Wasn’t streaming entertainment much easier when Netflix first pioneered the idea? It had a host of new and classic content to stream on demand, to any device, at any time. It felt like the future, and in many ways it was. However, the 2026 streaming experience is much more frustrating. Movies and shows are now…
Verizon signs $1 billion dark fiber data center connectivity deal with Google The telecoms company plans to use its fiber assets to connect AI data centers across the US Fiber network growth is replacing copper lines and activating previously unused dark fiber lines Verizon has completed a $1 billion deal with Google to provide data…
Google Threat Intelligence Group is replacing its inherited Mandiant and TAG identifiers with two-word cryptonyms, starting with several dozen of its most-tracked groups The second word encodes attribution or motive, with CASTLE for China, ION for Iran, NEPTUNE for North Korea, RELIC for Russia, and COMET for criminal crews not visibly tied to a particular…
While Apple TV first showed that the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max could handle the demands of a live professional sports broadcast during Friday Night Baseball, the company has since expanded their role into Major League Soccer, using the smartphones to capture angles traditional broadcast cameras simply can’t. Nearly a year after…
I bought the EcoFlow Rapid strictly for travel over the summer, but it ended up living on my nightstand. The outlet in my bedroom is blocked by the headboard, so keeping this battery on the table makes it way easier to charge my iPad while reading in bed. Nothing fancy, but it solved a daily…
Good news everyone – it seems that the reason AI hasn’t yet resulted in less work and more leisure time, as promised by multiple “evangelists” and AI “experts” is that we just love working too darn much. That’s according to OpenAI CEO and America’s next top (AI) model whisperer Sam Altman, who has declared that…
Apple’s long-rumored product leasing program, which it calls unironically “Apple Upgrade,” is finally here, and it looks like a low-cost way to slide into the Apple ecosystem whether on the shiny surface of a gleaming iPhone 17 Pro, a Snoopy-faced Apple Watch, a clamshell Apple Silicon Mac, or an ultra-slim iPad Pro. With no upfront…
If you think downloading a VPN directly from an official app store guarantees your digital privacy, it’s time to think again. We recently undertook a huge audit of storefront verification standards, which has exposed a severe lack of quality control across both the iOS App Store and Google Play. We evaluated developer transparency and store…
GMKtec has just launched the Evo-X1 Pro, a premium AI-focused mini PC built around AMD’s new Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 chip, 64GB LPDDR5 RAM, with an OCuLink port that lets you bolt on a full desktop GPU when you need more graphics power. To mark the new release, readers in the US and the…
There are few games as eagerly anticipated as Control Resonant, Remedy Entertainment’s upcoming action-adventure RPG. After all, we’ve endured a long wait since 2019’s Control introduced us to the Lynchian world of the red-hued Hiss and the Federal Bureau of Control. The good news is that the wait is nearly over — because Resonant arrives…