AMD Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT review: RDNA 4 fixes a lot of AMD’s problems
AMD is a company that knows a thing or two about capitalizing on a competitor's weaknesses. The company got through its early-2010s nadir partially because its Ryzen CPUs struck just as Intel's current...
View ArticleBrother denies using firmware updates to brick printers with third-party ink
Brother laser printers are popular recommendations for people seeking a printer with none of the nonsense. By nonsense, we mean printers suddenly bricking features, like scanning or printing, if users...
View ArticleYou knew it was coming: Google begins testing AI-only search results
Google has become so integral to online navigation that its name became a verb, meaning "to find things on the Internet." Soon, Google might just tell you what's on the Internet instead of showing you....
View ArticleWill the future of software development run on vibes?
For many people, coding is about telling a computer what to do and having the computer perform those precise actions repeatedly. With the rise of AI tools like ChatGPT, it's now possible for someone to...
View Article1Password offers geo-locating help for bad apps that constantly log you out
1Password has announced a new feature that lets you assign a geolocation to items stored in your vault. At first glance, that might not seem like much: a new little box inside a mobile utility you use...
View ArticleThe most intriguing tech gadget prototypes demoed this week
Creating new and exciting tech products requires thinking outside of the box. At this week's Mobile World Congress (MWC) conference in Barcelona, we got a peek at some of the research and development...
View ArticleNo one asked for this: Google is testing round keys in Gboard
Most Android phones ship with Google's Gboard as the default input option. It's a reliable, feature-rich on-screen keyboard, so most folks just keep using it instead of installing a third-party option....
View ArticleCMU research shows compression alone may unlock AI puzzle-solving abilities
A pair of Carnegie Mellon University researchers recently discovered hints that the process of compressing information can solve complex reasoning tasks without pre-training on a large number of...
View ArticleiPhone 16e review: The most expensive cheap iPhone yet
For a long time, the cheapest iPhones were basically just iPhones that were older than the current flagship, but last week’s release of the $600 iPhone 16e marks a big change in how Apple is...
View ArticleAMD says top-tier Ryzen 9900X3D and 9950X3D CPUs arrive March 12 for $599 and...
AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D is probably the best CPU you can buy if you're trying to put together a fast gaming PC, thanks to its eight Zen 5 CPU cores and extra helping of 3D V-Cache. You don't really need...
View ArticleBad vibes? Google may have screwed up haptics in the new Pixel Drop update
Google released its scheduled March Pixel Drop earlier this week, adding AI scam detection, multi-camera streaming, and—possibly—buggy haptics. Pixel owners have been grumbling about the feel of...
View Article“They curdle like milk”: WB DVDs from 2006–2008 are rotting away in their cases
Although digital media has surpassed physical media in popularity, there are still plenty of reasons for movie buffs and TV fans to hold onto, and even continue buying, DVDs. With physical media,...
View ArticleWhat does “PhD-level” AI mean? OpenAI’s rumored $20,000 agent plan explained.
The AI industry has a new buzzword: "PhD-level AI." According to a report from The Information, OpenAI may be planning to launch several specialized AI "agent" products including a $20,000 monthly tier...
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Google Pixel 4a’s painful “update” was due to battery overheating risk
Google didn't explain exactly why it shipped a mandatory software update to the Pixel 4a, an Android phone from 2020, earlier this year. The nature of that update, which gave some models all but...
View ArticleFirmware update bricks HP printers, makes them unable to use HP cartridges
HP, along with other printer brands, is infamous for issuing firmware updates that brick already-purchased printers that have tried to use third-party ink. In a new form of frustration, HP is now being...
View ArticleGmail gains Gemini-powered “Add to calendar” button
Google has a new mission in the AI era: to add Gemini to as many of the company's products as possible. We've already seen Gemini appear in search results, text messages, and more. In Google's latest...
View ArticleWhy extracting data from PDFs is still a nightmare for data experts
For years, businesses, governments, and researchers have struggled with a persistent problem: How to extract usable data from Portable Document Format (PDF) files. These digital documents serve as...
View ArticleM4 Max and M3 Ultra Mac Studio Review: A weird update, but it mostly works
Apple is giving its high-end Mac Studio desktops a refresh this month, their first spec bump in almost two years. Considered on the time scale of, say, new Mac Pro updates, two years is barely any time...
View ArticleRyzen 9 9950X3D review: AMD irons out nearly every single downside of 3D V-Cache
Even three years later, AMD's high-end X3D-series processors still aren't a thing that most people need to spend extra money on—under all but a handful of circumstances, your GPU will be the limiting...
View ArticleApple M4 MacBook Air review: I have no notes
A year ago, we called the M3 version of the MacBook Air "just about as good as laptops get." The "as good as laptops get" part was about the qualitative experience of using the laptop, which was (and...
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