Technology

Now Amazon’s Echo Show 15 has a Fire TV inside. A few months ago, Amazon announced that its wall-mountable Echo Show 15 would be getting a software update to add Fire TV streaming capabilities with YouTube TV, Disney Plus, Prime Video, Netflix and more, and now it’s here . That upgrade alone won’t fix all … Read more

Let’s start right away: “Wordle” was Google’s most searched term worldwide in 2022. The statistic was revealed as part of Google’s annual Year in Search report, which highlights the top search terms in both individual countries and globally. This year, Google is taking an even more granular look at US searches with a new hub … Read more

Apple plans to use US-made processors after opening a state-of-the-art new chip factory in Phoenix, Arizona. For the plant’s customers, including AMD and NVIDIA, the new facility means safer chip delivery and faster production timelines. The chipmaker, TSMC, also said today that it will begin construction of a second factory in Phoenix next year, which … Read more

Europeans, this could soon be you. | Image: Apple And Meta is confronting regulators about news… again. It’s always nice to start the day with a bit of unequivocally good news, so I’m thrilled to report that Apple’s DIY repair service for iPhones and Macs has launched in select (read: eight) European countries. The service … Read more

Google is going to start adding recommended keywords below the search bar to help you filter results, according to a Tuesday blog post from the company. It calls the feature “topics” and says it will make it easy to add and remove qualifiers from your search without doing a whole new search. As an example … Read more

You’ll have to wait a while to see Parasite director Bong Joon-ho’s next project. The sci-fi movie, called Mickey 17will hit theaters on March 29, 2024. The news was revealed via the shortest teaser trailers, which features star Robert Pattinson hanging out shirtless in some sort of tube. The movie is based on the novel … Read more

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was one of Steam Deck’s showcase titles when it first went on sale – now it’s one of probably dozens of popular EA games that don’t start well anymore. Nearly four weeks ago, Valve retroactively revoked the Steam Deck Verified status from most popular Electronic Arts games on Steam, including … Read more

Apple illegally questioned and made coercive statements to employees during a union action at one of its stores in Atlanta, Georgia, according to a National Labor Relations Board ruling reported by Bloomberg. The company was under investigation as a result of charges filed by the Communications Workers of America, who previously alleged that the company’s … Read more

“Metaverse” lost word of the year to “goblin mode”. In what can only be bad news for Mark Zuckerberg’s virtual reality dreams, the publisher behind Oxford English Dictionary released the results of its word of the year survey. In a three-way match between “metaverse,” “goblin mode,” and “#istandwith,” metaverse received just 4 percent of the … Read more

Lies about climate change on Twitter escalated to unprecedented levels this year, according to new analysis. The nerve-racking rise of content that rejects widely accepted climate science – also referred to as climate skepticism or climate denial – is piling up on top of the growing concern about misinformation and hateful content that has spread … Read more

Stack Overflow, the go-to question-and-answer site for programmers and programmers, has temporarily banned users from sharing responses generated by AI chatbot ChatGPT. The site’s mods said the ban was temporary and a final ruling would be made some time in the future after consultation with the community. But, as the mods have explained, ChatGPT simply … Read more