Memorial Day is just around the corner, but Memorial Day sales are already well underway at retailers across the US — and if you’re in the market for an Apple iPad, this is probably your best chance to bag a discount outside of Black Friday. Amazon, in particular, has seen fit to discount not one,…
A Redditor said they “almost started a fire” with the Steam Controller’s charging puck This happened when their metallic smartwatch strap made contact with the puck’s exposed pins It caused a short circuit and “started sizzling” — although Valve does warn about this in the manual A Redditor warns that they “almost started a fire”…
Maybe it was the 38 speakers, or the other luxury accoutrements of the Cadillac Escalade, but when the backing vocals on Sir Elton John’s 1972 classic, Rocket Man, hit, I got chills. I’ve been listening to that song for 50 years, and yet I’d never heard it quite like that. It was an afternoon of…
Google just introduced new Gemini usage limits and a usage meter to go with them that shows a graph of how much you’ve used — and despite never getting close to my limit, it’s still changed the way I use AI. AI tools have spent the last couple of years trying to feel frictionless. You…
Full spoilers follow for Margo’s Got Money Troubles. I can’t believe that season 1 of Apple TV’s brilliant new comedy has already ended. I’ve been glued to my screen following Elle Fanning’s performance as Margo Millet, a single mother and college dropout trying to provide for her new baby, Bodhi, by setting up an OnlyFans…
Discord has implemented end-to-end (E2EE) encryption for voice and video calls by default This is possible via its E2EE protocol, DAVE (Discord’s Audio & Video End-to-End Encryption) Discord doesn’t plan to use E2EE for text messages Discord is hard at work to regain the trust of its users, with recent moves including adding Xbox Game…
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Mark Zuckerberg says no more wide-scale cuts are coming at Meta Company recently laid off 8,000 workers, and re-assigned 7,000 more Zuckerberg also pledges to improve “communication” surrounding cuts Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said he does not expect any more large-scale layoffs at the company this year. Speaking on the day his company laid…
RAM could soon get more expensive This is due to the disruption of shipping in the Strait of Hormuz Specifically it pertains to problems with the supply of hydrofluoric acid, used for etching and cleaning in RAM production There could be another complication for the RAM supply chain coming soon, bringing the prospect of even…
Alexa+ can now quickly create custom AI podcasts for you Meanwhile, Spotify is labeling podcasts made by AI An increasing number of new podcasts are AI-generated We’re now well past the stage where AI models can create convincing audio podcasts, run by convincing AI hosts — and there are a couple of developments this week…