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Framework’s new dual M.2 module boosts laptop max storage to 32TB — Framework Laptop 16 Expansion Bay is only $39

By: Tom's Hardware

Framework just released a module for the Framework Laptop 16 Expansion Bay, allowing you to add up to two 8TB M.2 2280 SSD modules to the device. This would let you have as much as 32TB of storage on the laptop: one 8TB M.2 2280 and one 2TB M.2 2230 SSD mounted internally, two 8TB… Read more

Google Home tests access tiers for everyone in your smart home

By: The Verge

Google Home is testing a new feature that will allow friends and family members to help manage smart devices around your home. Two access levels are available: “Admin” which provides full control over account and device permissions, and “Member” for people who require more limited access. Google says that Admin access is for “trusted partners… Read more

Ask The Industry: hi-fi engineers weigh in on the value of ‘running-in’

By: What HIFI?

We asked a number of engineers in the industry for their thoughts on running-in…

This powerful, party-ready Bluetooth speaker boasts 30-hour battery life and karaoke capabilities

By: What HIFI?

The Tribit StormBox Blast 2 has arrived boasting 200W of power, an IP67 rating and 30 hours of battery life.

The M6xTT turntable is more gorgeous acrylic from Musical Fidelity – just in a smaller and cheaper package

By: What HIFI?

The company’s second premium turntable in over a year

Waymo is sending autonomous vehicles to Japan for first international tests

By: The Verge

Waymo’s autonomous vehicles are going to Tokyo, marking the first time that the Alphabet company is deploying vehicles on public roads in a foreign market. Waymo is billing the excursion as a simple “road trip” for collecting data about the nuances of Japanese driving, including left-hand traffic and navigating a dense urban environment. The vehicles… Read more

The Framework Laptop 16 just got a modular gadget that enables quadruple SSDs

By: The Verge

The most ambitious laptop ever made just got a long-promised modular upgrade. Starting today, you can pay $39 to add two extra M.2 slots to the Framework Laptop 16 — letting you potentially carry around an AI accelerator, an eGPU adapter, or a grand total of four solid state storage sticks for ludicrous capacity. As… Read more

Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has more than 100 million daily active users

By: The Verge

Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has more than 100 million daily active users / Meta is revealing a daily active user count for Threads for the first time. The platform has also eclipsed 300 million monthly active users. By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several… Read more

Fediverse creator payment platform sub.club is shutting down

By: The Verge

Sub.club, which lets fediverse creators offer paid subscriptions and premium content and launched at the end of August, is already shutting down. “With regret, we will be winding down this project over the next few weeks,” the sub.club team announced last week. Creators using the service will be “fully paid,” but sub.club feeds will stop working… Read more

You can now schedule a DM on Instagram

By: The Verge

You can now schedule a DM on Instagram / Now you can pick a specific time and date to send memes to your friends. By Emma Roth, 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. Dec 16, 2024,… Read more

China’s dual 16-core Hygon CPU server rack barely outperforms a quad-core Skylake Core i7-6700HQ mobile CPU in Geekbench AI

By: Tom's Hardware

(Image credit: AnandTech) A rack comprised of two Hygon server-based processors was spotted on the Geekbench browser featuring a run of Geekbench’s new AI-based benchmark. Benchleaks on X reports that the chip’s CPUID name is 900F22. Sadly for the company, the dual-CPU configuration scored abysmal results in Geekbench’s AI benchmark. The single precision score was… Read more

FL Esports OG98 Tri-Mode Mechanical Keyboard Review

By: Tech Power Up

0 Packaging & Accessories » Introduction FL Esports may not be a brand you have heard of thus far, yet this Chinese peripheral brand has been around for over 20 years now. This makes FL Esports one of the oldest keyboard brands in particular, to the point where a lot of eSports organizations and tournaments in… Read more

Blackmagic’s Vision Pro immersive camera can be yours for only $29,995

By: The Verge

Blackmagic has announced that its URSA Cine Immersive commercial camera for shooting high-quality 3D immersive video is now available to preorder “direct from Blackmagic Design Offices,” with the first deliveries going out in early 2025. The camera, which could enable more immersive content for the Vision Pro, costs $29,995 — or a mere 8.6 Vision… Read more

Serbian authorities are reportedly hacking and installing spyware on activists’ phones

By: The Verge

Police in Serbia are using mobile device hacking tools to break into the phones of activists and journalists and then installing spyware to track them, Amnesty International warns in a report. The organization says the state uses tools built by Israeli company Cellebrite, which are intended to help law enforcement unlock devices for forensic purposes…. Read more

YouTube is letting creators opt into allowing third-party AI training

By: The Verge

YouTube is letting creators opt into allowing third-party AI training / But you still can’t tell Google not to train its AI on your videos. By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium. Dec 16, 2024, 8:28 PM… Read more