What is AI good for? It’s a question I get asked and ask myself almost every day. Unlike a wrench, hammer, or screwdriver, which are each good for one or two tasks, AI is amorphous and intimidating in its breadth. It seems capable of almost anything, especially as it changes and grows more intelligent. People […]

The U.S. General Mini Steel Toolbox’s popularity makes a ton of sense, with lots of clever ways to make use of it and the perfect amount of space for all kinds of varied tools and gadgets. Harbor Freight has capitalized on that popularity in the past by dropping fun […]

Apple’s fifth developer beta of iOS 27 has just arrived, and with it, redesigned icons for several key apps, and a lot more than normal than this late in the beta cycle. Here’s what’s new. On Monday, three weeks after the release of iOS 27 beta 4, Apple made the fifth developer beta available for […]

Market rumors claim TSMC is holding onto a billion-dollar stockpile of Apple chips due to not having enough memory to complete packaging. However, a prominent analyst doubts it to be the case. The persisting memory supply crisis has caused problems with the supply chain, in both sourcing chips for products and in paying high prices […]

Meta today released Muse Glimmer, a 30-billion-parameter open-weight model designed to run autonomous AI agents directly on consumer hardware — pushing agentic workloads that normally depend on cloud infrastructure onto high-end Macs and PCs. Just as notable as what the model does is how it’s licensed. Glimmer arrives under the permissive, industry-standard Apache 2.0 open […]

Valve’s Steam Controller can produce music even though it doesn’t have any built-in speakers and was never designed for audio output It’s possible thanks to the haptic motors present in the controller. Software controls the haptic actuators to create quick vibrations. These vibrations travel through the controller and air, producing sounds that users can hear […]

For over a decade, finding a rival Android app store meant hunting down APK files and clicking through security warnings. But that changes now. Aptoide Games, a gaming-focused marketplace, is available for download directly through Google Play in the United States. It marks the first time a competing app store has officially landed inside Google‘s […]

A range of RTX 2080 Ti graphics cards have appeared on online listings with double their original VRAM quantity, as VideoCardz reports. With 22GB of GDDR6 and a $500 price tag, AI developers have a new option for their inferencing rigs. In a world of $5,000 RTX flagship graphics cards and shortages of just about […]

Content filters can block unsafe output. They cannot tell you whether an agent was authorized to issue that refund, touch that production system, or commit the company to an external action. Those are different problems, and most enterprises are only solving the first one. An AI agent can follow its instructions perfectly and still take […]

Spotify has added a new ‘skip ahead’ button for all podcasts on the platform, except for Spotify Originals It allows you to skip over built-in ads and other promotional content, but does not apply to ads sold by Spotify Ad-funded shows could be significantly impacted, now there’s concern for the future of podcasts One of […]