Cadillac and Chevy are getting native Apple Music
Cadillac and Chevy are getting native Apple Music General Motors is adding native Apple Music to the infotainment systems of select 2025 model year Cadillac and Chevrolet vehicles, the company announced today. The news comes as the automaker is racing to add more native app experiences to some of its vehicles to make up for […]
Google’s turning off its dark web monitoring service that scoured data breaches for your info
Google's turning off its dark web monitoring service that scoured data breaches for your info Google notified users in an email today that, beginning next month, it will stop sending its dark web reports, an opt-in feature that alerted users when Google detected their personal information on the dark web, as reported by 9to5Google. On […]
Fallout season 2 is streaming one day early
Fallout season 2 is streaming one day early The second season of Fallout is debuting one day earlier than previously announced: the new season will now launch on Tuesday, December 16th at 9PM ET / 6PM PT on Prime Video, Amazon says. The season will have eight episodes that will premiere weekly on Wednesdays (besides […]
GNOME bans AI-generated extensions
GNOME bans AI-generated extensions Earlier this month, the GNOME Shell Extensions store updated its review guidelines to include a new section specifically stating that “extensions must not be AI-generated,” as reported by It’s FOSS and Phoronix. Developers producing add-ons for the Linux desktop environment can still use AI as a tool, but if their extension’s […]
Stack Overflow users don’t trust AI. They’re using it anyway
Stack Overflow users don't trust AI. They're using it anyway Today, I’m talking with Prashanth Chandrasekar, who is the CEO of Stack Overflow. I last had Prashanth on the show in 2022, one month before ChatGPT launched. While the generative AI boom had tons of impact on all sorts of companies, it immediately upended everything […]
I tested a 5K monitor that’s over $1,000 less than Apple’s Studio Display: It’s good enough
I tested a 5K monitor that's over $1,000 less than Apple's Studio Display: It's good enough If you’re on a budget, you could do a lot worse than this 5K monitor, which has 217 PPI. Most people know at least two things about 5K monitors: they look great, and they’re usually expensive. The Apple Studio […]
Kindle app now answers questions about the book you’re reading
Kindle app now answers questions about the book you're reading The tool avoids spoilers by drawing answers from the pages you’ve read so far. Amazon has launched a new AI feature in the Kindle app that gives spoiler-free answers to questions about the book you’re reading and confirmed that authors can’t opt out from the […]
Who is Picea Robotics, Roomba’s new owner?
Who is Picea Robotics, Roomba's new owner? The 3i S10 Ultra is the flagship robot vacuum from Picea, the company that will own iRobot. iRobot, the owner of the Roomba robot vacuum, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, stating that it will be acquired by its contract manufacturer, Picea Robotics. The Chinese-based company assumed iRobot’s […]
iRobot files for bankruptcy
iRobot files for bankruptcy After 35 years, the maker of the Roomba robot vacuum filed for bankruptcy protection late Sunday night. Following issuing warnings earlier this year that it was fast running out of options, iRobot announced it will enter Chapter 11 protection and plans to be acquired by its contract manufacturer, the Chinese-based Picea […]
Grok is spreading misinformation about the Bondi Beach shooting
Grok is spreading misinformation about the Bondi Beach shooting Grok’s track record is spotty at best. But even by the very low standards of xAI, its failure in the aftermath of the tragic mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia is shocking. The AI chatbot has repeatedly misidentified 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who […]