The 2026 iPad Mini is a terrific tiny tablet — for a big price
The iPad Mini sometimes feels like a trap. It is, in some ways and for some people, the perfect iPad: meaningfully larger than my phone's screen but s...
Apple is ‘not able to predict’ when it’ll have enough iPhone Duos to go around
Apple CEO John Ternus doesn't have a timeline for when iPhone Duo supply constraints could lift. During an interview with Reuters, Ternus said the com...
Apple set an iPhone sales record even without a new standard iPhone
Apple had a record-breaking quarter for iPhone sales - despite not releasing a standard model during its latest refresh. In its fourth-quarter earning...
Meta is planning to release the last OS update for its Quest 2 and Quest Pro VR headsets by March 2027, the company announced today. The last OS updat...
One of Google’s Android partners turned 1.3 million set-top boxes into a botnet
Google says one of its Android manufacturing partners secretly built a backdoor in 1.3 million devices and turned them into a botnet. The company says...
One of Google’s Android partners turned 1.3 million set-top boxes into a botnet
Google says one of its Android manufacturing partners secretly built a backdoor in 1.3 million devices and turned them into a botnet. The company says...
BMW is taking on Tesla’s FSD with urban driver assist starting in 2027
BMW says that it will expand its navigation-guided, partially automated driving capabilities into urban environments starting in 2027, launching first...
The Apple Watch Ultra 4 is $100 off, matching its best price to date
The Apple Watch Ultra 4 is the company’s most capable smartwatch. Whether you intend to put its many tracking features to the test, or you simply want...
Ford promises not to sell your driving habits to data brokers
Ford vowed to never sell customer driving data to third-party data brokers as part of a new privacy promise aimed at setting the automaker apart from ...
Anthropic clamps down on Claude’s AI video game clones
Anthropic has updated Claude Code's system prompt to prevent the AI tool from being used to recreate existing video games, as reported by Tom's Hardwa...
Xbox’s former COO has ‘serious concerns’ about her abrupt departure
Xbox's former chief operating officer, Helen Chiang, suddenly left Microsoft less than two weeks ago after being promoted into the role in July. I wro...
OpenAI pitches data center power plants as a way to protect nearby areas
In an announcement on Monday, OpenAI says it will pilot its "Grid Protectors Program" at an upcoming data center in Effingham County, Georgia, where t...
The New York Times and other publications sue Brave web browser for AI scraping and bypassing paywalls
The New York Times and a group of other publications have filed lawsuits against the company that makes the Brave web browser over alleged unlawful sc...
Apple’s ‘Ultra’ smart home robot might have to wait until 2028
Apple has reportedly delayed the launch of its rumored smart home robot until next year at the earliest or possibly even 2028, according to The Inform...
The website-building platform Squarespace is laying off 19 percent of its employees as it works to "simplify" its operations, Squarespace spokesperson...
Today, I’m talking with Matt Strauss, who is now chairman of the NBCUniversal Media Group. This is Matt’s second time joining me on the show, and ther...
Vivo’s first Pro Max phone proves its Ultra is still in a league of its own
When I declared this spring that Vivo's X300 Ultra had the best cameras in any phone, two things made it stand out in my mind: its excellent main came...
Patti Zirhut, a lifelong Republican, has been studying her ballot for weeks. Zirhut eagerly voted for President Donald Trump in 2016, 2020, and 2024, ...
Affinity’s creative studio is now available on iPad for free
Canva is giving digital creatives a new way to design, illustrate, and edit photos on their iPads, and it doesn't have to cost them a thing. After rel...
The 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 got another ‘unavoidable’ RAM price hike
The Raspberry Pi 5 with 16GB of RAM now costs $385 after an $80 price hike, the latest in a string of increases driven by the ongoing RAM shortage. Th...
SpaceX’s big mobile carrier plans could reportedly involve buying Boost Mobile
SpaceX has discussed a deal with Boost Mobile to launch its own service through the budget-friendly carrier, according to a report from the Washington...
More European supermarkets are getting their freezers hacked
Grocery stores across Europe have been hit by another wave of suspected cyberattacks, reporting sudden changes in the temperatures of their fridges an...
Affinity’s creative studio is now available on iPad for free
Canva is giving digital creatives a new way to design, illustrate, and edit photos on their iPads, and it doesn't have to cost them a thing. After rel...
NASA hopes the commercial space industry can help save Hubble
Gravity is a cruel mistress, slowly dragging the famed telescope ever closer to its ultimate demise with every day. Hubble is in no immediate danger o...
Flock keeps ignoring requests to cancel its contracts
While more cities are canceling their contracts with Flock Safety, just as many are discovering how difficult that can be in some instances. Plymouth,...
Apple’s HomeView could add security camera features
Reddit user pdfu found hints hidden in the HomeView 27.2 code that Apple could be adding security camera features to its smart home hub. The strings d...
A fully playable version of Portal prequel F-Stop leaked
Leakers have pieced together a playable version of the canceled Portal prequel F-Stop. Most of the assets came from the massive 12-terabyte leak that ...
North Korea linked to massive Binance crypto heist
The FBI says North Korea was behind the massive $6.3 billion crypto heist that hit Binance on October 29th. The FBI labeled the activity "TraderTraito...
HomePod Mini 2 first look: Three things I love and one disappointment
When I first heard about the new $149 HomePod Mini 2 at Apple's Welcome Home event last month, I was disappointed. It's been six years since Apple lau...
Rather than recommend a single horror film or an unsettling album for our final installment of spooky season recs, I present you with a small selectio...
