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Collectors have proven avid fans of Steve Jobs memorabilia over the years, and a new piece seems likely to attract significant interest. It’s an 8th-grade science fair project with two demonstration circuits – and a warning note from Steve to his teachers. It’s remained at the Jobs family property in Los Altos ever since, but […]

Apple has been fighting hard to ensure that it is still able to take a commission from app sales made through third-party stores. Its aggression in doing this landed it in hot water with the judge in the long-running Epic Games case. The company has since submitted a proposal for a more toned down version […]

If you are in the market for an SUV, as so many buyers are these days, you’ve got a lot of decisions to make before settling on a vehicle. More than a simple vehicle segment, today’s broader SUV label covers vehicles of every shape and size, with sizes ranging […]

Apple has accidentally left a lot of data within the macOS Tahoe 26.7 release candidate, including a demo video showcasing AirPods with cameras. It is our best look yet. The new AirPods with cameras have been rumored since January 2025. Not much is known about the product, but a lot of debate has been had […]

Intel has said it will launch its next-generation Nova Lake CPUs on desktop first, not the data center. This appears to be part of a continued push to reconnect with the enthusiast community, which has felt left out by Intel’s recent CPU offerings—and the PC component industry at large—as many companies pivot to data center […]

Viture Pro 2 MSRP $299.00 “A terrific value.” Pros Light and stylish Bright display units No need for prescription inserts Affordable, at last Decent head tracking Cons Slight shimmer in spatial view Heats up in the temple area Dongle needed for iPhones Desktop app has bugs Lack of HDR10 support Quick summary Two years ago, […]

Sample exchange between OpenAI developer Dominik Kundel and ChatGPT’s Computer History tool. Credit: OpenAI/ExtremeTech Late last week, OpenAI introduced an optional Computer History tool to the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS. The tool logs activity from approved apps and websites, like clicks, typed text, and keyboard shortcuts. ChatGPT and Codex can use that information to […]

Over the weekend, we were treated to Disney’s annual D23 showcase, and while many will be soaking up the major Marvel Cinematic Universe reveals (including the X-Men cast announcement), I was far more interested in the brand-new Kingdom Hearts 4 trailer. KINGDOM HEARTS IV – Extended D23 2026 Coco Trailer – YouTube Watch On Not […]

The biggest AI model release of the past few days, at least among the developers and AI power users on social media, wasn’t a frontier cloud model from OpenAI, Anthropic or Google. It was a 27-billion-parameter model from Alibaba: Qwen3.8-27B landed on Hugging Face on Friday under an enterprise-friendly, open source Apache 2.0 license, giving […]

Thee black holes, as seen in the newly discovered galaxy J0148-4214. Credit: Hannah Übler Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics have released new observations of galaxy J0148-4214, a whopping 12.5 billion light-years away. For reference, the Big Bang itself occurred a little less than 14 billion years ago. All three black holes […]