Hands-on with the Apple Home Collection

We’ve just gotten a closer look at Apple’s new video doorbell, security cameras, a door lock, and thermostats following the company’s “Welcome Home” event on Tuesday. The six new devices…

DLSS 5 gets toned down for its Hogwarts Legacy debut next month

When Nvidia originally showed off DLSS 5 earlier this year, the technology immediately got branded as gen AI for video games. To gamers, Nvidia had lost the plot. I personally…

Everything Apple launched at its ‘Welcome Home’ event

Apple unveiled a slate of new smart home gadgets at its aptly named “Welcome Home” event today, including its first (and highly anticipated) smart home hub. That flagship announcement came…

Character.AI files for bankruptcy

Character.AI, one of the first breakout startups of the generative AI boom, has filed for bankruptcy and is selling some of its assets to Disney. The company, which builds various…

The Social Reckoning is flopping at the box office

As important as some of the messages in The Social Reckoning are, the movie has been drastically underperforming at the box office. Per Variety, Aaron’s Sorkin’s follow up to The…

Meta has some Wonder Full new AI models 

The new models, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, are available for Muse Code subscribers starting today. Wonder can also be accessed through the Meta Model API, Meta said. Meta…

Elon Musk has donated over $276 million to Republican midterm efforts

Elon Musk has handed out at least $276 million to Republican groups since July, The New York Times reports, making him both the party’s top known donor and the biggest…

The Yandex outage probably didn’t blitz Russian bots

Multiple Ukrainian drone strikes over the last week have taken Russian data centers offline and reportedly caused online bot traffic to plummet — but in reality it’s probably not the…

Mechanism’s first Switch 2 case is as awesome as I hoped it would be

Most companies have slowed down releasing new Switch 2 cases, but one of my favorite accessory makers recently debuted its first, after a few delays. The $49 Basecase from Mechanism…

Android is the best and worst thing about Googlebooks

My first week with the new Android-powered laptops has been about as rocky as anyone’s, but I’ve slowly learned to like them, even if love still feels a ways off.…