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Apple AI-Generated News Alert System Pulled for Literally Creating Fake News

I’m shocked. Shocked, I say, that AI—a technology built upon Hoovering up the detritus of poorly vetted, poorly written verbal diarrhea that...

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Americans Spend $7 Million Per Day on TikTok Shop. So Now What?

So in the end, there was no last-minute clemency granted by the U.S. Supreme Court to ByteDance, owner of TikTok. Even after the U.S. Court of Appeals...

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Microsoft Copilot, Take the Wheel. It’s Free. Sort of.

“Free, with a catch!” seems to be the business model of the future. Give a piece of software or a subscription away for nothing, but then make it...

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No Dōmo Arigatō, Mr. Roboto: The Most Unsettling Robots of CES

CES, the world’s largest annual tech trade show, may be gone from our calendars, but the nightmares and unsettled stomachs of its most unusual,...

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Thin Is In: Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Slim Is Coming. Apple’s iPhone Air Would Like a Word.

We love leaks. Nothing speeds along the hype wagon like credible rumors, and leaked renders of upcoming gadgets just might be our favorite kind. Even...

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Embattled Drone Maker DJI Removes Block on Flying in Restricted Airspace. Uh, What?

It was just last month that Chinese drone maker DJI got a one-year grace period from the U.S. government to prove it’s not a national security risk,...

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Wait Watchers: Big Health Upgrade for Apple Watch Coming Soon

The Apple Watch has secured a place in the hearts of millions ever since Apple put a heart rate monitor in the first iteration released way back in...

15.01.2025 3

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Apple’s AirTag Is Finally Getting a Sequel

Has it really been almost four years since Apple’s AirTag was released? Folks who checked luggage onto airplanes rejoiced, people with stalkers...

14.01.2025 3

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Samsung is Offering Cash in Return for Your Old Phone

Part of what helps people rationalize the purchase of Apple’s pricey devices is that Apple runs a slick, efficient trade-in program. You can trade...

14.01.2025 4

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Apple Insider: Ultra-Thin iPhone 17 Air Slated for 2025 Release

There seem to be almost as many varieties of Apple products as there are varieties of apples. A gross exaggeration? Maybe. But until now, the iPhone...

14.01.2025 8

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NFL Star Xavier Legette Ate a Squirrel From His Yard on Video

Xavier Legette and his wild diet had struck again. Not too long ago, the Carolina Panthers wide receiver quickly garnered headlines after sharing that...

14.01.2025 3

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The Hangover: CES 2025’s Wackiest and Wildest Gadgets

The world’s largest annual tech show, CES, is over and done with. Now that we’ve brought you all the news of the most sensible bits of technology...

14.01.2025 5

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The Coolest Gadgets From CES That You’ll Actually Be Able to Buy This Year

Most of what’s shown at CES, the world’s largest annual tech trade show, is a lot of pie-in-the-sky concept art, mad inventor bullshit you’ll...

13.01.2025 4

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Not Solely for Windows: Lenovo’s New Handheld SteamOS Console Is Steamy Hot

It was only one device half-generation ago in 2023 with the Lenovo Go that the PC powerhouse took its first swing at the gaming handheld space. The...

11.01.2025 5

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This Smart Cane is Like a Seeing-AI Dog for Visually Impaired Folks

AI has, for the past year and a half, been the theme in virtually everything that could conceivably use electricity in any way. This year’s CES, the...

11.01.2025 2

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Water You Waiting For? Give Your Pet the Fancy Water With This Smart Water Dish

Once upon a time in New York City, I lived in an old apartment building built in the 1930s and renovated for cheap in the 2010s by a slumlord looking...

10.01.2025 4

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Get a 100% Fresh Phone Battery in Two Seconds With This Magic Box

Fast chargers, faster chargers, battery banks, and battery cases. Smartphones are good at always needing a charge, constantly, constantly, constantly....

