Tech Releases

AnandTech, mainstay of computer hardware reviews, closes after 27 years

Tumblr migrates more than 500 million blogs to WordPress

Asus ROG Ally X review: Better performance and feel in a pricey package

Sunrise alarm clock didn’t make waking up easier—but made sleeping more peaceful

Revised Raspberry Pi 5 chip comes with unexpected power savings

Apple is reportedly trying to invest in OpenAI

ESPN’s Where to Watch tries to solve sports’ most frustrating problem

Apple lays off employees working on Books and News

Old and new Ryzen CPUs get a speed boost from optional Windows update

Apple shuffles CFOs for the first time in a decade

Samsung TVs will get 7 years of updates, starting with 2023 models

Apple’s next iPhone announcement will happen on September 9

Ikea takes on Craigslist with classifieds site for its used furniture

AceMagic’s X1 is a clever, but delicate, approach to dual-screen laptops

Microsoft formally deprecates the 39-year-old Windows Control Panel

Amazon is bricking primary feature on $160 Echo device after 1 year

Dumb idea? $1,700 “smart” bassinet loses features if you buy it used

AMD explains, promises partial fixes for Ryzen 9000 performance problems

Chick-fil-A plans to launch streaming service with original shows

Microsoft will try the data-scraping Windows Recall feature again in October

Pixel 9 family: The “just hardware” review (no AI)

“Disappointing”: Sonos CEO says old, user-preferred app can’t be re-released

How accurate are wearable fitness trackers? Less than you might think

AMD signs $4.9 billion deal to challenge Nvidia’s AI infrastructure lead

Google denies report that it’s discontinuing Fitbit products

$50 2GB Raspberry Pi 5 comes with a lower price and a tweaked, cheaper CPU

Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.

Epic Games Store and Fortnite arrive on EU iPhones

New Windows 11 build removes ancient, arbitrary 32GB size limit for FAT32 disks

Smart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion app

Sonos laying off 100 people amid expensive app problems

AMD Ryzen 9000 review: Impressive efficiency, with bugs and so-so speed boosts

Redbox app starts going away, removing purchased content from owners

Apple will let other digital wallets into Apple Pay, and even be the default

Classic PC game emulation is back on the iPhone with iDOS 3 release

The Pixel 9 phones are big cameras and screens soldered onto Gemini AI ambitions

Framework Laptop 13 reviewed, again: Meteor Lake meh, Linux upgrades good

Microsoft’s Paint 3D was once the future of MS Paint, but now it’s going away

Intel details fixes for crashing 13th- and 14th-gen CPUs as BIOS updates roll out

Nova Launcher, savior of cruft-filled Android phones, is on life support

Sonos’ $30M app fail is cautionary tale against rushing unnecessary updates

It’s not worth paying to be removed from people-finder sites, study says

Disney has “earned” latest streaming price hike, CFO says

macOS 15 Sequoia makes you jump through more hoops to disable Gatekeeper app checks

Reddit considers search ads, paywalled content for the future

Report: Apple’s external DVD drive is up burning discs in dongle heaven

Google kills Chromecast, replaces it with Apple TV and Roku Ultra competitor

Sci-fi writer and WordStar lover re-releases the cult DOS app for free

Explaining color gamuts and color spaces in HDTVs and monitors