Elon Musk’s AI company xAI just launched Grok-3, a new version of the AI model that powers the Grok AI chatbot. The new AI model was unveiled during a live broadcast on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, with the creators describing it as the smartes
Thinking of dipping your toe into the smart home waters? Installing a smart plug is the easiest and least expensive way to get a feel for how the technology can improve your life. Plug one into your wall, plug in a lamp or a small appliance into the smart plug, connect it to your home network with the manufacturer’s mobile app, and you’ll be ready to experience all t
Low-Junket9298 has created a 3D camera from scratch using five Raspberry Pis with a little help from AI to create wigglegrams.
Build out your gaming setup with the M910-K from Redragon for only $15.
Reports show that nearly 28% of Nvidia's revenue in 2024 came from Singapore despite the country only receiving around $600 million worth of GPUs at around the same time.
An RTX 5080 buyer in Taiwan was asked to pay more for a graphics card that had already been paid for and shipped or to return it.
Owners of a Volvo EX90 or Polestar 3 may soon be able to unlock and start their electric vehicle with a Samsung Galaxy phone. Samsung is rolling out Digital Key sup
It appears X (formerly Twitter) users can once again send Signal.me links, two days after the blog Disruptionist first reported a block. The platform wasn't allowing links of the URL used by encrypted messaging service Signal — it allows people to quickly contact others directly. It came as
In 2018, Nintendo introduced Gold Points, which were earned when you purchased Switch games, either physical cartridges or digitally from the Nintendo eShop. While you needed many purchases to redeem something substantial, you still saved a few dollars regardless if you get a cheaper title or something more expensive. Unfortunately, Nintendo
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Scripton (https://scripton.dev) is a Python IDE built for fast, interactive visualizations and exploratory programming — without the constraints of notebooks.
# Why another Python IDE?
Scripton hopes to fill a gap in the Python development ecosystem by being an IDE that:
1. Focuses on easy, fast, and interactive visualizations (and exposes rich JS plotting libraries like Observable Plot and Plotly directly to Python) 2. Prov
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The US continues to hog the global herd of unicorns, dwarfing the EU in both the number and total valuation of billion-dollar startups. However, the Netherlands provides a minor bright spot, according to a new report by PwC. More than 3,000 companies worldwi
British tech mogul Mel Morris has announced the general release of AI research engine Corpora.ai. The system provides a new approach to research. Built to generate comprehensive reports from single prompts, Corpora promises in-depth analysis and accurate outp
Setting your thermostat to the right temperature keeps your home cozy while helping you save on energy costs. https://www.cnet.com/home/energy-and-utilities/the-best-thermostat-setting-to-keep-you-warm-and-lower-your-energy-bill/#ftag=CADf328eec
Everyone's favorite vigilante drifter is back. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/reacher-season-3-is-almost-back-heres-how-you-and-your-dad-can-watch/#ftag=CADf328eec
With a promised five-day battery life, this underdog OnePlus wearable could be a standout in the Android smartwatch market. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/i-tested-the-oneplus-watch-3-and-its-battery-life-won-me-over/#ftag=CADf328eec
You may be able to get back some of your remote-work internet expenses but don't count on it. https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/i-work-from-home-can-the-irs-pay-for-my-internet-expenses/#ftag=CADf328eec
When a mattress company has been around for well over 100 years, its beds are likely to be cozy. Here’s what our team of experts thinks about this long-standing brand’s flagship mattress. https://www.cnet.com/health/sleep/wolf-hybrid-mattress-review/#ftag=CADf328eec
Apple is putting a fresh spin on the Apple TV logo. Well, actually, there are 30 fresh spins, one for each team in Major League Soccer ahead of the 30th season kicking off.
Ubisoft has announced Rainbow Six Siege X, an upcoming update for the first-person tactical shooter that will see " major upgrades all around".
Phase two of Microsoft’s Polish investment has been announced.
The huge data center project will create 10,000 jobs.
It might be a bit of a head-scratcher at first, but yes, AMD's Ryzen 7 7800X3D was recently available for $99 at one retail store.
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, Owlcat Game's critically acclaimed CRPG adaptation of Warhammer 40,000, just got Xbox Play Support.
Lenovo is expected to showcase a new laptop at MWC 2025 with a flexible OLED panel that can be folded.
CEO Jason Chen confirms a 10% price hike on U.S. laptops starting March 2025 due to incoming Trump tariffs.
https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/acer-ceo-10pc-price-rise-tariffs
ASRock’s B850I Lightning WiFi is a solid all-around Mini-ITX option for AMD’s latest and greatest. At about $200, you won’t get the fastest Wi-Fi or USB ports, but it is the least expensive B850-based Mini-ITX solution.
