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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...

Google’s Play Store wants to pivot from grab-and-go to an active destination

If multi-app shopping doesn't keep you there, maybe free Pixel gear will. Google Play is a lot of things—perhaps too many things for those who...

Alexa had “no profit timeline,” cost Amazon $25 billion in 4 years

WSJ report highlights vague metrics, internal struggles of Amazon Devices. The Amazon business unit that focuses on Alexa-powered gadgets lost $25 billion between 2017 and...

Non-Google search engines blocked from showing recent Reddit results

Updated robots.txt file hits Bing and others without a Reddit deal. Recent discussions on Reddit are no longer showing up in non-Google search engine results....

AMD delays Ryzen 9000 launch to August “out of an abundance of caution”

More rigorous testing and screening have reportedly corrected the problem. AMD had planned to launch its first round of Ryzen 9000-series desktop processors by the end...

Samsung delays Galaxy Buds3 Pro release over quality concerns

"It tore from the inside instantly." Samsung is delaying the release of the $250 Galaxy Buds3 Pro in the US from July 24 to August...

The next Nvidia driver makes even more GPUs “open,” in a specific, quirky way

You can't see inside the firmware, but more open code can translate it for you. You have to read the headline on Nvidia's latest GPU announcement slowly,...

TikTok pushed far-right AfD party on young voters in Germany

Alternative for Germany-related content returned when searching for other parties. TikTok helped promote Germany’s far-right extremist political party to young voters ahead of last month’s EU elections, even...

Trump allies want to “Make America First in AI” with sweeping executive order

After repealing Biden's AI order, draft would create "Manhattan Projects" for military AI. Allies of former President Donald Trump have reportedly drafted a sweeping AI...

Elon Musk says SpaceX and X will relocate their headquarters to Texas

The billionaire blamed a California gender identity law for moving SpaceX and X headquarters. Elon Musk said Tuesday that he will move the headquarters of...

All four of Google’s Pixel 9 phones get lined up and shot (by regulators)

A taller Pixel Fold, a "small Pro" Pixel 9, and lots more early details. Can you really call them "leaks" if, every year, Google's Pixel...

YouTube creators surprised to find Apple and others trained AI on their videos

Once again, EleutherAI's data frustrates professional content creators. AI models at Apple, Salesforce, Anthropic, and other major technology players were trained on tens of thousands...

Google’s $500M effort to wreck Microsoft EU cloud deal failed, report says

Google reportedly didn't want a Microsoft antitrust complaint dropped in the EU. Google tried to derail a Microsoft antitrust settlement over anticompetitive software licensing in the European Union by...

Record labels sue Verizon for not disconnecting pirates’ Internet service

Lawsuit: One user's IP address was identified in 4,450 infringement notices. Major record labels sued Verizon on Friday, alleging that the Internet service provider violated...

PC emulator comes to iOS, but Apple’s restrictions hamper performance

UTM SE's lack of JIT compilation means "SE stands for Slow Edition." <img src="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/utmse.png" alt="<em>Space Cadet Pinball One month after PC emulator UTM was rejected from the...
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