TikTok parent company ByteDance is currently developing an advanced 5 nanometer AI chip with US firm Broadcom, Reuters reports, citing two sources familiar with the plans. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (TSMC), which makes chips for Apple, Nvidia, Qualcomm, and AMD, is expected to manufacture the upcoming ByteDance-Broadcom chip. According to PC Mag, chip would not violate […]
On Monday, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton, two consequential cases about the future of speech on the internet. The court explicitly extended First Amendment protections to how social media platforms organize, curate, and moderate their feeds, drawing a comparison between internet content moderation and “traditional publishers and editors.” As The Verge reports, […]
Amazon made it official last week: Amazon Prime Day 2024 will be on July 16 and 17 this year. The shopping event will start at 12:01AM PT/3:01AM ET on Tuesday, July 16, and conclude at the end of the day on Wednesday, July 17. As Endgadget reports, just like it has been the last few years, Prime Day will […]
Apple has announced that it is no longer offering Apple Pay Later, the “buy now, pay later” service that launched in the United States last year. Existing users with open Apple Pay Later loans will still be able to manage them via the Wallet app. In its place, Apple is focusing on new features coming […]
SpaceX’s Starlink internet-from-space service is already available for boats, planes, vanlifers, Amazonian villages, and rural homes in over 75 countries — now it’s coming to backpackers. As The Verge reports, the new compact DC-powered Starlink Mini is about the size of a thick laptop and integrates the Wi-Fi router right inside the dish. And despite using less power than other Starlink […]
At its introduction event, Microsoft chief product officer Panos Panay expressed a desire not to alienate longtime Windows aficionados, and that’s a good thing (though almost impossible, given the way many people react to change). Despite that goal of keeping it familiar, there’s plenty of innovation in Windows 11. So, what’s new in 11, and […]
Elden Ring, Shadow of the Erdtree is finally here. The huge game, from Dark Souls developer FromSoftware, is set in a world created in part by Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin. As The Verge reports, the game largely lives up to the massive hype, but it didn’t have a perfect launch. Bandai Namco issued a PSA on the day […]
After years of playing second fiddle to Link in her own franchise, Princess Zelda is finally getting a video game of her own this fall. As The Verge reports, Nintendo revealed Nintendo revealed The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom during Tuesday’s Direct presentation. This is the franchise’s first game to follow along as Princess Zelda herself […]
Samsung is exploring new digital health coaching features based on large language models, or LLMs, as part of its efforts to embed AI into its most important products. The move can also be seen as an effort to fend off rivals including Google and Apple as they evolve their own health trackers and digital assistants. As CNET reports, this initiative […]
Voyager 1, the farthest human-made craft from the Earth, is finally sending back data from all four of its scientific instruments, NASA said last week. That means the agency is once more receiving its readings on plasma waves, magnetic fields, and space-bound particles. As The Verge reports, Voyager 1 stopped sending back good data months ago, in November, […]