There’s a new benchmark in town for measuring performance on Windows 95 PCs
If you're still using a computer you bought during the Clinton administration, interesting news: Crystal Dew World, developers of apps like CrystalDiskInfo and CrystalDiskMark, have released an update...
View ArticleLithium-ion battery waste fires are increasing, and vapes are a big part of it
2024 was "a year of growth," according to fire-suppression company Fire Rover, but that's not an entirely good thing. The company, which offers fire detection and suppression systems based on thermal...
View ArticleApple updates all its operating systems, brings Apple Intelligence to Vision Pro
Apple dropped a big batch of medium-size software updates for nearly all of its products this afternoon. The iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, macOS 15.4, tvOS 18.4, and visionOS 2.4 updates are all currently...
View ArticleGemini is an increasingly good chatbot, but it’s still a bad assistant
Google announced its intention to unify its generative AI efforts under the Gemini brand at the tail end of 2023, and it has been full steam ahead ever since. In 2025, Google Assistant is being phased...
View ArticleReview: Amazon’s Kindle Colorsoft is something less than “a Paperwhite with...
It has been a bumpy start for Amazon's $280 Kindle Colorsoft, the company's first E-Ink book reader with a color screen. The company delayed shipments for a few weeks to correct a problem where a faint...
View ArticleCheap TVs’ incessant advertising reaches troubling new lows
TVs offer us an escape from the real world. After a long day, sometimes there’s nothing more relaxing than turning on your TV, tuning into your favorite program, and unplugging from the realities...
View ArticleApple enables RCS messaging for Google Fi subscribers at last
Apple spent years ignoring RCS, allowing iPhones to offer a degraded messaging experience with Android users. This made Android folks unwelcome in many a group chat, but Apple finally started...
View ArticleUnshittification: 3 tech companies that recently made my life… better
I've been complaining about tech a lot recently, and I don't apologize for it. Complaining feels great. That feeling of beleaguered, I-against-the-world self-righteousness? Highly underrated. But a...
View ArticleSome original Switch games will run better on Switch 2; some won’t run at all
We've known for a few months now that the Nintendo Switch 2 will support backward compatibility for older Nintendo Switch games, and as of today's presentation, we also know that some Switch games will...
View ArticleGoogle shakes up Gemini leadership, Google Labs head taking the reins
On the heels of releasing its most capable AI model yet, Google is making some changes to the Gemini team. A new report from Semafor reveals that longtime Googler Sissie Hsiao will step down from her...
View ArticleSamsung turns to China to boost its ailing semiconductor division
Samsung has turned to Chinese technology groups to prop up its ailing semiconductor division, as it struggles to secure big US customers despite investing tens of billions of dollars in its American...
View ArticleExplaining MicroSD Express cards and why you should care about them
Among the changes mentioned in yesterday's Nintendo Switch 2 presentation was a note that the new console doesn't just support MicroSD Express cards for augmenting the device's 256GB of internal...
View ArticleNvidia confirms the Switch 2 supports DLSS, G-Sync, and ray tracing
In the wake of the Switch 2 reveal, neither Nintendo nor Nvidia has gone into any detail at all about the exact chip inside the upcoming handheld—technically, we are still not sure what Arm CPU...
View ArticleMicrosoft turns 50 today, and it made me think about MS-DOS 5.0
On this day in 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded a company called Micro-Soft in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The two men had worked together before, as members of the Lakeside Programming group in...
View ArticleA begrudging defense of Nintendo’s “Game-Key cards” for the Switch 2
Nintendo's barrage of Switch announcements over the last two weeks have also come with changes to the way Nintendo treats physical and digital copies of games. Digital games can now become "virtual...
View ArticleGoogle’s AI Mode search can now answer questions about images
Google started cramming AI features into search in 2024, but last month marked an escalation. With the release of AI Mode, Google previewed a future in which searching the web does not return a list of...
View ArticleFreeDOS 1.4 brings new fixes and features to modern and vintage DOS-based PCs
We're used to updating Windows, macOS, and Linux systems at least once a month (and usually more), but people with ancient DOS-based PCs still get to join in the fun every once in a while. Over the...
View ArticleFramework “temporarily pausing” some laptop sales because of new tariffs
Framework, the designers and sellers of the modular and repairable Framework Laptop 13 and other products, announced today that it would be "temporarily pausing US sales" on some of its laptop...
View ArticleDon’t call it a drone: Zipline’s uncrewed aircraft wants to reinvent retail
The skies around Dallas are about to get a lot more interesting. No, DFW airport isn't planning any more expansions, nor does American Airlines have any more retro liveries to debut. This will be...
View ArticleThe 2025 Moto G Stylus has a sharper display and “enhanced” stylus for $400
There aren't many phones these days that come with a stylus, and those that do tend to be very expensive. If you can't swing a Galaxy S25 Ultra, Motorola's G Stylus lineup could be just what you need....
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