Starlink Mini users just lost their beloved pause feature
Starlink Mini users just lost their beloved pause feature The Starlink Mini in Denmark. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge Starlink now charges $5 a month to pause its high-speed, low-latency internet service, a feature that used to be available for free. It affects Roam, Residential, and Priority subscribers in the US, most […]
Sam Altman is right and wrong about the future of photos
Sam Altman is right and wrong about the future of photos Don’t compare AI bunnies to phone camera processing, Sam. I’m annoyed, not for the first time, by something Sam Altman has said. But this time it’s because I’m annoyed at how much I agree with what he’s saying – even though I think his […]
Matter’s latest update doubles down on stability and pushes the platforms to play better together
Matter's latest update doubles down on stability and pushes the platforms to play better together Matter’s latest update doubles down on stability and pushes the platforms to play better together For Matter, this year was never going to be about flashy new features. Other than support for security cameras, which I hear should finally arrive […]
What’s a smut peddler to do these days?
What's a smut peddler to do these days? What’s a smut peddler to do these days? In the aftermath of itch.io pulling the sale of over 20,000 pages of adult content, the creators of that work are left feeling betrayed, exhausted, and fearful. The number of platforms that permit the sale of adult material is […]
Trump’s endless new tariffs are threatening businesses — and you
Trump's endless new tariffs are threatening businesses — and you Trump’s endless new tariffs are threatening businesses — and you Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a new wave of tariffs are taking effect today. Announced on July 31st, the latest set of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on foreign imports – […]
AI could turn your town nuclear
AI could turn your town nuclear Vintage postcard, 1950s. | Image: Getty Images These days, Paducah, Kentucky – population 27,000 and home to the National Quilt Museum – prides itself as “Quilt City.” But decades ago, it was also called the “Atomic City” – a moniker it could soon regain as AI’s energy needs bring […]
We need to relearn how to use AI when it’s on our bodies
We need to relearn how to use AI when it's on our bodies We need to relearn how to use AI when it’s on our bodies It’s not always easy to understand the difference between Assistant and Gemini on the wrist. Gemini has arrived on the wrist. It’s now in the latest Samsung Galaxy Watch […]
Amazon pulls the plug on Sengled’s Alexa skill after months of outages
Amazon pulls the plug on Sengled's Alexa skill after months of outages Amazon pulls the plug on Sengled’s Alexa skill after months of outages Amazon has killed the cloud-based skill that connects Sengled bulbs to Alexa. Some Sengled bulbs that use local protocols, like this Matter one, can still work with Echo devices. After repeatedly […]
The enforcer that could break up Apple and Google is facing upheaval
The enforcer that could break up Apple and Google is facing upheaval The sudden firing of two high-ranking antitrust officials this week is signaling upheaval at an agency responsible for arguing some of the biggest tech monopoly cases in decades. Two top deputies to Department of Justice Antitrust Division chief Gail Slater were fired earlier […]
I tried ‘Bricking’ my phone to fix my brain
I tried 'Bricking' my phone to fix my brain I tried ‘Bricking’ my phone to fix my brain Fixing my eroded attention span has been a journey. Brick has sort of helped. “We need to talk.” Nobody likes to hear those words from their spouse. Especially when it’s delivered in a grave tone as you […]