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LG debuts its ThinQ ON smart home hub that comes with an AI voice assistant
LG has introduced a smart home hub called ThinQ ON that has the technology to control not just LG-branded appliances but also other smart home devices. It comes with a built-in speaker that gives you a...
View ArticleMeta will open up Horizon Worlds access to preteens
When I was a preteen, social media was just getting going, so there weren't many restrictions in place regarding access. Now, regulations — and the consequences of not having them — are everywhere,...
View ArticleMeta's Oversight Board looks into anti-trans posts that the company won't remove
Meta's Oversight Board is looking at two anti-transgender posts shared in 2024 that were reported multiple times for hate speech, bullying and harassment. The first is a video shared on Facebook that...
View ArticleMeta says Llama's usage grew tremendously due to the power of open source
Meta has published an update on how its Llama large language models are performing, and they're apparently doing so well that they're now "approaching 350 million downloads to date." That's 10 times...
View ArticleNetflix’s Wallace and Gromit movie features a ‘smart gnome’ robot in a teaser...
Netflix and the BBC have released an all-too-brief look at Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. A clip from the stop-motion animated movie features Wallace proudly revealing his latest invention,...
View ArticleThis Labor Day sale discounts Apple's MagSafe charging pad to just $29
The Labor Day discounts are coming in hot. Here’s one for Apple’s fantastic MagSafe charging pad. It’s usually $39, but this Amazon sale brings it down to $29. That’s a savings of 26 percent and close...
View ArticleEU officials believe Telegram lied about user numbers to skirt regulation
Not only is Telegram CEO Pavel Durov facing criminal charges in France, the company he founded could be in hot water with the European Union as well. EU officials are looking into whether the platform...
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These robots move through the magic of mushrooms
Researchers at Cornell University tapped into fungal mycelia to power a pair of proof-of-concept robots. Mycelia, the underground fungal network that can sprout mushrooms as its above-ground fruit, can...
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It sure seems like the PS5 Pro will be announced in the next few weeks
The PS5 Pro will be announced in mid-September and will likely hit store shelves sometime during the holiday season, according to insider information published by VGC. The information was brought forth...
View ArticleThe Alan Wake and Control universe may expand to film and TV
The Oldest House could be coming to a big screen near you. TV and film adaptations of Control and Alan Wake may be on the way after Remedy Entertainment struck a deal with Annapurna Pictures. Annapurna...
View ArticleApple Sports is ready for some football with new game tracking updates
If you’re the kind of pro or college football fan who wishes they could time travel so they can watch every game as they happen, Apple Sports may be able to help. The iPhone sports app can’t break the...
View ArticleX labeled an unflattering NPR story about Donald Trump as ‘unsafe’
X briefly discouraged users from viewing a link to an NPR story about Donald Trump's recent visit to Arlington National Cemetery, raising questions about whether the Elon Musk-owned platform is putting...
View ArticleThe best Playdate games for 2024
Owning a Playdate comes with the perk of already having access to 24 games at no additional cost from the bundled-in Season One — and some pretty good ones to boot. But there are a ton of great games...
View ArticleNintendo can't repair your New 3DS because it ran out of parts
Nintendo has stopped offering repairs for the New Nintendo 3DS. While it's unsurprising for a company to end support for hardware that's a decade old, the reason in this case is that Nintendo has...
View ArticleSpotify says Apple 'discontinued' the tech for some of its volume controls on...
The latest round in the Spotify vs. Apple battle concerns volume controls. The streaming service says Apple "discontinued the technology" that allowed it to employ the volume buttons on iOS devices to...
View ArticleOpenAI and Anthropic agree to share their models with the US AI Safety Institute
OpenAI and Anthropic have agreed to share AI models — before and after release — with the US AI Safety Institute. The agency, established through an executive order by President Biden in 2023, will...
View ArticleThe world’s largest TV and movie piracy streaming ring is dead
The highly illegal but very popular media streaming site Fmovies and an affiliated network of pirated movie and TV show websites have been shut down. The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment...
View ArticleChatGPT has doubled its weekly active users to 200 million
ChatGPT now has 200 million weekly active users, according to OpenAI. That represents a doubling of the weekly audience of 100 million the company announced last November. A representative from the...
View ArticleStarlink's local bank accounts are frozen as X prepares to be shut down in...
A judge in Brazil has blocked Starlink’s bank accounts in the country amid a deepening dispute with X. The move comes as the same Supreme Court judge has threatened to shut down X in the country, and...
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My quest for the perfect productivity mouse
Finding the best mouse for your needs can make all the difference, whether you're a gamer, a designer or someone who spends hours tackling emails. And when it comes to ease and convenience, a wireless...
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