Tech Releases

First M2 Max benchmark scores appear to leak on Geekbench

San Francisco allows police to use robots to remotely kill suspects

Eufy’s “No clouds” cameras upload facial thumbnails to AWS

Modern trackball mouse wants to be a wireless solution to your ergonomic woes

OnePlus beats Google with four years of major OS updates

Review: Intel’s “Raptor Canyon” NUC is a compact gaming PC without the stress

Google reportedly has Gmail and Calendar apps in the works for Wear OS

Free ray-tracing update will overhaul Portal’s graphics on December 8

Used thin client PCs are an unsexy, readily available Raspberry Pi alternative

Apple Watch Ultra becomes a diving computer with launch of Oceanic+

Regulatory filings suggest Nvidia’s scrapped RTX 4080 will return as the “4070 Ti”

Google says Google should do a better job of patching Android phones

USB-C desktop power chargers tested—the best GaN-based boxes

The best Black Friday deals for Apple devices

The best Black Friday laptop deals we can find

Windows Subsystem for Linux with GUI apps launches for Windows 10

HP plans to cut up to 6,000 jobs amid plummeting PC demand

Review: Dell’s new UltraSharp monitor has high-contrast IPS Black screen

Android TV will require App Bundles in 2023, should reduce app size by 20%

LG continues diversifying OLED monitor options; lists 27-incher for $1,000

Network-crashing leap seconds to be abandoned by 2035, for at least a century

Amazon Alexa is a “colossal failure,” on pace to lose $10 billion this year

LG reveals vibrating speakers as ultra-thin alternative to traditional car audio

A history of ARM, part 2: Everything starts to come together

“Just a bunch of idiots having fun”—a photo history of the LAN party

Nvidia releases RTX 4090 and 4080 firmware update to fix display output bug

Study: AirPods Pro are *this close* to being full-fledged hearing aids

New test shows loose RTX 4090 power connectors cause overheating and melting

Netflix gives account holders the ability to kick freeloaders

Razer doubles its latest Blade laptop’s USB speeds with a firmware update

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 brings Wi-Fi 7, sticks with some 32-bit support

Apple’s satellite emergency service launches in the US and Canada

This year’s ugly Microsoft sweater has a suggestion for you: It’s Clippy

“Project Volterra” review: Microsoft’s $600 Arm PC that almost doesn’t suck

Google settles “Location History” lawsuit with 40 states, will pay $392 million

Report: Apple’s mixed reality headset is just a few months away

The long, solder-heavy way to get root access to a Starlink terminal

Dramatic “Material You” colors arrive to desktop Chrome Canary builds