During Meta’s antitrust trial today, lawyers representing Apple, Google, and Snap each expressed irritation with Meta over the slides it presented on Monday that The Verge found to contain easy-to-remove redactions. Attorneys for both Apple and Snap called the errors “egregious,” with Apple’s representative indicating that it may not be able to trust Meta with… Read more
read more...Google, Apple, and Snap aren’t happy about Meta’s poorly-redacted slides
By: The Verge
Gigabyte chops PCIe finger in half on its dual-fan RTX 5060 Ti cards
By: Tom's Hardware
(Image credit: Gigabyte) Gigabyte is apparently testing new methods to make its graphics cards as compact as possible. Andreas Schilling on X shared PCB shots of Gigabyte’s latest RTX 5060 Ti Eagle sporting a very unusual PCB that is roughly half the size of a conventional dual-fan graphics card. The PCB on the RTX 5060… Read more
read more...Intel has championed High-NA EUV chipmaking tools, but costs and other limitations could delay industry-wide adoption: Report
By: Tom's Hardware
(Image credit: Intel) Intel has made significant strides in implementing High-NA EUV lithography by installing two High-NA litho machines, developing custom reticles as well as all-new optical proximity correction, and processing 30,000 wafers. However, major hurdles remain: the $380 million – $400 million tool cost and potential necessity to overhaul photomask supply chain limits economic… Read more
read more...Xbox will soon let you purchase games in its mobile app
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. Xbox is finally rolling out the ability to purchase games and DLC, as well as sign up for Game Pass directly from its mobile app. But there’s… Read more
read more...OpenAI’s upgraded o3 model can use images when reasoning
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. OpenAI is releasing two new AI reasoning models today: o3, which the company calls its “most powerful reasoning model,” and o4-mini, which is a smaller and faster model that “achieves remarkable performance… Read more
read more...How to set up Do Not Disturb modes on your Android phone
By: The Verge
In recent years, Do Not Disturb has evolved on both iPhones and Android phones: it’s no longer just a simple block on notifications and distractions, but rather a selection of modes you can customize to suit all the different scenarios in your life (like driving, sleeping, working, or exercising at the gym). This means you… Read more
read more...Synology requires self-branded drives for some consumer NAS systems, drops full functionality and support for third-party HDDs
By: Tom's Hardware
(Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Synology’s new Plus Series NAS systems, designed for small and medium enterprises and advanced home users, can no longer use non-Synology or non-certified hard drives and get the full feature set of their device. Instead, Synology customers will have to use the company’s self-branded hard drives. While you can still use… Read more
read more...AMD takes $800M haircut as US gov’t cuts off China’s AI GPU supply
By: Tom's Hardware
(Image credit: AMD) The U.S. recently issued fresh restrictions on AI chip exports to China and other countries, further reducing the maximum allowable performance that manufacturers like Nvidia and AMD can deliver to their customers in the affected regions. Because of this, AMD reported in an SEC filing that it might suffer “charges of up… Read more
read more...Anker’s new UV printer can create fake wood and paint textures on various materials
By: The Verge
Falling somewhere between a 3D printer and the inkjet you use to churn out color photos, Anker’s eufyMake brand has announced what it’s calling the “industry’s first 3D-texture UV Printer designed for personal use.” The UV Printer E1 is closer in size to a 3D printer than an inkjet, but is designed to produce 2D… Read more
read more...DJI’s new drone speaker lets cops yell at you from the sky
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. DJI’s new drone accessory is designed to ensure public safety and emergency officials are heard loud and clear — and I mean really loud. Its enterprise-focused Zenmuse… Read more
read more...TikTok is getting its own version of community notes
By: The Verge
US users can apply to become ‘Footnotes’ contributors starting today. US users can apply to become ‘Footnotes’ contributors starting today. Apr 16, 2025, 3:24 PM UTC Image: The Verge 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… Read more
read more...Budget-friendly RX 9060 XT GPUs tipped for Computex unveil next month — on-shelf inventory expected by early June
By: Tom's Hardware
(Image credit: AMD) Following the announcement of flagship SKUs at CES, Nvidia and AMD are now bringing their latest architectures to the budget segment with their 60-class GPUs. According to leaker Hoang Anh Phu, who has a decent track record when it comes to all things AMD, the RX 9060 XT series is scheduled for… Read more
read more...Unpowered SSD endurance investigation finds severe data loss and performance issues
By: Tom's Hardware
(Image credit: HTWingNut) You may not know it, but SSDs will lose data after a period of time if they are simply left unplugged, which can be a serious threat to your data if you store backups or precious files on unplugged SSDs. A year-two update on the how long can SSDs store data unpowered… Read more
read more...Nvidia addresses 40 black screen, monitor, and crashing issues with new RTX 5060 Ti game-ready driver
By: Tom's Hardware
(Image credit: Nvidia) Nvidia today launched one of the most significant bug-fixing driver updates in GeForce history with the all-new RTX 5060 Ti supported game-ready driver update. Driver version 576.02 fixes 40 gaming and general bugs, including black screen and game crashing issues that have been plaguing RTX 50 and RTX 40 series GPUs over… Read more
read more...Spotify is down for users around the world – but a fix is on the way
By: What HIFI?
Panic on the streets of London… Spotify is down now for many users around the world. Spotify has confirmed there is a problem, saying: “We’re aware of some issues right now and are checking them out!” The issues began around 1pm BST / 6pm EDT and have continued for two hours at the time of… Read more
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