Jess Weatherbed is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Windows 11 is rolling out the biggest update to MIDI since the musical communication format was first released in 1983. Microsoft announced that its latest Windows 11 Canary test build… Read more
read more...Microsoft is bringing major MIDI improvements to Windows 11
By: The Verge
How to Run DeepSeek R1 on your Raspberry Pi 5
By: Tom's Hardware
You can’t have missed the seismic event that saw Nvidia lose $589 billion in market cap as confidence in AI took a hit after DeepSeek claimed that its open source R1 model could provide rival OpenAI’s o1 model performance, with 11x less compute to train its latest models. The fallout from this is still being… Read more
read more...AT&T customers can now see why a business is calling
By: The Verge
Allison Johnson is a reviewer with 10 years of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in mobile photography and telecom. Previously, she worked at DPReview. Customers on AT&T’s network are getting one more tool to help them decide when to pick up the phone: an indication of why a business is… Read more
read more...Bill Gates says Intel has lost its way, hints that ‘brave’ Pat Gelsinger exited too soon
By: Tom's Hardware
(Image credit: Intel) Being key players in the PC market, Intel and Microsoft have always worked closely as one developed PC hardware, and the other delivered PC software. Thus, we saw the long-running dominance of ‘Wintel’ PC systems. Despite this success, both Intel and Microsoft missed the smartphone revolution in the late 2000s – early… Read more
read more...Warner Bros. is streaming full movies for free on YouTube
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It’s a strange assortment of obscure oddities, cult classics, and outright flops — but hey, it’s free. It’s a strange assortment of obscure oddities, cult classics, and outright flops — but hey, it’s free. Feb 6, 2025, 11:44 AM UTC Jess Weatherbed is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess… Read more
read more...Intel data center CPU sales hit the lowest point in 13 years
By: Tom's Hardware
Sales of Intel’s data center CPUs in 2024 hit their lowest level in more than a decade due to increased competition from AMD, the transition to higher-core count models amid a drop in the number of CPUs, and a market shift to AI servers that use up to eight GPUs and just two CPUs. As… Read more
read more...World’s first lab-grown meat for pets goes on sale
By: The Verge
Dog treats made from lab-grown meat have gone on sale in the UK, in what the manufacturers say is a world-first. Chick Bites are getting a limited release at a single pet store from Friday, but Meatly says it is expanding production and hopes to make its lab-grown meat more widely available as it scales… Read more
read more...The Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra is skipping the US
By: The Verge
The Zenfone 12 Ultra officially launches today, but unlike previous generations, this one won’t be sold in the US. As expected, the 12 Ultra is a de-gamer-ified ROG Phone 9 Pro with a big screen, a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, and a unique gimbal-like stabilizer in the main camera. It’s the same formula Asus followed… Read more
read more...There’s a hidden message in Amazon’s event invites
By: The Verge
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy is a smart home reporter who’s been testing connected gadgets since 2013. Previously a contributor to Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, and US News. Amazon sent out five different invites to its upcoming product event, and when pieced together, they spell out a familiar word: Alexa, the name of the company’s digital voice assistant…. Read more
read more...Sonos lays off 200 employees as its struggles continue
By: The Verge
Chris Welch is a senior reviewer who has worked at The Verge since its founding in 2011. His coverage areas include audio (Sonos, Apple, Bose, Sony, etc.), home theater, smartphones, photography, and more. Things at Sonos are getting worse before they get better — if they’re going to get better. Today the company laid off… Read more
read more...Apple rumored to kick off M5 chip production using TSMC performance-enhanced 3nm node
By: Tom's Hardware
(Image credit: Apple) Apple has started large-scale production of its next-generation M5 processor for desktops, laptops, and high-performance tablets, reports ETNews citing its own sources. The new system-on-chip (SoC) is expected to use a performance-enhanced N3P fabrication process, which was set to enter mass production in the second half of 2024, so the information has… Read more
read more...ChatGPT drops its sign-in requirement for search
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. ChatGPT no longer requires you to log in to use the AI chatbot’s search engine, OpenAI announced on Wednesday. With the feature, ChatGPT will surface responses based… Read more
read more...Newer Sony cameras can now upload images to Google Drive and Lightroom
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. Sony has updated its Creators’ Cloud platform so that images uploaded to a user’s cloud storage from select Sony cameras can be automatically transferred to Google… Read more
read more...Huawei manages to pull $118 billion in revenue despite strict U.S. sanctions and restrictions
By: Tom's Hardware
(Image credit: Shutterstock) Chinese tech giant Huawei appears to have exceeded expectations in 2024, reporting annual revenue of over 860 billion yuan ($118.27 billion). This represents a 22% year-over-year increase, which is impressive despite ongoing U.S. sanctions designed to restrict its access to advanced semiconductor technology and global markets. A key driver of Huawei’s financial… Read more
read more...Reddit tells communities threatening Elon Musk and DOGE workers to cool down
By: The Verge
Jay Peters is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Reddit has seen an increase in rule-breaking posts across “several communities,” and it has issued a temporary ban on one that featured users calling for violence against people who work for the… Read more
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