Microsoft fires two more employees for participating in Palestine protests on campus
Microsoft fires two more employees for participating in Palestine protests on campus Microsoft has fired two more employees who participated in recent protests against the company’s contracts with the Israeli military and government. The two employees, Nisreen Jaradat and Julius Shan, were fired “in connection” with demonstrations that saw protesters set up encampments at Microsoft’s […]
Microsoft launches its first in-house AI models
Microsoft launches its first in-house AI models Microsoft announced its first homegrown AI models on Thursday: MAI-Voice-1 AI and MAI-1-preview. The company says its new MAI-Voice-1 speech model can generate a minute’s worth of audio in under one second on just one GPU, while MAI-1-preview “offers a glimpse of future offerings inside Copilot.” Microsoft already […]
Google’s Pixel Care Plus includes free screen and battery repair
Google's Pixel Care Plus includes free screen and battery repair Google’s Pixel Care Plus includes free screen and battery repair Google is phasing out its Preferred Care extended warranty plan for the Pixel Care Plus program. Pricing between the two is pretty similar. You’ll still pay $8 per-month, or $159 for a two-year plan on […]
Kobo replaces Pocket with Instapaper on its e-readers in a free update
Kobo replaces Pocket with Instapaper on its e-readers in a free update A big draw of Kobo e-readers has always been Pocket integration. But, when Mozilla announced in late May that it was shutting down the read-it-later app in July, the Kobo community was left in a bit of a lurch. To the company’s credit, […]
Microsoft Word now automatically saves new documents to the cloud
Microsoft Word now automatically saves new documents to the cloud Microsoft is making a big change to how Word for Windows saves documents. The word processing app will soon automatically save new documents to the cloud, instead of Word users having to enable AutoSave and cloud storage options. “We are modernizing the way files are created […]
How to supercharge Netflix’s shopping mall plans
How to supercharge Netflix's shopping mall plans How to supercharge Netflix’s shopping mall plans This week, Netflix shared a few more details about its budding location business: The company will open its very first Netflix House in Philadelphia on November 11th, with a second location set to open in Dallas on December 11th. Both locations […]
MSI’s Katana gaming laptop is $400 off and includes Battlefield 6
MSI's Katana gaming laptop is $400 off and includes Battlefield 6 MSI’s Katana gaming laptop is $400 off and includes Battlefield 6 If you’re considering a gaming laptop, but you understandably don’t want to spend anywhere near $2,000, MSI’s Katana gaming laptop with the midrange RTX 5070 GPU is $1,099 (was $1,499.99) at Walmart. This […]
Honor’s Magic V5 is the thinnest foldable yet, but that’s not why it matters
Honor's Magic V5 is the thinnest foldable yet, but that's not why it matters Honor’s Magic V5 is the thinnest foldable yet, but that’s not why it matters Honor’s latest foldable phone is launching in Europe, but not the US. Honor’s Magic V5 is the thinnest book-style foldable in the world, but you probably couldn’t […]
DJI’s Mic 3 crams more features into a smaller package
DJI's Mic 3 crams more features into a smaller package DJI’s Mic 3 crams more features into a smaller package The DJI Mic 3 has shrinked without scrimping. DJI is making its latest wireless lavalier microphone system even smaller without scrimping on features or battery life. The DJI Mic 3 is half the size and […]
Apple pulls iPhone torrent app from AltStore PAL in Europe
Apple pulls iPhone torrent app from AltStore PAL in Europe Apple has removed the iPhone torrenting client, iTorrent, from AltStore PAL’s alternative iOS marketplace in the EU, showing that it can still exert control over apps that aren’t listed on the official App Store. iTorrent developer Daniil Vinogradov told TorrentFreak that Apple has revoked his […]