C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Add Android Authority on Google: TL;DR Qualcomm shares that Snapdragon X-series laptops are getting Linux support. Debian compatibility should roll out sometime later in 2026. Ubuntu is planning support for Snapdragon X2 devices early next year. It’s taken a couple decades, but something big has finally started happening for … Read more
Each streaming service has its own calling card. Netflix has exciting thrillers, while HBO Max owns prestige TV. At Prime Video, action is one of its best genres. Most subscribers know about the show’s prominent action television slate, which includes Reacher, Neagley, and The Terminal List. However, Prime Video’s selection of action movies is elite, … Read more
Last week, Anthropic confirmed that it was operating a wet biology lab in the Bay Area where it uses its AI models to run physical experiments. This week, the AI giant announced that this lab has already made what it believes is a big discovery: a new enzyme “system” that has certain “properties reminiscent of … Read more
Financial extortion doesn’t seem to be the group’s goal this time. Andrea Izzotti/Shutterstock Hacking group ShinyHunters has allegedly stolen extensive amounts of sensitive information from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation that includes details about its employees and job applicants. Reuters reports that it has seen a sample of the data obtained by … Read more
Amazon’s chief sustainability officer said Tuesday the company doesn’t know how it will achieve its goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. “We are still striving towards that target,” Kara Hurst said at an Axios event, adding later that she is “not going to sit here and say, ‘We know all the ways that we’re … Read more
Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority Add Android Authority on Google: TL;DR Google’s Android boss says growing interest in foldables could give developers more reason to optimize their apps for larger screens. Some Android apps still haven’t properly adapted to foldables, but Google says developers are either working on improvements or talking with the company. Apple’s … Read more
My Mini PC hosts several homelab services, including Home Assistant, Jellyfin, Audiobookshelf, Calibre, Uptime Kuma, and more. It also hosts some local LLMs, and in recent weeks, one of these has been hogging so much RAM that it’s brought down other services. I decided to set up a fun way to monitor my homelab using … Read more
Microsoft’s hardware business seems to be in disarray on all fronts, especially Xbox, but it’s still trucking along with refreshed versions of its smaller Surface Pro 12 and Surface Laptop 13. The big change is the new Snapdragon X2 Plus chip, which aims to be a solid update from the slower Qualcomm chips powering those … Read more
Bessemer Venture Partners announced on Wednesday that it has raised $5.75 billion across two new funds to accelerate its investment across all parts of the AI stack. The firm, which has backed companies such as Anthropic, Cognition, Legora, Perplexity, Ramp, Shopify and Waymo, dedicated $1.75 billion for seed and early-stage investing and the remaining $4 … Read more
One of the biggest benefits of Home Assistant is that it offers local control, so your smart home doesn’t stop working when the internet is down. If you’re away from home when the internet connection dies, however, then you may be unable to reach your Home Assistant server even if it’s still working fine. These … Read more