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Startup set to brick $800 kids robot is trying to open source it first

Most owners still won't be refunded for the emotional support toy. Credit: Embodied Earlier this month, startup Embodied announced that it is going out of business and taking its Moxie robot with it....

Google will apparently offer “AI Mode” right on its main search page

The most direct push for Google's Gemini chat so far. I've ingested all this information...

Intel Arc B580 review: A $249 RTX 4060 killer, one-and-a-half years later

Intel has solved the biggest problems with its Arc GPUs, but not the timing. Intel's...

Google steps into “extended reality” once again with Android XR

No pricing or availability, but there's new competition in headsets and glasses. Rendering of "Project...

YouTube TV is hiking prices again after denying “erroneous” report days ago

$83/mo price lines up with Hulu TV Live, and not as far below traditional...

Next-gen iPhones and other Apple announcements are coming on September 9

Expect iterative iPhone updates with a dash of Apple Intelligence. Apple's next product announcement event is happening on September 9 at 1 pm ET, the...

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov awaits charges in France as firm denies law-breaking

Telegram accused of not cooperating on drug trafficking and child sexual content. After the arrest of Telegram CEO and co-founder Pavel Durov in France over the weekend,...

US grid adds batteries at 10x the rate of natural gas in first half of 2024

By year's end, 96 percent of the US's grid additions won't add carbon to the atmosphere. While solar power is growing at an extremely rapid...

Labor board confirms Amazon drivers are employees, in finding hailed by union

“We are Amazon workers”: Delivery drivers celebrate labor board finding. Amazon may be forced to meet some unionized delivery drivers at the bargaining table after...

Google avoids “link tax” bill with deal to fund California journalism and AI

Critics say Google got off easy as it agrees to pay $55 million into news fund. Google has agreed to fund local journalism and an...

AMD explains, promises partial fixes for Ryzen 9000 performance problems

Improved branch prediction in Windows 24H2 should help all recent Ryzen CPUs. AMD recently released its Ryzen 9000-series processors, which brought the company's new Zen...

AT&T and Verizon ask FCC to throw a wrench into Starlink’s mobile plan

Carriers allege Starlink/T-Mobile will interfere with existing mobile networks. AT&T and Verizon are urging telecom regulators to reject a key part of SpaceX's plan to...

Redbox app axed, dashing people’s hopes of keeping purchased content

Customers uncertain as app remains downloadable after company's Chapter 7 filing. Roku has finally axed the Redbox app from its platform. Redbox parent company Chicken...

The Pixel 9 phones are big cameras and screens soldered onto Gemini AI ambitions

"Pro" no longer means "large," and the Fold is the biggest screen ever. Google announced its fall lineup of Pixel phones today: three standard phones and a...

Google abruptly shuts down AdSense in Russia as tensions with Kremlin escalate

Russia-based YouTubers, in particular, will likely lose significant revenues. Google announced Monday that it's shutting down all AdSense accounts in Russia due to "ongoing developments in Russia." This...

Microsoft’s Paint 3D was once the future of MS Paint, but now it’s going away

User outcry ushered in a renaissance for classic MS Paint, and Paint 3D faded. In October of 2017, Microsoft released a version of Windows 10...

Push alerts from TikTok include fake news, expired tsunami warning

News-style notifications include false claims about Taylor Swift, other misleading info. TikTok has been sending inaccurate and misleading news-style alerts to users’ phones, including a...

Intel details fixes for crashing 13th- and 14th-gen CPUs as BIOS updates roll out

This microcode fix can't be rolled out in a regular software update. Intel has shared more about the voltage-related issues that affected some 13th- and...

Nova Launcher, savior of cruft-filled Android phones, is on life support

Nova Launcher feels the "massive" layoffs at the firm that acquired it in 2022. Back in July 2022, when mobile app metrics firm Branch acquired...
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