For AI founders, the biggest competitive threat may no longer be another startup. It may be the platform you’re building on. Every major release from OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google raises the same question: What happens if the feature you’ve spent the last year building suddenly becomes part of the platform? It’s a question reshaping product … Read more
Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Amazon just dropped the Google Pixel Watch 4 (41mm) LTE to $329.99, down from its $449.99 recommended retail price. That saves you $120, a 27% discount off the RRP, and it is worth a look right now because this deal is an unmatched all-time low, even surpassing Prime … Read more
Windows Media Player (WMP) used to be the best. It didn’t quite whip the Llama’s behind, but I remember a time when it was fantastic. But, as these things tend to do, it got worse over time. Streaming came along, people shifted away from local media players, and Microsoft just shifted its focus elsewhere. Windows … Read more
Not long ago, bringing an extinct species back to life belonged to science fiction. Today, it’s the mission of a billion-dollar startup. Advances in artificial intelligence, genetics, and computational biology are changing what’s possible in conservation research, raising questions that extend far beyond the laboratory. If technology can help revive extinct species, should it? And … Read more
It’s a setting you probably won’t want to mess around with. NVIDIA MSI (Message Signaled Interrupts) mode is a Windows feature designed as a way for hardware devices like your graphics card (or GPU, if you’re a purist) to grab the attention of and communicate with your CPU. Introduced in the PCIe 2.2 … Read more
One of the perks of Linux is that both the operating system and the vast majority of apps are free. Yet if you try to buy a PC that comes with Linux, you might end up spending more than buying one with Windows. Why spend that extra money when you can install Linux on an … Read more
TL;DR Gemini Live can hear its own voice on some Google Home devices, causing it to interrupt itself and get stuck in a loop. Users have reported crashes, repeated responses, and Gemini creating duplicate timers after hearing its own confirmation. Google has acknowledged the bug and is rolling out improvements, although it hasn’t provided a … Read more
Microsoft is publishing a 37-page “humanist AI code of conduct” today, amid growing safety concerns over AI model progress. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for a coordinated slow down of AI development over the weekend, after researchers warned recently that AI model progress could outpace our ability to safely deploy increasingly complex systems and verify … Read more
Apps updating in the background is convenient, but they don’t all need to do that. tangguhpro/Shutterstock When you’re trying to improve battery life on your iPhone or use less data, one of the first settings you’ll probably check is Background App Refresh. It’s much easier to know what your active app is doing … Read more
Time is a valuable thing. As much as I would love to watch and finish a show in one sitting, it’s unattainable to do every weekend. If you’re like me, you’re always on the go. Thanks to streaming, you can take your favorite shows on the road and watch them on a phone. If you … Read more