to download

DeepSeek R1 is free to run locally and modify, and it matches OpenAI's o1...

Trump issues flurry of orders on TikTok, DOGE, social media, AI, and energy

A roundup of executive orders issued by Trump after his second inauguration. US President Donald...

EcoFlow Delta Ultra is more than a Powerwall on wheels, it goes off grid

Ecoflow announced the Delta Ultra today at CES, its monster 6kWh home LFP battery pack on wheels. Its 240V/30A= 7.2kW output can back up a home...

Intel’s CPU branding was already confusing, and today’s new CPUs made it worse

Some are 14th-gen Core and some are Core (Series 1), but they're the same thing. Intel usually uses CES to fill out the processor lineups...

LG OLED T is a transparent 77-inch TV that will arrive in 2024

Expect it to be extremely expensive. LG today announced plans to sell a TV with transparent-display technology that has almost exclusively been relegated to commercial...

iPhone owners get $92 payouts from Apple in phone-throttling settlement

Users had to submit claims by October 2020; finally got paid in January 2024. US-based iPhone users are finally getting long-awaited payments to compensate them...

Elon Musk’s X loses fight to disclose federal surveillance of users

Musk disappointed SCOTUS won’t weigh harms of feds secretly spying on X users. On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to review an appeal from X (formerly Twitter), alleging that...

Samsung SmartThings App Will Connect to Tesla EVs, Powerwall Battery

Samsung is also working with Hyundai to eventually integrate SmartThings into its cars, too. Looking to better manage your smart home devices? Samsung today announced...

Wizards of the Coast Confirms ‘AI Components’ Were Used In Magic: The Gathering Marketing Artwork

WotC says a vendor did actually use the help of AI in the art. Wizards of the Coast has confirmed that "some AI components" were...

Xreal’s new AR glasses are aimed at the Apple Vision Pro

The $699 glasses, which include full 3D tracking, ship starting in March Augmented reality company Xreal has revealed a new entry in its Air glasses...

SpaceX Tries (Again) to Reduce Starlink Latency to Under 20 Milliseconds

SpaceX is trying to bring down the latency rates for Starlink amid soaring user growth. Not happy with the latency on Starlink? SpaceX CEO Elon Musk...

What Happens in 60 Seconds on the Internet?

In a single minute, 6.3 million Google searches are entered, and 241 million email messages are sent—and that's just the tip of the iceberg. The...

Samsung Galaxy S24 Unpacked Event Set for Jan. 17

'Galaxy AI is coming,' reads the tagline, so get ready for Samsung-developed artificial intelligenc Samsung today announced that it will hold its first Galaxy Unpacked...

Apple rolling out second betas of iOS 17.3, macOS 14.3 and more to developers

Apple on Wednesday began rolling out the second betas of iOS 17.3, macOS Sonoma 14.3 and other software updates to developers. The first betas of...

Starlink launches first “cellphone towers in space” for use with LTE phones

T-Mobile field tests begin soon—texting to be available before voice and data. SpaceX last night launched the first six Starlink satellites that will provide cellular...

Amazon marketplace crackdown has sellers searching for legal help

Clean-up drive has led to some small businesses having their accounts suspended. Merchants who have been suspended from selling goods on Amazon’s marketplace are turning...
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