Large social media companies and streaming platforms — including Amazon, Alphabet-owned YouTube, Meta’s Facebook and TikTok — engage in a “vast surveillance of users” to profit off their personal information, endangering privacy and failing to adequately protect children, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) stated on September 19. As CBS News reports, in a 129-page report, the […]
Apple has secured FDA approval to offer its software update that can turn the Apple AirPods Pro 2 into over-the-counter hearing aids. As PC Mag reports, during Monday’s “Glowtime” event, the company talked about the hearing aid capability, which has been designed to help people with mild to moderate hearing loss. But at the time, Apple said the […]
Apple released iOS 18 on Sept. 16, a week after the company announced its new iPhone 16 lineup, Apple Watch Series 10 and more at its September event. As CNET reports, the operating system brings a lot of new features to your iPhone, like more ways to customize your home screen and updates to the Messages app. Here’s what you should know about the new […]
OpenAI is releasing a new model called o1, the first in a planned series of “reasoning” models that have been trained to answer more complex questions, faster than a human can. It’s being released alongside o1-mini, a smaller, cheaper version. And yes, if you’re steeped in AI rumors: this is, in fact, the extremely hyped Strawberry model. […]
Lyten, a California-based battery tech company, has been chosen by NASA and the Department of Defense (DoD) to send its lithium-sulfur battery technology to the International Space Station (ISS) on a 2025 mission. As PC Mag reports, the energy dense, lightweight cells could extend the time astronauts can spend on space walks from four to […]
The PS5 Pro is official. After months of leaks, Sony just announced a more powerful PS5 console during a special technical presentation. Mark Cerny, the lead architect of the PS5 console, says the PS5 Pro improves on the original console in three key ways: a larger GPU, advanced ray tracing, and custom AI-driven upscaling. As The […]
The Apple “Glowtime” event is over, and the iPhone 16 wasn’t the only big announcement this month. As The Verge reports, this is the 10th anniversary of the Apple Watch, but the Series 10 isn’t that different from what you already know. It looks a lot like prior Apple Watch models, but it has an […]
Apple’s newest phones are officially here (or at least they will be by the end of the month). As CNET reports, during its “Glowtime” event on Monday, the company took the wraps off of its latest iPhones, with the base models predictably called the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus. Pricing remains the same as last […]
IFA Berlin, the world’s largest consumer and electronics show, celebrated its 100th birthday this year, and while the annual European tradeshow has long been a reliable source of innovative new tech for your abode, this year felt more jam-packed with promising smart home devices than ever. IFA exhibitors often showcase appliances and smart home tech that might […]
PlayStation appears to be throwing its entire weight behind Astro Bot, which was officially launched on September 6. In a rare move, Sony Interactive Entertainment changed the profile images of its official accounts on various social media platforms to celebrate the release of the PlayStation 5 exclusive. As Game Rant reports, Astro Bot has already cracked […]