Spotify is pulling support for two music festivals in protest against a controversial new tax directed at music-streaming platforms operating in France, and threatened more action will follow in the coming months. Antoine Monin, managing director for Spotify in the France and Benelux regions, took to X this week to decry a new tax that … Read more

ast month, I took an extended break. In a bid to keep my robotics newsletter Actuator (subscribe here) up and running, however, I reached out to some of the biggest names in the industry. I asked people from CMU, UC Berkeley, Meta, Nvidis, Boston Dynamics and the Toyota Research Institute the same six questions, covering topics like … Read more

On Windows 11, you don’t need antivirus software to protect your device from possible threats such as viruses, malware, ransomware., etc. You get a built-in security system with Windows 11 called Windows Security that runs in the background and protects your computer from various threats. If you already use Windows Security, you might know that … Read more

Apple has announced in a statement that the company will stop selling the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 in the US from Apple’s website in after 3pm ET on December 21, 2023. You will still be able to buy them in-store until December 24, but then physical sales will end too. … Read more

At the start of 2010 Steve Jobs introduced us to the first iPad, and ever since the company hasn’t really skipped a beat, expanding the line to include two premium tiers in the shape of the iPad Air and iPad Pro families, along with the iPad Mini, and all the while defining and dominating the … Read more

Apple launched its third-generation Apple Pencil for iPad users with a USB-C port at an affordable price starting at $79 on Tuesday. Apple Launches Apple Pencil With USB-C The new Apple Pencil is designed with a matte finish, pixel-perfect accuracy, low latency, and tilt sensitivity, making it ideal for note-taking, sketching, annotating, journaling, and more. It works excellently with iPadOS … Read more

Last week, at its annual Made by Google event in New York City, Google officially unveiled the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel Watch 2, and Pixel Buds Pro. The company also showed off a ton of new AI features like Assistant with Bard that are coming to the phone, watch, and other devices. It was a … Read more

If you’re running iOS 17 on your iPhone, double-check your privacy settings because they might have just changed without your permission. This word of warning comes from Mysk, a pair of iOS developers and cybersecurity researchers, on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter). They claim upgrading to iOS 17 may reactivate Significant Locations plus … Read more

If we were to tell you to stream a 12-year-old movie with a terrible 37% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, you’d probably give that one a swerve. But something is making people flock to In Time on Netflix. This week, the sci-fi-thriller-action film is the third most-watched movie on the best streaming service, despite a load … Read more

It’s time for your daily dose of Quordle hints, plus the answers for both the main game and the Daily Sequence spin off. Quordle is the only one of the many Wordle clones that I’m still playing now, around 18 months after the daily-word-game craze hit the internet, and with good reason: it’s fun, but … Read more