Tech Releases

New Windows 11 build makes mandatory Microsoft Account sign-in even more mandatory

Google solves its mysterious Pixel problem, announces 9a launch date

Corning’s new Apple-like ceramic glass might save your next phone from disaster

EU will go easy with Apple, Facebook punishment to avoid Trump’s wrath

Google announces Maps screenshot analysis, AI itineraries to help you plan trips

Discord is planning an IPO this year, and big changes could be on the horizon

TSMC’s $100 billion pledge won’t resurrect US chipmaking, says Intel’s ex-CEO

Newer Kindles get a work-around for touchscreen page-turning in new software update

Google makes Android development private, will continue open source releases

Napster to become a music-marketing metaverse firm after $207M acquisition

Netflix expands HDR support with HDR10+

After borking my Pixel 4a battery, Google borks me, too

Oops: Google says it might have deleted your Maps Timeline data

Can we make AI less power-hungry? These researchers are working on it.

Italy demands Google poison DNS under strict Piracy Shield law

CEO of AI ad-tech firm pledging “world free of fraud” sentenced for fraud

Apple loses $1B a year on prestigious, minimally viewed Apple TV+: report

The early 2000s capacitor plague is probably not just a stolen recipe

HP avoids monetary damages over bricked printers in class-action settlement

Apple and Google in the hot seat as European regulators ignore Trump warnings

Plex ups its price for first time in a decade, changes remote-streaming access

Meager 8GB of RAM forces Pixel 9a to run “extra extra small” Gemini AI

Nvidia announces “Rubin Ultra” and “Feynman” AI chips for 2027 and 2028

Gemini gets new coding and writing tools, plus AI-generated “podcasts”

Eight years later, new but familiar-looking PebbleOS watches appear

“Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen

Windows 11 updates are accidentally getting rid of Copilot, at least for now

Why wait? Google is already dismantling Assistant as it switches to Gemini.

Alphabet spins off laser-based Internet backbone provider Taara

Old Bolt, new tricks: Making an EV into a backup power station with an inverter

Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28

I threw away Audible’s app, and now I self-host my audiobooks

RCS texting updates will bring end-to-end encryption to green bubble chats

Apple’s $349 iPad 11 is missing a lot, but it’s still all the iPad most people need

Google has a fix for your broken Chromecast V2 unless you factory reset

Anthropic CEO floats idea of giving AI a “quit job” button, sparking skepticism

Cockpit voice recorder survived fiery Philly crash—but stopped taping years ago

Pocket Casts makes its web player free, takes shots at Spotify and AI

Leaked GeForce RTX 5060 and 5050 specs suggest Nvidia will keep playing it safe

Google’s 10-year-old Chromecast is busted, but a fix is coming

M4 Max and M3 Ultra Mac Studio Review: A weird update, but it mostly works

Why extracting data from PDFs is still a nightmare for data experts

Gmail gains Gemini-powered “Add to calendar” button

Firmware update bricks HP printers, makes them unable to use HP cartridges

What does “PhD-level” AI mean? OpenAI’s rumored $20,000 agent plan explained.

Bad vibes? Google may have screwed up haptics in the new Pixel Drop update

CMU research shows compression alone may unlock AI puzzle-solving abilities

No one asked for this: Google is testing round keys in Gboard

1Password offers geo-locating help for bad apps that constantly log you out

Will the future of software development run on vibes?

AMD Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT review: RDNA 4 fixes a lot of AMD’s problems

MacBook Air gets the M4, a new blue color, up to 32GB of RAM, and a $100 price cut

Eerily realistic AI voice demo sparks amazement and discomfort online