The best Christmas gifts for gamers and movie lovers
The best Christmas gifts for gamers and movie lovers Most of us in the Northern Hemisphere spend the holidays indoors, but you can only watch so many TikToks about cute cats and cooking hacks before the need for something a little more substantive kicks in. Choosing the right game or movie to gift is tough, […]
It’s not your job to fix the internet
It's not your job to fix the internet The concept of enshittification, as coined by the author and activist Cory Doctorow, just feels right. Whether you’re searching on Google, shopping on Amazon, or scrolling on Facebook, large platforms often feel like they’re not trying to bring us value so much as extract every bit of […]
Zoox will let public riders use its robotaxis in San Francisco
Zoox will let public riders use its robotaxis in San Francisco Zoox is getting closer to a full launch of its robotaxi service in San Francisco. Last month, the Amazon-owned company started allowing select riders to hail its toaster-shaped, four-passenger vehicles for the first time. And today, Zoox is finally inviting members off its public […]
Sony is taking $100 off its PS5 consoles for Black Friday
Sony is taking $100 off its PS5 consoles for Black Friday Sony is cutting the price of its PS5 consoles by $100 for Black Friday. Deals include a PS5 Digital Edition 825GB Fortnite bundle for $399.99 and a 1TB PS5 Fortnite bundle for $449.99 — both ship with exclusive Fortnite in-game content and 1,000 V-Bucks. […]
A massive Cloudflare outage is affecting X, ChatGPT, and even Downdetector
A massive Cloudflare outage is affecting X, ChatGPT, and even Downdetector Cloudflare, a networking company that provides DDoS protection and delivery services for many companies around the globe, is experiencing a major outage that’s taking down sites across the web. Users are running into an error message when they try to access X, ChatGPT, and […]
Talking to Windows’ Copilot AI makes a computer feel incompetent
Talking to Windows' Copilot AI makes a computer feel incompetent It’s not hard to understand the AI future Microsoft is betting billions on – a world where computers understand what you’re saying and do things for you. It’s right there in the ads for the latest Copilot PCs, where people cheerfully talk to their laptops […]
Google is fighting the defamation battle Meta caved on
Google is fighting the defamation battle Meta caved on Google filed a motion to dismiss a defamation lawsuit brought by anti-corporate diversity activist Robby Starbuck, who claimed Google’s AI falsely associated him with sexual assault allegations and a white nationalist. Starbuck’s claims against Google came after he filed a similar lawsuit against Meta, whose AI […]
Google updates its weather forecasts with a new AI model
Google updates its weather forecasts with a new AI model An illustration from Google’s new AI weather model. | Image: Google Google debuted a new and improved AI weather model today that will be incorporated into popular products like Search, Gemini, and Pixel phones. The company’s AI-enhanced forecasts have proven themselves to be quite accurate […]
Google Calendar can finally block off time without faking a meeting
Google Calendar can finally block off time without faking a meeting The latest feature update for Google Calendar allows you to block off time for tasks and mark yourself as busy, all in one place, expanding the existing Tasks feature in Calendar. It’s something Workspace users have been specifically requesting and effectively allows tasks to […]
NetChoice sues Virginia to block its one-hour social media limit for kids
NetChoice sues Virginia to block its one-hour social media limit for kids The tech industry trade group NetChoice is suing Virginia over a new law that will restrict minors from using social media for more than one hour per day. The lawsuit, filed on Monday, asks the court to block the law over claims it […]