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Google supercharges Chrome's omnibox address bar with machine learning

More relevant suggestions are on their way

By Zo Ahmed, May 1, 2024, 8:01 AM

AI Electronics

Hyped Rabbit R1 AI device faces harsh criticism in first reviews

Someone has already turned it into an Android app

Facepalm: The Rabbit R1, the AI-powered digital assistant device that attracted massive levels of hype during CES earlier this year, is here. Like the Humane AI Pin, it has been met with reviews that range from okay to downright bad. Many people question why the device isn't just an app, and one person has shown that, it could have been – though its developers dispute this.

Full story By Rob Thubron, May 1, 2024, 7:36 AM

Security Google

Google flexes security muscle, says it stopped 2.2 million rogue apps from hitting Play Store in 2023

A couple of crypto scammers also received some legal treatment

By Zo Ahmed, May 1, 2024, 6:53 AM

Tech Deals Microsoft

Get Microsoft Office for $29, no subscription required

Available for Windows and macOS. Over 80% off.

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Hardware Tech Culture

The US government is auctioning the Cheyenne supercomputer: 145,152 CPU cores and 313 TB of RAM

This 5.34-petaflops supercomputer could be yours

By Shawn Knight, May 1, 2024, 6:13 AM

Industry Car Tech

Tesla lays off entire Supercharger and new vehicles teams, weeks after previous cuts

Elon Musk is going "hard core"

By Rob Thubron, May 1, 2024, 5:16 AM

Hardware Gaming

AMD's cancelled RDNA 4 GPU could have doubled the 7900 XTX's performance

A Radeon RX 8900 XTX would have featured 9 shader engines, 200 compute units, and up to 20 chiplets

By Daniel Sims, April 30, 2024, 7:02 PM 16 comments

Industry AI

Apple poached three dozen Google experts to open a secret AI lab in Zurich

Former Google AI head now leads Apple's Machine Learning and AI Strategy division

By Cal Jeffrey, April 30, 2024, 1:38 PM

Electronics Tech Culture

Researchers create a new circuit board material that can be easily recycled

A hot potato: Printed circuit boards are ubiquitous; they are used in nearly all electronic devices and constitute a significant portion of the electronic waste accumulating in landfills. A new polymer-based material could render PCBs much more environmentally friendly and facilitate endless recycling.

Full story By Alfonso Maruccia, April 30, 2024, 12:32 PM

Blog Industry

TechSpot is hiring: We're looking for tech enthusiasts with sharp writing skills

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By Julio Franco

Electronics Wearable Tech

Refreshed Beats Solo on-ear headphones get better battery life, improved acoustics

Beats also has a new set of Solo Buds

By Shawn Knight, April 30, 2024, 11:47 AM

Software Microsoft

MS-DOS 4.00 source code's sloppy Git dump breaks build and erases metadata

Good intentions, poor execution?

Facepalm: Microsoft deserves kudos for open-sourcing the MS-DOS 4.00 source code, shedding light on an important milestone in computing history. But the tech giant has bungled the release in a way that may cause needless headaches for historians and archivists eager to study the decades-old code.

Full story By Zo Ahmed, April 30, 2024, 11:10 AM

Software Download of the Week

Arc Browser reaches stable release on Windows, available for download

The Arc Browser, previously exclusive to macOS and iOS, is now out of beta on Windows and available for download. As of writing, it only supports Windows 11.

By Ivan Franco, April 30, 2024, 10:54 AM

The Web Google

YouTube is experimenting with showing ads when you pause a video

Invasive ads mar the user experience

By Shawn Knight, April 30, 2024, 10:18 AM 25 comments

Software Microsoft

Microsoft rolls out update to fix a bug that was installing Copilot on Windows 11 PCs

The unwanted Copilot installation was first reported in March

By Kishalaya Kundu, April 30, 2024, 9:36 AM

Industry Google

Despite soaring profits, Google lays off more staff, including Python and Flutter engineers

The Python, Dart, and Flutter teams have been impacted

By Rob Thubron, April 30, 2024, 8:59 AM 14 comments

Tech Deals Microsoft

This deal gets you Windows 11 Pro for $29

Get Windows 10 / 11 Pro keys at a discount

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Hardware Electronics

This techie created a GPU from scratch in under two weeks

Designing custom CPUs and GPUs has become something of a trend for hobbyists of late

In brief: Building your own graphics card is the kind of undertaking that most people wouldn't even dream of attempting. But for one enterprising engineer known as "adammaj" on X/Twitter, constructing a GPU from the ground up wasn't just a crazy idea; it was a challenge conquered in just two weeks, even "with no prior experience."

Full story By Zo Ahmed, April 30, 2024, 8:37 AM

Tech Culture

Razer to refund over $1 million for misleading "N95-grade" claims on its Zephyr masks

Maybe stick to gaming products, Razer?

By Rob Thubron, April 30, 2024, 8:13 AM

Mobile Industry

FCC slaps top telecom companies with $200 million in fines for selling user location data

AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint continued to sell data even after warnings

By Zo Ahmed, April 30, 2024, 7:43 AM 8 comments

Tech Culture

Airline ticketing system repeatedly confuses 101-year-old passenger for a baby

"They thought I was only a little child and I'm an old lady"

By Rob Thubron, April 30, 2024, 7:15 AM

Software Apple

Epic will relaunch Fortnite on iPad, Apple ordered to open up iPadOS in the EU

Fortnite is coming to iPhone soon

By Daniel Sims, April 30, 2024, 6:44 AM

Intel CPUs Are Crashing and It's Intel's Fault: Intel Baseline Profile Benchmark

FEATURE By Steven Walton, April 30, 2024, 6:02 AM TechSpot Hardware

For years, we have highlighted Intel's loosely defined CPU power specs and the problems they pose for customers. The issue now is that some 13th and 14th-gen processors have started crashing.