Tech Releases

AWS S3 storage bucket with unlucky name nearly cost developer $1,300

Latest Google layoffs hit the Flutter and Python groups

Roku OS home screen is getting video ads for the first time

UK outlaws awful default passwords on connected devices

Customers say Meta’s ad-buying AI blows through budgets in a matter of hours

Intel reportedly blames motherboard makers for Core i9 CPU crashes

First post: A history of online public messaging

Android TV has access to your entire account—but Google is changing that

Microsoft open-sources infamously weird, RAM-hungry MS-DOS 4.00 release

Tech brands are forcing AI into your gadgets—whether you asked for it or not

HMD’s first self-branded phones are all under $200

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Noble Numbat, overhauls its installation and app experience

Palm OS and the devices that ran it: An Ars retrospective

A Polestar Phone now inexplicably exists

Google can’t quit third-party cookies—delays shut down for a third time

You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000

iPadOS 18 could ship with built-in Calculator app, after 14 Calculator-less years

Rumored new 4K Chromecast may fix long-standing storage issues

Apple’s next product event happens on May 7, and it’s probably iPads

Meta debuts Horizon OS, with Asus, Lenovo, and Microsoft on board

Home Assistant has a new foundation and a goal to become a consumer brand

Apple reportedly plans M4 Mac mini for late 2024 or early 2025, skipping the M3

After 48 years, Zilog is killing the classic standalone Z80 microprocessor chip

Meet QDEL, the backlight-less display tech that could replace OLED in premium TVs

CNN, record holder for shortest streaming service, wants another shot

Roku forcing 2-factor authentication after 2 breaches of 600K accounts

Prime Video looking to fix “extremely sloppy mistakes” in library, report says

Google merges the Android, Chrome, and hardware divisions

Google’s latest layoffs are in finance and real estate

This app tries to do what Apple couldn’t: Multiple Mac monitors on Vision Pro

Boston Dynamics’ new humanoid moves like no robot you’ve ever seen

Billions of public Discord messages may be sold through a scraping service

Linus Torvalds reiterates his tabs-versus-spaces stance with a kernel trap

The lines between streaming and cable continue blurring

YouTube puts third-party clients on notice: Show ads or get blocked

The Pixel 9 reportedly gears up for satellite SOS support

Framework’s software and firmware have been a mess, but it’s working on them

SD cards finally expected to hit 4TB in 2025

Google kills “One” VPN service, says “people simply weren’t using it”

TSMC’s $65 billion bet still leaves US missing piece of chip puzzle

Amazon virtually kills efforts to develop Alexa Skills, disappointing dozens

Apple will allow reuse of iPhone parts for repairs, with a notable catch

Google Photos’ AI editor goes freemium, hopes you’ll join $100/year plan