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Verizon is launching a new “Lite” home internet plan for people in areas previously not covered by its fiber and 5G internet. The new plan offers download speeds of up to 25Mbps, but it costs as much as $60 per month without any discounts. Verizon says its Lite plan is best for “light” internet usage […]

With Windows 10 on its last legs, Intel is looking forward to the PC industry growing more than it has in years - the most since 2021, when the covid-19 pandemic revived industry growth by creating a huge surge in demand. But it seems the struggling Intel, which just received lifelines from Nvidia, Softbank, and […]

Microsoft is joining the AI browser wave with the official launch of a new “Copilot Mode” in Edge. The option, first announced in July, turns Copilot into your portal to the web, with each new tab opening a chat window where you can either ask a question, conduct a search, or enter a URL. Copilot […]

If you’re tight on time to read through your backlog of books, audiobooks might be a more convenient way to get caught up. Amazon is offering a steep discount on Audible Premium Plus that lets new and lapsed subscribers pay $.99 (usually $14.95) per month for three months. The subscription includes one credit per month, […]

Google’s latest pledge to support a new clean energy technology is… a gas project? To be precise, it’s a gas-fired power plant outfitted with filtering devices to capture its planet-heating carbon emissions. Is this just a polluting fossil fuel project in sheep’s clothing?  Google just inked an agreement to support the development of a new […]

Ledger’s fifth Nano crypto wallet marks a moment of reinvention: it’s not nearly so “nano” anymore, and Ledger would prefer you didn’t call it a crypto wallet either. It’s grown in size, picked up a full E Ink display, and is now being billed as a “signer.” The $179 Ledger Nano Gen5 resembles the $249 […]

My front door unlocks automatically as I walk up to it, and the home security system disarms itself - no code or app required. The system has recognized me using the Google Nest Doorbell's Familiar Faces, and confirmed I'm me using my phone's location. The dual-factor authentication triggers the automatic disarming and unlocking, so all […]

A New York Times report on Tuesday cited internal Amazon documents touting how its shift into automation could help it sell more products without hiring more people, but today the company has issued a PR blast about robotics and delivery tech that is much sunnier. Along with a tease of AI-connected augmented reality smart glasses […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicted the company would be able to remove the safety monitors from its robotaxis "by the end of the year." He also said Tesla would launch a robotaxi service in 8-10 new markets also before the end of 2025. "We are expecting to have no safety drivers in at least large […]

When it comes to inventive USB-C accessories with rad designs, nobody does it like Sharge. Now it’s following up its classic Mac-inspired chargers, its Braun turntable-inspired battery, and whatever the heck this is supposed to be, with a new MagSafe battery that specifically echoes Sony’s classic T-Series Cybershot cameras. It’s called the Icemag 3, and […]

Reddit is suing Perplexity and three “data-scraping service providers” to “stop the industrial-scale, unlawful circumvention of data protections by a group of bad actors who will stop at nothing to get their hands on valuable copyrighted content on Reddit,” according to the complaint. The company equates the data scraping companies — SerpApi, Oxylabs, and AWMProxy […]

Watching the first few minutes of KPop Demon Hunters on Samsung's Galaxy XR headset, I think Apple's Vision Pro might be cooked. It's not because the Galaxy XR - which Samsung formerly teased as Project Moohan - is that much better than the Vision Pro. It's that the experience is comparable, but you get so […]