Last week, viewers watched closing arguments in the Musk v. Altman trial, and as The Verge reports, most wish they hadn’t. Steven Molo, Musk’s lawyer, stumbled over his words. He at one point called Greg Brockman — a co-defendant — Greg Altman. He erroneously claimed that Musk wasn’t asking for money and had to be corrected by […]
Google’s new Fitbit Air, the $99.99 screenless fitness tracker, comes out on May 26th. It’s the company’s first Fitbit release in four years, and you can use it on iOS or Android phones without a paid subscription if all you want to do is track activities, sleep, and basic health metrics (heart rate, breathing rate, […]
Google Chrome offers plenty of AI features, but some of them could quietly eat up your device storage. As spotted by The Privacy Guy, the browser automatically downloads a 4GB model to support on-device AI features, and it may stay on your PC unless the features are turned off. The AI model in question is Gemini […]
The FCC’s bans on foreign-made Wi-Fi routers and drones initially included an expiration date on software updates, but the commission has now extended the cutoff from 2027 to 2029. As PCMag reports, on Friday, the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) issued an extension that permits previously authorized foreign-made drones and Wi-Fi routers to “continue to receive software and firmware […]
Access to Canvas has been fully restored following last week’s widespread outage that ensnared thousands of universities , schools, and online home school providers. However, Canvas’s developer, Instructure, has temporarily shut down the “Free-For-Teacher” service after hackers exploited it to infiltrate the platform. The Free-For-Teacher Accounts As PCMag reports, for hours on Thursday, May 7, students and professors struggled […]
Apple has reportedly stopped work on its Vision Pro headset and shifted staff to other teams within the company, MacRumors reports. As PCMag reports, once touted as “the next big thing” in tech, Apple unveiled the Vision Pro in 2023 and launched in early 2024. The headset, powered by the M2 chip, had a slow start, with […]
Major music-streaming platforms are being flooded with AI-generated tracks, so Spotify has decided to roll out a preemptive strike in the form of a new verification badge to prove to listeners that an artist is actually human. As PCMag reports, to earn a badge, which will appear as a light green checkmark, an artist needs to have consistent listener […]
SpaceX’s Starlink could see a “sevenfold” increase in capacity under new rules approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this week to improve satellite internet services. “Americans are now about to see a big upgrade,” said FCC Chair Brendan Carr. As PCMag reports, the commission introduced the new rules earlier in April before approving them at a meeting last week. […]
Taylor Swift recently filed a series of trademark applications designed to protect the star from AI-enabled impersonations. As Fast Company reports, Swift already holds a wide array of trademarks, but these latest filings, at least one intellectual property firm suggests, serve a new purpose: protecting the timbre and character of her voice itself through what is […]
Microsoft is weighing in on whether you should install third-party antivirus software on a PC, telling users the built-in Defender should be enough. As PCMag reports, Microsoft quietly took an official stand in a Learning Center article published earlier this month, which Windows Latest later spotted. “For many Windows 11 users, Microsoft Defender Antivirus covers everyday risk without requiring additional […]