10.01.2025 2

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Is This the Droid You’re Looking For? We Finally Got a Star Wars Robot, but It’ll Just Pick Up Your Socks

Now this is why people pay attention to CES, the world’s largest annual tech show. All kinds of mad scientist stuff appears to tantalize us, and the...

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Are These Leaked Images of Samsung’s Upcoming Galaxy S25 Phone Legit? What We Know So Far

Few Android phones in the West have ever managed to sustain the kind of loyalty and anticipatory fervor as Apple iPhones. Google’s Pixel engenders...

09.01.2025 6

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Did You Know? You Can Call 1-800-ChatGPT

Last month, OpenAI—developer of ChatGPT—announced that people could call 1-800-ChatGPT (1-800-242-8478) to talk to an audio-only version of...

09.01.2025 3

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Segway’s Xyber Ebike Looks Amazing (If You Can Even Call It an Ebike)

When Segway announced the Xyber, one of its two highly anticipated entires into the ebike market, at the annual tech show CES this week, it got...

09.01.2025 2

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This Digital Art Poster Looks so Real, You Can Almost Smell the Patchouli of Your Inner Art Critic

Every year, the world’s tech companies descend on Las Vegas for the CES trade show. Everybody from huge companies, like Honda and Samsung, to...

09.01.2025 10

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NVIDIA Shoots for the Stars With Cosmos, an Open-Source Platform to Make AI for Robots

“The ChatGPT moment for robotics is coming,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, in a statement. “Like large language models, world...

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NVIDIA Just Unveiled a Personal Supercomputer That’s a Jump to Light Speed for AI Users

Hoo, boy. NVIDIA might’ve stolen the show at CES before it even began. The world’s largest annual consumer tech show, held in Las Vegas every...

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Mickey Mouse’s Hulu Live TV to Merge With Sports Network That Was Suing Him

Disney-owned Hulu Live TV announced a merger today with FuboTV, putting an end to a nasty lawsuit brought by the latter against the House of Mouse...

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Leaked: NVIDIA Will Make a Huge Announcement Tonight at CES Keynote. Here’s How to Watch

NVIDIA’s dominance in the graphics processing unit (GPU) space since its vanquishing of AMD has predictably led to eye-watering price increases...

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Meta’s “AI Users” Lead to Backlash, Confusion, and Ultimately Retraction

“AI users” is the most bullshit, sanitized euphemism for “bot” I’ve heard since ever. So imagine the uproar when the internet heard that...

04.01.2025 3

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A VPN Will Get You to Pornhub, Even in the 17 States That Restrict It

The moment the New Year’s fireworks met January 1, 2025, new restrictions on accessing Pornhub went into effect in three more states, meaning...

04.01.2025 2

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Apple TV+ Is Free This Weekend—Here Are the 3 Best Shows to Watch

Well, well, well. The internet peanut gallery called it. Apple’s grand teaser did indeed turn out to be Theory #1: this weekend, from January...

01.01.2025 2

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Here’s a Look at Three Tasty Apple Devices That Are Coming in Early 2025

Disappointed that Apple said nothing about the MacBook Air, iPhone SE, or iPad during all the hubbub back during the Apple Event in October? It...

28.12.2024 3

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We’re Hearing Whispers of an Apple “AI Wall Tablet”

Anytime there are murmurings of an entirely new Apple product, our ears perk up. Apple’s not immune to its own flops, but most of the news these...

28.12.2024 2

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Apple Lines Up Lukewarm iOS 18.2.1 Update, With iOS 18.3 on Deck

Apple hedged on Apple Intelligence’s initial impacts when it released iOS 18.2 to iPhones on December 11, saying merely it’d “elevate...

28.12.2024 10

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Apple Just Dropped a Cryptic Teaser for January 4-5, and I Swallowed It Whole

Not much happens in the dead week of blissed-out, post-party stress recovery between Christmas and New Year’s, least of all juicing the rumor mill....

