Google is entirely disabling Search in schools that don’t want AI
Google is completely turning off Search in schools that reject its AI features, the company told The New York Times. The decision was also shared in a broader education-related…
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Xbox’s smallest-ever controller is surprisingly comfortable
Even though I knew Microsoft's new Xbox Nano controller was tiny, I still gasped when I unboxed it a few days ago. The compact controller is small enough to slip into a pocket…
Windows 11 is now ‘up to 40 percent faster’ on PCs with 8GB of RAM
Microsoft has been doing a lot of work to improve memory usage and increase performance on Windows 11 PCs over the past year. Last month the company revealed Windows 11 is now…
Midterm elections 2026: all the news
AI summary The 2026 midterm elections will shape Trump's remaining power and focus on tech issues like AI, data centers, and taxation.
Apple is all in on AI — its own and everyone else’s
AI summary Apple's strong fiscal year shows growth in iPhone and Mac sales, with AI seen as a future revenue driver.
GTA VI’s download will need up to 212GB of hard drive space
You're going to need a lot of extra storage space on your console if you're planning to play Grand Theft Auto VI later this month. Rockstar Games confirmed on Tuesday that the…
The Elder Scrolls VI officially has a name: Sentinel
Bethesda is officially confirming today that the next Elder Scrolls game will be called The Elder Scrolls VI Sentinel. The confirmation came in a less than 10-minute video…
OpenAI is quietly renaming data centers ‘compute campuses’
The Stargate AI data center ’compute campus’ in Abilene, Texas. | Bloomberg via Getty Images People hate data centers. They're loud, resource-hungry eyesores that are so…
A truck-sized NASA space telescope is about to crash to Earth
AI summary NASA's Swift Observatory is set to re-enter Earth's atmosphere, unlikely to cause harm.
Peak Design expands its collection of wireless charging accessories
Peak Design, best known for its backpacks and travel bags packed full of useful features, announced it's expanding its collection of chargers and charging accessories with new…
Bambu’s nine-nozzle H3C foretells the future of 3D printing
The Bambu H3C. | Image: Bambu Lab Three years ago, I told you how home 3D printers had evolved for speed, producing parts in minutes that used to take hours or days. Now, the…
The 2026 iPad Mini is a terrific tiny tablet — for a big price
The iPad Mini sometimes feels like a trap. It is, in some ways and for some people, the perfect iPad: meaningfully larger than my phone's screen but still small and light enough…
Adobe’s Premiere mobile app is adding licensed music from ‘leading artists’
Adobe is teaming up with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group to add a library of licensed music clips to the Premiere mobile video editing app. No specific musicians…
Apple is restricting dating apps and romanceable chatbots to over 18s
Apple will soon start asking developers to provide more details about their apps to enforce new App Store age rating requirements for dating and location-sharing features. The…
Redmagic upgrades its liquid-cooled gaming phone with extra RGBs
AI summary Redmagic adds RGB lights to its liquid-cooled gaming phone, but the lighting effects are limited by the blue cooling liquid.
Rivian spinoff Also wants to reinvent the wheel — but first, it has to ship
Chris Yu, president of Also, stands behind the TM-B electric bike at the company's headquarters in Palo Alto, California, in October 2025. | Photo: Jason Henry / Bloomberg via…
Apple is ‘not able to predict’ when it’ll have enough iPhone Duos to go around
Apple CEO John Ternus doesn't have a timeline for when iPhone Duo supply constraints could lift. During an interview with Reuters, Ternus said the company is "working hard to get…
Apple set an iPhone sales record even without a new standard iPhone
Apple had a record-breaking quarter for iPhone sales - despite not releasing a standard model during its latest refresh. In its fourth-quarter earnings report released on Monday…
Meta will end Quest 2 OS updates in 2027
Meta is planning to release the last OS update for its Quest 2 and Quest Pro VR headsets by March 2027, the company announced today. The last OS update for those devices is…
One of Google’s Android partners turned 1.3 million set-top boxes into a botnet
Google says one of its Android manufacturing partners secretly built a backdoor in 1.3 million devices and turned them into a botnet. The company says it has now dismantled the…
BMW is taking on Tesla’s FSD with urban driver assist starting in 2027
AI summary BMW plans to introduce urban driver assist via software updates in 2027, competing with Tesla's FSD.
The Apple Watch Ultra 4 is $100 off, matching its best price to date
The Apple Watch Ultra 4 is the company’s most capable smartwatch. Whether you intend to put its many tracking features to the test, or you simply want the longest battery life of…
Ford promises not to sell your driving habits to data brokers
AI summary Ford promises not to sell customer driving data to data brokers, following GM's settlement.
Anthropic clamps down on Claude’s AI video game clones
Anthropic has updated Claude Code's system prompt to prevent the AI tool from being used to recreate existing video games, as reported by Tom's Hardware. Retro gaming is…
Xbox’s former COO has ‘serious concerns’ about her abrupt departure
Xbox's former chief operating officer, Helen Chiang, suddenly left Microsoft less than two weeks ago after being promoted into the role in July. I wrote in my Notepad newsletter…
OpenAI pitches data center power plants as a way to protect nearby areas
AI summary OpenAI plans to pilot a program that provides power during emergencies at a Georgia data center.
The New York Times and other publications sue Brave web browser for AI scraping and bypassing paywalls
The New York Times and a group of other publications have filed lawsuits against the company that makes the Brave web browser over alleged unlawful scraping to train AI and also…
Apple’s ‘Ultra’ smart home robot might have to wait until 2028
Apple has reportedly delayed the launch of its rumored smart home robot until next year at the earliest or possibly even 2028, according to The Information. It says the robot's…
Squarespace is laying off 19 percent of employees
The website-building platform Squarespace is laying off 19 percent of its employees as it works to "simplify" its operations, Squarespace spokesperson Jeff Seedman says in a…
Why Peacock is making a huge bet on YouTube
AI summary Peacock is making a significant move by focusing on YouTube, according to NBCU's Matt Strauss.