The end of the Sony era in TVs
The end of the Sony era in TVs There aren’t many tech companies that can claim Sony’s level of influence in how we live our lives. From the Walkman to the PlayStation to the Trinitron, Sony has been making excellent gadgets in multiple categories for decades, which makes this week’s news just a little sad. […]
Tesla finally kills Autopilot in a bid to boost FSD subscriptions
Tesla finally kills Autopilot in a bid to boost FSD subscriptions Tesla scrapped its Autopilot driver assist feature that used to come standard in new vehicles, as it attempts to steer customers to its newly subscription-only Full Self-Driving (FSD) system. According to Electrek, the company removed Basic Autopilot as a standard feature from new Model […]
Google won’t stop replacing our news headlines with terrible AI
Google won't stop replacing our news headlines with terrible AI This headline is false, and it’s not PCMag’s fault — Google planted this atop its story (and others). In early December, I brought you the news that Google has begun replacing Verge headlines, and those of our competitors, with AI clickbait nonsense in its content […]
Microsoft Paint can now make AI coloring books
Microsoft Paint can now make AI coloring books Can we please appreciate how poor these designs are? None actually feature a cat ON a donut, and one doesn’t even have a finished face. | Image: Microsoft / The Verge (via Canva) Microsoft is giving its Paint and Notepad apps on Windows new AI capabilities for […]
The TikTok deal is done, finally
The TikTok deal is done, finally Just over a year after it briefly disappeared from app stores, TikTok in the US is now part of a new entity, TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC. With approval from both the US and China closing on the schedule laid out in December, ByteDance’s ownership of the new joint […]
Ring can verify videos now, but that might not help you with most AI fakes
Ring can verify videos now, but that might not help you with most AI fakes Ring has launched a new Ring Verify tool that the company says can “verify that Ring videos you receive haven’t been edited or changed.” But since Ring won’t verify videos that have been altered in any way, it probably won’t […]
Samsung’s smallest Frame TVs have fallen to their lowest prices to date
Samsung's smallest Frame TVs have fallen to their lowest prices to date Samsung’s aptly titled Frame TV is designed to blend in with the rest of your home decor. Unless you’re dead set on picking up a larger panel, Samsung’s forthcoming 2026 Frame lineup represents a fairly minor upgrade. That makes last year’s model an […]
Vimeo lays off ‘large portion’ of staff after Bending Spoons buyout
Vimeo lays off 'large portion' of staff after Bending Spoons buyout Vimeo is laying off employees around the globe just months after the Italian software company Bending Spoons acquired the platform for $1.38 billion, as reported earlier by Business Insider. Even though it’s not clear how many people were laid off, Dave Brown, Vimeo’s former […]
Epic and Google have a secret $800 million Unreal Engine and services deal
Epic and Google have a secret $800 million Unreal Engine and services deal A judge is questioning whether Epic Games and Google are settling their long-running antitrust fight partly because of a previously unannounced partnership involving the Unreal Engine, Fortnite, and Android. In a hearing in San Francisco today, the court revealed that Epic and […]
Sen. Markey questions OpenAI about ‘deceptive advertising’ in ChatGPT
Sen. Markey questions OpenAI about 'deceptive advertising' in ChatGPT Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) is pressing OpenAI about its move to bring ads to ChatGPT, and is asking several other companies whether they have similar plans. In letters to the CEOs of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Snap, and xAI, Markey writes that embedding ads into […]