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/motherboards/asrock-b850i-lightning-wifi-review
Elon Musk just launched Grok 3, which he claims to be the most powerful model available right now.
Increased competition from Chinese makers may force leading DRAM makers to phase out DDR3 and DDR5 SDRAM by end of the year.
SymfonyLive Paris 2025, conference in French language only, will take place from March 27 to 28! The schedule is currently being revealed as we go along. More details are available here.
Alors que nous dévoilons actuellement le programme de la… https://symfony.com/blog/symfonylive-paris-2025-le-composant-symfony-mapper?utm_source=Symfony%20Blog%20Feed&utm_medium=feed
Last week, Apple’s Tim Cook teed up a new product for launch on February 19 — that’s tomorrow. Cook’s tweet also included an animated image of a shimmering Apple logo, which made a lot of us assume the reveal could be for a second-generation AirTag. It’s been rumored for a while that Apple would introduce a second-gen tracker sometime this year, and the original AirTag landed almost four years ago. So there are plenty of tech upgrades the tracker could benefit from.
Rumors suggest the
Spotify is rolling out a Music Pro tier later this year that will give users access to higher-quality audio and remixing tools, according to Bloomberg. The tier will reportedly cost users $6 per month on top of their $12 Premium subscription, but they'll be priced differently across regions and will be cheaper in less-de
We’ve long been fans of ThermoWorks’ instant-read thermometers for grilling and all kinds of cooking, and now you can get our favorite for one of the best prices we’ve seen. Engadget readers can pick up the
xAI has launched its Grok 3 models during a livestream with Elon Musk, who said they were "an order of magnitude more capable than Grok 2." The Grok 3 mini model can answer questions quickly, but it's not as accurate as the other models in the family. Meanwhile, the Grok 3 Reasoning and Grok 3 mini Reasoning models are capable of mimicking human-like reaso
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In December, Y Combinator’s first-ever Fall batch got their own Demo Day. The Silicon Valley-based startup accelerator—which has produced big hits like Airbnb, Doordash, and Stripe—had doubled the number of startup classes that could enter its program. The showing was mixed: 87% were AI companies, and
Loneliness is no longer just an emotion—it’s a growing public health crisis in the U.S.
A 2024 Harvard study found that 21% of U.S. adults regularly experience loneliness, while the American Psychological Association reports that nearly half of young workers feel isolated at work. Capitalizing on the recent tech boom, AI
AI overviews in SERPs: a challenge or opportunity for ecommerce site owners? Ecommerce expert, Kevin Gibbons shares his insights.
The post Ask An SEO: How Should Ecommerce Stores Deal With The Arrival Of AI Overviews? appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ask-an-seo-how-ecommerce-s
Uncover the potential impacts of Google's new Ask for Me on local businesses and customers. Is it a game changer, or bad for local businesses?
The post Google’s New ‘Ask For Me’ Reviewed: Is This Bad For Local Businesses? appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Messages can also perform conversions, so you never have to look up how many pounds are in a kilogram again. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/your-iphones-messages-app-can-function-like-a-calculator-heres-how/#ftag=CADf328eec
Subscribers can play that fantasy adventure game and more, too. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/explore-the-living-lands-in-avowed-now-on-xbox-game-pass/#ftag=CADf328eec
With the 2025 tax season underway, the IRS' Free File could be just what you need to get your taxes done early and for $0. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/taxes/file-your-tax-return-for-free-how-the-irs-free-file-program-really-works/#ftag=CADf328eec
Only PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers can play these games on the service. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/play-star-wars-jedi-survivor-and-more-games-on-playstation-plus-now/#ftag=CADf328eec
Windows 11 users don’t need a Microsoft account to use Notepad after its latest update – but you will need to login to use the app’s new AI feature.
The chance to create an NPC for The Elder Scrolls 6 is up for grabs at a charity auction.
The Noname057 hacker group has been linked to recent cyberattacks against Italian banking and airport websites.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/pro-russian-hackers-hit-italian-bank-airport-websites
Unofficial renders give us a clear look at the iPhone 17 Air's possible design, and we've also heard more about the iPhone 17.
In a baffling move, Nintendo will be discontinuing Gold Points rewards from eShop purchases in March.
Rare's Everwild is still in development despite its five years of radio silence, according to Xbox boss Phil Spencer.