27.12.2024 3

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Sober on New Year’s Eve? Toast 2025 With a Glass of Non-Alcoholic Champagne

What my sober friends tell me they miss the most about drinking isn’t always the booze itself, but rather the shared rituals. Happy hours after...

27.12.2024 3

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After Playing ‘Final Fantasy XIV’, I Understand How People Get So Attached To Created Characters

Chetus Jetus. A name that rings true in my heart and soul, and one that I was completely unware would change the course of history for me. After...

27.12.2024 6

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Got a Gift Card for Christmas You Don’t Want? You’ve Got Options.

Well, well, well. Another Christmas or Hanukkah, another gift card to a store you’ve never heard of, would never go to, and would never step foot...

27.12.2024 5

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If You Don’t Back Up Your Files, You’re Living an Inch From Disaster

Once I almost vicariously experienced a heart attack because of a friend, all over a few kilobytes of data. Another chronically sleep-deprived...

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ChatGPT Has a Santa Mode

Have you spoken to Robot Santa this year? Not the Futurama one. The ChatGPT voice that OpenAI has unleashed on us like a plate of surprise cookies....

25.12.2024 10

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I Can’t Believe These Vibey AF Retro Christmas Lights are Actually LEDs

For the last few years, Christmas tree decoration trends have leaned toward classic but minimalist. The mood shift toward all-white tree lights...

24.12.2024 10

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Welcome to the Party, Pal. Die Hard Is a Christmas Movie.

“I’ve got a question for you,” a filmmaker friend once said to me on a drizzly December evening as we walked through New York. “Ok, shoot.”...

24.12.2024 5

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Apple Reportedly Developing Smart Doorbell With FaceID

Mention “smart home” and which company (or company branding) do you think of? Philips Hue? Google Nest? Kasa, Ring, Eufy? Apple is that kid in...

24.12.2024 3

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ESPN Commentator Said Someone Was ‘Busting His Nut’ on Air

The Pat McAfee Show is no stranger to some unfiltered, and at times, questionable comments being made on air. As part of ESPN’s coverage of the...

24.12.2024 3

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E-commerce Is Slowing Down. Is It Because of Package Theft?

E-commerce’s stratospheric growth is slowing down. The retail industry began tickling the bells of doom even before Shopify’s stocks dipped 19%,...

24.12.2024 5

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Computer Chip Manufacturer Cancels LEGO Model Orders, Ruins Christmas

Dutch-headquartered computer chip manufacturer ASML plainly underestimated how interested the world would be in a LEGO version of its TWINSCAN EXE:...

23.12.2024 3

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America’s Most Popular Internet Router May Be Contraband in 2025

It’s been a rough week for Chinese companies in the U.S. ByteDance, owner of TikTok, and drone manufacturer DJI are both balancing the bubble...

20.12.2024 3

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Drone Maker DJI Gets One-Year Reprieve From a US Gov’t Ban

You’ve heard of DJI, no? There are lots of consumer-level drones on the market, and none have absolutely owned the space like the Chinese firm...

20.12.2024 2

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Say Adios to Dead AirTag Batteries With This Battery Case That Lasts for 10 Years

Apple AirTags hit that sweet spot of having a battery life just long enough to lure its user into forgetting they exist—until you go to check...

20.12.2024 3

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Want to Level Up Your Button Mashing? Make the Switch to a Mechanical Keyboard

Have you thought about how using your keyboard feels while you’re gaming? No, it’s a weird question, and you’ve been too busy rounding the...

19.12.2024 1

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California Wants You on an Ebike so Badly, It’ll Pay You

Everybody always wants to know, do I support better bicycle infrastructure in the U.S.? Can I still be a car-and-motorcycle guy if I do? The...

19.12.2024 3

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Casio’s Most Iconic Digital Wristwatch is Now… a Ring?

“Casio comes out with miniature version of its first digital watch—in ring form” was not on my bingo card for 2025. At least not in America. We...

19.12.2024 3

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