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X appears to block Taylor Swift searches... barely
X appears to have blocked searches for Taylor Swift as a reaction to a recent trend...
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Nomad’s 3-in-1 MagSafe Charger and the Sonos One are down to their best prices
Fancy phone chargers are nice, but they’re often too expensive to justify the cost. Nomad’s Base...
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Google’s Lumiere brings AI video closer to real than unreal
Google’s new video generation AI model Lumiere uses a new diffusion model called Space-Time-U-Net, or STUNet,...
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This MIDI guitar is my favorite new way to make music
For many years now, my Stratocaster has been a memento hanging on my wall representing the...
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How to keep track of friends and family on Android
Many of us are hyperaware of the multitude of ways we can be tracked with modern...
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Satya Nadella says the explicit Taylor Swift AI fakes are ‘alarming and terrible’
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has responded to a controversy over sexually explicit AI-made fake images of...
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Hey Gen Z, I promise you aren’t aging like milk
Okay, Gen Z. Sit down, babes. It’s time to talk.I have seen multiple reports that you...
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Reminder: Amazon Prime Video is getting ads next week
In case the hubbub of the holidays made you forget all about (or completely miss) Amazon’s...
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OnePlus 12 preorders come with a free storage upgrade for a limited time
With the impending launch of Samsung’s Galaxy S24 series, OnePlus surely hopes to hitch a ride...
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Dirty tricks or small wins: developers are skeptical of Apple’s App Store rules
Apple is finally opening up the iPhone to sideloading and alternative app stores — at least...
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Here’s the new Apple tax every developer is going to hate
Apple is finally opening the iPhone to third-party app stores in the European Union, kicking off...
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Monkey Man’s new trailer feels like a warning shot fired at John Wick
For the past few years, Lionsgate has dominated the stylish, hyper-choreographed, bullet-hole-ridden action-thriller genre with a...
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Microsoft explains how Russian hackers spied on its executives
Microsoft revealed last week that it had discovered a nation-state attack on its corporate systems from...
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The Pixel 8 Pro is one goofy way to take your temperature
Earlier this week, Google updated the Pixel 8 Pro to let its strange new temperature sensor...
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Switch 2: all the news and rumors on Nintendo’s next console
The Nintendo Switch is going to be a tough act to follow. With more than 130...
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Cruise wasn’t hiding the pedestrian-dragging video from regulators — it just had bad internet
Cruise, the self-driving car subsidiary of General Motors, tried to send a 90-second video to regulators...
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Epic intends to launch its game store — and Fortnite — on iOS
Epic plans to launch the Epic Games Store on the iPhone this year in the European...
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Pokémon with guns? All the latest on viral gaming hit Palworld
Gaming’s first big surprise hit of 2024 arrived early with the release of Palworld. Described by...
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The Pokémon Company says it will “investigate” Palworld
You can all stop calling now — The Pokémon Company’s lawyers are on the case. In...
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Epic’s Tim Sweeney calls Apple App Store changes ‘hot garbage’
Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games, has a lot to say about the changes Apple...
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FTC investigating Microsoft, Amazon, and Google investments into OpenAI and Anthropic
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) opened an inquiry into the investments of Big Tech companies that...