After the most tumultuous nine months in Sonos’ history, the brand is trying to find its footing again. Even as work continues to rehabilitate the company’s beleaguered mobile app, Sonos is planning to take a big swing in a new product category: it’s getting into video for the first time. In the coming months, Sonos… Read more
read more...After a bruising year, Sonos readies its next big thing: a streaming box
By: The Verge
AMD is rumored to hold an RDNA 4 launch event later this month — RX 9000 GPUs still planned for March
By: Tom's Hardware
(Image credit: AMD) New information suggests that AMD might be planning a launch event for its Radeon RX 9070 series GPUs by the end of February, per Benchlife. While the GPUs themself are still slated for a March release, this could be an excellent opportunity to learn more about the ins and outs of RDNA… Read more
read more...Cruise announces layoffs as GM acquires defunct robotaxi company
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Defunct robotaxi company Cruise has begun to lay off employees today, sources tell The Verge. The layoffs come two months after General Motors said it would no longer fund Cruise, and would instead shift its spending toward advanced driver assist and personally owned autonomous vehicles. Cruise held an all-hands meeting today, in which it announced… Read more
read more...Fox plans to launch a streaming service by the end of 2025
By: The Verge
Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Fox is getting ready to launch a standalone streaming service by the end of 2025. During an earnings call on Tuesday, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch said the… Read more
read more...The Nintendo Switch closes in on a major milestone
By: The Verge
Ash Parrish is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and the quirky, horny, culture of video game communities. The Switch is on track to complete a major milestone for Nintendo this year. As of the end of 2024, the Nintendo Switch has sold… Read more
read more...Verizon bundles Google AI into its wireless plans for an extra $10
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Wes Davis is a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020. Verizon is adding a new option to bundle Google One AI Premium into its wireless myPlan and myHome internet plans, the company announced today. The add-on will be… Read more
read more...This 4K projector’s periscope arm lets you install it almost anywhere
By: The Verge
Andrew Liszewski is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2011, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Fujifilm has announced a new ultra-short throw projector with its lens attached to an articulated arm that can pivot and rotate. Unlike most UST projectors that… Read more
read more...From toilets to chips — Toto’s electrostatic chucks are becoming a crucial element of modern fabs
By: Tom's Hardware
(Image credit: Toto) Toto is mainly known for its advanced toilets and sanitary ceramics. However, the company’s expertise in ceramic production can also be applied to semiconductor manufacturing. Since the 1980s, Toto has made electrostatic chucks (e-chucks) indispensable in modern semiconductor manufacturing. According to Nikkei, operating profits from these products are expected to exceed $100… Read more
read more...Korean retail RTX 5090 spotted for sale in China — Chinese shoppers plunder Japan and Taiwan, too
By: Tom's Hardware
A clearly Korea-sourced Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card has been spotted for sale on an online Chinese marketplace. Korean PC tech fan @Harukaze5719 highlighted the listing and seemed exasperated by its presence. Perhaps the ‘OMG’ was due to the difficulty in obtaining one of these new Nvidia graphics cards in South Korea. We are… Read more
read more...Infinity Nikki taught me a painful lesson
By: The Verge
I’ve been having a great time with Infinity Nikki. I do my dailies, grind for materials, and desperately search for an outfit that works with the single ugliest piece of clothing in the game: a red vest. But as I’ve progressed, the game has given me — a gacha newbie — an unfortunate crash-course education… Read more
read more...Apple leaks event-planning ‘Invites’ feature
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The Invites app will be included in iCloud Plus to help you plan events. The Invites app will be included in iCloud Plus to help you plan events. Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she… Read more
read more...Meta says this is the make or break year for the metaverse
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This year will decide if Horizon Worlds “will go down as the work of visionaries or a legendary misadventure,” according to a Meta executive. This year will decide if Horizon Worlds “will go down as the work of visionaries or a legendary misadventure,” according to a Meta executive. Photo by David Pierce / The Verge… Read more
read more...Accidental wildfire alerts prompt probe from Congress
By: The Verge
House of Representative members from California want to know what led to accidental evacuation alerts that fomented confusion during devastating Los Angeles fires in January. The Palisades and Eaton wildfires broke out in early January, killing at least 29 people and destroying more than 16,000 structures. In the midst of the chaos, some 10 million… Read more
read more...Users report bricked or unstable RTX 5090 and 5080 cards — root cause to be determined
By: Tom's Hardware
Widespread reports from users on Chinese forums and Reddit suggest that initial instabilities observed with Nvidia’s RTX 50 GPUs could extend beyond simple PCIe 5.0 compatibility problems. The diverse nature of the reports makes it hard to identify a single root cause; with users experiencing initialization failures, GPU-bricking drivers, PCIe 5.0 instability, and the list… Read more
read more...The timeline apps are here, and they’re awesome
By: The Verge
The folks at Iconfactory, which once made a wonderful Twitter client called Twitterrific, launched a new app on Tuesday. It’s called Tapestry, and it’s a cross between a social app and a news reader. The app can ingest feeds of all kinds: someone’s Bluesky posts, your favorite YouTube creator’s videos, a blog’s new posts, all… Read more
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