We've got more tri-fold news: for Samsung's rumored device, and Huawei's existing handset.
Users can now migrate messages from Microsoft Teams to Google Chat with new service.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/google-chat-wants-to-help-you-dump-microsoft-teams-for-good
Apple is rumored to be putting its own 5G modem in the iPhone SE 4, which may lag behind the Snapdragon equivalent.
From AI’s origins to its future impact, we make sense of it all - minus the tedious tech talk.
https://www.techradar.com/news/what-is-ai-everything-you-need-to-know
Apple will bring its new M5 chip to the MacBook Pro before the iPad Pro, according to a new report.
Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said it will continue putting PlayStation and Nintendo logos in its trailers to be "transparent" with its audience.
Comparing Perplexity Deep Research to ChatGPT Pro's Deep Research
The XCSSET infostealer was updated after more than two years, and now comes with new persistence and obfuscation mechanisms.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/microsoft-spies-a-new-and-worrying-macos-malware-strain
Windows 11's KB5051987 update is causing users problems with File Explorer and, in rare cases, breaking the operating system entirely.
Avowed gives you the option of sparing or slaying your killer Ygwulf in the An Untimely End quest. Here is a guide for the consequences of each path.
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/avowed-ygwulf-guide-an-untimely-end-quest
While Chromebooks are generally limited compared to Windows and macOS laptops, I personally made the switch to Chromebooks full-time a while ago and haven’t looked back. One of the big reasons for that switch — and why I’m a big Chromebook advo
The AI chatbot ChatGPT from Open AI has triggered the hype surrounding generative artificial intelligence and dominates much of the media coverage.
However, in addition to the AI models from Open AI, there are other chatbots that deserve attention. And unlike ChatGPT, these are also available for local use on the PC and can even be used free of charge for a
The FSP Vita GM 850W has great overall performance under typical operating conditions, is fairly priced, and has a long warranty - but its performance degrades greatly as ambient temperatures increase.
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/power-supplies/fsp-vita-gm-850w-power-supply-review
Call on Intel management and the U.S. government to retain control over Intel Foundry.
The OWASP vulnerabilities list is the perfect starting point for web developers looking to strengthen their security expertise. Let’s discover how these vulnerabilities materialize in full-stack web applications and how to prevent them. https://smashingmagazine.com/2025/02/how-owasp-helps-secure-full-stack-web-applications/
When you’re booking travel, scoring a ticket to a sporting event, or securing yourself a spot at some other sort of show, you’re frequently faced with the impossible-seeming task of committing to a specific seat—on the spot.
It may seem simple. But, well—which is the best seat on the plane? Which areas of the arena will give you an unobscured view of the action? Is that concert seat going to be behind a speaker? And are the more expensive options really w
Google's Rich Results tool may not be reliable for debugging structured data
The post Why Google’s Rich Results Tool Can Be Misleading appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/why-googles-rich-results-tool/539964/
Průhledná alumina je nejen průhledná, ale také velice pevná a odolná. Její výroba je ale náročná a patřičně drahá. Nová metoda kapkové anodizace zajistí levnější a dostupnější materiál, který se může prosadit v mnoha rozmanitých aplikacích, včetně dotykových displejů, čoček nebo trvanlivých povrchů automobilů či budov. http://www.osel.cz/13914-jak-rychle-a-levne-vyrobit-pruhlednou-keramiku-z-oxidu-hliniku.html
Skip the harsh chemicals and expensive cleaners. This simple steam cleaning method will have your microwave sparkling in under two minutes. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/i-gave-my-microwave-a-steam-bath-and-it-worked-better-than-any-cleaner/#ftag=CADf328eec
It looks like the arrival of a new more affordable Apple iPhone is imminent. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/tim-cook-drops-hint-on-iphone-ses-launch-for-tomorrow/#ftag=CADf328eec
Want stronger kidneys? 13 foods that can give you a boost. https://www.cnet.com/health/nutrition/13-foods-best-for-fueling-kidney-health/#ftag=CADf328eec
AI helps SOC teams combat rising cyber threats and alert fatigue.
The Atom 2 improves on the original with a brighter lens, new AI modes, improved range, and more.
Like the look of Beats' new Powerbeats Pro 2 but want to bag a fully-waterproof design –and a significant saving? Huawei's got just the thing…
That most businesses are still using assisted intelligence rather than fully autonomous AI.
Garmin's latest update adds a to-do list that you can use throughout the day.
Kia has chosen to reveal the design of its upcoming EV4, ahead of its 2025 EV Day later this month.
