Call of Duty never made much sense for Xbox Game Pass
Call of Duty never made much sense for Xbox Game Pass Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. | Image: Activision Blizzard Yesterday Microsoft announced some surprising news: at a time when everything in gaming is getting more expensive, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate was actually getting a price cut. Going forward, the subscription service will drop […]
Behind the unraveling of Dan Crenshaw
Behind the unraveling of Dan Crenshaw In 2019, a 36-year-old Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), newly elected to Congress, was photographed for the inaugural Time 100 Next List, wearing a dashing eye patch and looking upwards with hope. A Harvard-educated Navy SEAL who’d lost his legs while fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, Crenshaw was in rarefied […]
First vacuums — then the world
First vacuums — then the world Many startups spend years trying to become a household name. Others just spend $10 million on a Super Bowl ad. That’s Dreame’s bet. The little-known Chinese robot vacuum company has grand ambitions to become a global consumer electronics giant and chose to run a pricey 30-second spot as its […]
Anker made its own chip to bring AI to all its products
Anker made its own chip to bring AI to all its products Anker has announced its own custom silicon that the company says will bring local AI to audio devices, mobile accessories, and IoT devices. The Thus processor is the world’s first neural-net compute-in-memory AI audio chip, which is smaller than traditional chips, and requires […]
Anthropic’s most dangerous AI model just fell into the wrong hands
Anthropic's most dangerous AI model just fell into the wrong hands Anthropic’s Mythos AI model, a powerful cybersecurity tool that the company said could be dangerous in the wrong hands, has been accessed by a “small group of unauthorised users,” Bloomberg reports. An unnamed member of the group, identified only as “a third-party contractor for […]
SpaceX cuts a deal to maybe buy Cursor for $60 billion
SpaceX cuts a deal to maybe buy Cursor for $60 billion With an IPO looming for Elon Musk’s SpaceX / xAI / X combo platter of companies, SpaceX has announced an odd arrangement to either acquire the automated programming platform Cursor for $60 billion or pay a fee of $10 billion. The New York Times […]
ISS astronauts are in the middle of a tech overhaul
ISS astronauts are in the middle of a tech overhaul Even astronauts need to level up their laptops once in a while – including the crew of Expedition 74 on board the ISS, which NASA announced last week is in the process of some computer upgrades. In a statement to The Verge, NASA spokesperson Joshua […]
Tim Cook was an innovator — just not the Jobs kind
Tim Cook was an innovator — just not the Jobs kind The Cook era comes to a close. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Under Steve Jobs, Apple released the groundbreaking products that defined the company. But the company wouldn’t be what it is today without Tim Cook’s reign of ruthless efficiency. […]
X makes it 1,900 percent more expensive to post links
X makes it 1,900 percent more expensive to post links Posting links to X through custom social media software just got a lot more expensive. On Monday, X significantly increased how much it costs to post a URL via the X API, which is what third-party tools use to hook into the platform. It now […]
Framework announces Laptop 13 Pro, ‘the MacBook Pro for Linux users’
Framework announces Laptop 13 Pro, 'the MacBook Pro for Linux users' Gorilla arm who? | Image: Framework Every time we review a Framework laptop, we find familiar pros and cons. They’re truly upgradable, incredibly repairable, but we always wish the battery lasted longer. We always wish the build quality were top notch. Today, Framework is […]