Google Learn About is the patient teacher with a bag full of tricks we all wanted as kids By Eric Hal Schwartz published 12 November 24 Google debuts AI education tool Learn About.
Who is Magnifico Giganticus in Foundation season 3? The Apple sci-fi series' most important new character explained By Tom Power published 25 July 25 Foundation season 3's latest character introduction might have set the stage for one of the sci-fi epic's most shocking story beats yet.
De'Longhi's new manual coffee machine lets you call the shots By Cat Ellis published 22 October 24 The new La Specialista Opera puts you in charge.
NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Tuesday, June 4 (game #93) By Marc McLaren published 3 June 24 Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.
Join the resistor-ance with FiiO's new super-smart (and refreshingly affordable) desktop DAC By Carrie Marshall published 10 September 25 FiiO promises 'a brand new kind of listening experience' for your high-end headphones and IEMs with its new K13 R2R headphone amp/DAC.
Google Cloud is making its AI Agent Builder much smarter and faster to deploy By Craig Hale published 7 November 25 Google Cloud’s AI Agent Builder gets ADK upgrades, support for new programming language and more.
OpenAI launches GPT-5-Codex with a 74.5% success rate on real world coding By Craig Hale published 16 September 25 Two weeks ago OpenAI merged its Codex tools – today we get the new GPT-5-Codex for even better performance.
Never mind the earbuds: this firm says it's found the cure for your ear canals By Carrie Marshall published 11 December 24 Apparently, your ear canals' poor geometry is to blame for your headphones' poor performance – and Flare has the answer.
NYT Strands today — my hints, answers and spangram for Saturday, December 21 (game #293) By Johnny Dee published 21 December 24 Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.
Intel piles pressure on Nvidia with launch of new AI accelerator that is faster and cheaper than the H100 — but will it be enough to keep up with the stunningly fast H200? By Wayne Williams published 13 April 24 Intel's Gaudi 3 AI accelerator is taking aim at Nvidia's H100, claiming to be faster as well as cheaper.
Obscure startup wins prestigious CES 2024 award — you've probably never heard of it, but Panmnesia is the company that could make ChatGPT 6 (or 7) times faster By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published 11 December 23 This AI accelerator could make large language models perform dozens of times faster than current-day hardware
Nvidia just released a new code generator that can run on most modern CPUs By Craig Hale published 29 February 24 Considerable advancements in code-generating LLMs means you may be able to get away with running the smallest.
OpenAI Operator is getting bigger brains to control the AI agent’s virtual hands By Eric Hal Schwartz published 27 May 25 OpenAI is upgrading its Operator AI agent with its o3 model for better logic to go with the hefty monthly price tag.
Claude AI is catching up fast with Memory for Pro users – and it plays nicely with ChatGPT and Gemini By Graham Barlow published 23 October 25 Claude is adding Memory to Pro and Max accounts so you can keep context for your AI projects.
Flash memory breakthrough could help supercharge NAND production for SSD, memory cards - but does it actually matter? By Wayne Williams published 12 February 25 Scientists have found a way to double the efficiency of etching in 3D NAND, speeding up its creation.
Yet another tech startup wants to topple Nvidia with 'orders of magnitude' better energy efficiency; Sagence AI bets on analog in-memory compute to deliver 666K tokens/s on Llama2-70B By Efosa Udinmwen published 27 December 24 Sagence AI debuts analog in-memory compute for efficient, scalable AI inference.
You don’t have to explain everything to Claude anymore – it’s finally in your apps By Eric Hal Schwartz published 15 July 25 Anthropic has upgraded Claude with new app integrations that let it work directly within popular tools.
Mission’s new bookshelf speakers will turn your sound upside down By Carrie Marshall published 5 April 24 If you'd been lusting after Mission speakers but had neither the space nor the money, the 750 could be just what you've been waiting for.
This battery-powered amp that turns any analog speaker into a portable Bluetooth speaker is bonkers, but I love it By Carrie Marshall published 3 October 25 This very odd amp is surprisingly popular: it turns old passive speakers into wireless ones with 40 hours of battery life
Foundation season 3 is shedding new light on one of its most complex characters – and their actor suggests things might not end well for her: 'She's spiraling inwards' By Tom Power published 1 August 25 Foundation star Laura Birn lifts the lid on those therapy sessions that Empire's robot advisor has been in desperate need of.
Are you an educator or student? Google's new features for Chromebooks and more will make your life way easier By Allisa James published 22 January 25 Google continues to enhance ChromeOS and Chromebook with even more useful accessibility and educational tools.
'The purest manifestation of our vision': Framework 12 gives me One Laptop Per Child vibes, and its CEO worked on the legendary OLPC project By Wayne Williams published 1 March 25 Framework’s newest creation, Laptop 12, was originally designed with students in mind, and is described as the “purest manifestation” of the company’s vision.
macOS Sequoia has yet another cool feature to look forward to, this time adding a way to customize your AirPods Audio experience By Muskaan Saxena published 26 June 24 With macOS Sequoia you’ll be able to customize audio for your AirPods and Beats headphones.
Your Google Docs work may be about to be more beautiful than ever before By Mike Moore published 12 December 24 Gemini-powered creation and 40 new templates are coming to Google Docs.
Two hi-fi greats just released very tempting small headphone amps: one for your phone, one for your desk By Carrie Marshall published 16 July 25 Campfire Audio and Pro-Ject promise big audio upgrades in small packages, and with very reasonable prices
Anthropic’s Claude Haiku 4.5 isn’t flashy – but it might be your next favorite model for getting things done fast By Eric Hal Schwartz published 16 October 25 Claude now offers incognito chats free to everyone, making it easier to have private, ephemeral AI conversations.
This extraordinary 4-legged standing desk gives a glimpse of how this popular piece of home office furniture might evolve in the future By Wayne Williams published 19 November 24 COFO JSF Table is a versatile four-legged height-adjustable desk with built in USB ports.
Claude Code comes to the masses – and it’s a game-changer for wannabe coding masters By Eric Hal Schwartz published 20 October 25 Anthropic's Claude Code now comes as a browser-based AI developer that anyone can tap into.
Sennheiser's best Dolby Atmos soundbar is getting a great free upgrade By Carrie Marshall published 25 August 25 Sennheiser has announced a major software update for its flagship Ambeo Max, a soundbar first released in 2019.
Engineers enlist NASA to send yet another time capsule to the moon — 24 sapphire discs will contain 'the very essence of humanity' printed over 170 billion pixels but who will read them? By Wayne Williams published 1 April 24 Sanctuary on the Moon project will see 24 sapphire discs containing 'the very essence of humanity' dropped on the moon.
