Despite launching its ambitious ChatGPT Agent just last week, in typical OpenAI fashion, there are rumblings of an even bigger release on the near horizon: GPT-5. As ZDNet reports, while speculation about GPT-5 isn’t new — OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman said GPT-5 was “releasing soon” on X just earlier this week — new reports show it may be sooner […]
SpaceX is blaming a network upgrade for Thursday’s widespread Starlink outage, which temporarily shut down access to the satellite internet system around the globe. As PCMag reports, previously, a SpaceX executive said the disruption was due to a “failure of key internal software services that operate the core network,” without elaborating. But in a message sent […]
After years of work, T-Mobile and SpaceX has officially launched their cellular Starlink service, allowing smartphone users to remain connected in dead zones. As PCMag reports, this “T-Satellite” service has been available since January through a free beta program, which attracted about 1.8 million sign-ups. But as of July 23, T-Mobile now charges subscribers for T-Satellite, […]
We are now deep into the Summer travel season, and as we head to airports across the U.S. and overseas, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued new warnings for all smartphone (and PC) users to stay safe and secure at airports while traveling. The Two Biggest Risks, According to TSA As Forbes reports, the first warning […]
Google officially has a date for its Pixel launch event: August 20th, 2025. As The Verge reports, in an invite sent out last week, Google announced that the event will take place in New York City at 1PM ET, where the company will show off “the latest on our Pixel phones, watches, buds, and more.” […]
Malware known as a “BadBox 2.0” has infiltrated over 10 million Android devices, including TV streaming devices, tablets, and digital projectors, according to Google. As PCMag reports, last week Google said it filed a lawsuit in New York to try and shut down the “criminal enterprise,” which operates as a botnet or an army of infected devices. “This […]
Apple has sued the well-known leaker Jon Prosser for the alleged theft of trade secrets related to iOS 26. As The Verge reports, Prosser has been accused of tasking another man, Michael Ramacciotti, with secretly accessing an Apple employee’s development iPhone and using that information to report on Apple’s planned changes in the then-unannounced iOS 26. […]
In his pursuit to create “AI superintelligence,” Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg is teasing plans to build not one, but several energy-hungry data centers dedicated to AI training. As PCMag reports, back in January, Zuckerberg mentioned creating a data center so large it would cover large parts of Manhattan island if placed in New York City. On Monday, […]
A week after Elon Musk’s Grok dubbed itself “MechaHitler” and spewed antisemitic stereotypes, the US government has announced a new contract granting the chatbot’s creator, xAI, up to $200 million to modernize the Defense Department. As The Verge reports, xAI is one of several leading AI companies to receive the award, alongside Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI. But the […]
Google’s head of Android has said that the company plans to combine its mobile operating system with ChromeOS, the software that currently runs across Google’s Chromebook laptops. Sameer Samat, president of Google’s Android ecosystem, told TechRadar that “we’re going to be combining Chrome OS and Android into a single platform.” Samat, who’s responsible for Android’s implementation across […]