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Humane AI Pin. $700!?!

All of my opinions are italicized and sources are in blue. Humane AI Pin announced. It’s worse than smartwatch As reported by Ars Technica, Not since Magic Leap has a “next-generation” hardware company been so hyped while showing so little.…

M3 Scary Fast Apple Event

All of my opinions are italicized and sources are in blue. New M3 chips in MacBook Pro and 24in iMac None of the new Macs that Apple is announcing at its “Scary Fast” product event today look very different from…

Phones are being remotely disabled in Mexico

All of my opinions are italicized and sources are in blue. Phone manufacturers remotely disabling phones in Mexico In recent months, an unusually high number of mobile manufacturers have proposed to combat the gray market for mobile equipment in Mexico,…

Really Intel?

All of my opinions are italicized and sources are in blue. Intel 14th Gen launches. Barely any improvement As reported by ArsTechnica,  Intel’s new desktop processor generations haven’t always come with significant generational improvements in recent years, as the company…

It’s finally over. Microsoft acquires Activision

Microsoft completes acquisition of Activision-Blizzard-King Microsoft is finally closing its $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, 633 days after announcing its bid. You would think that Xbox now controls everything relating to Activision, right? The answer is: mostly. U.K. regulators…

Google Pixel 8 event: AI for days

All of my opinions are italicized and sources are in blue. Google Pixel 8 event: Pixel 8 and Pixel Watch 2 The title is a general summary of the entire event. There was about 1 AI mention per minute. But…

Titanium iPhone 15 is not durable

All of my opinions are italicized and sources are in blue. iPhone 15 fails repairability and durability test Just like last year with the 14, both the 15 and 15 Pro can be opened from the front or the back.…

Apple is still anti-repair

All of my opinions are italicized and sources are in blue. Apple is still anti-repair, despite recent support There are two topics relating to this section: iFixit dropping the repairability score of the iPhone 14 and Phone Repair Guru findings…

Apple supporting Right to Repair?

All of my opinions are italicized and sources are in blue. California Passes Right to Repair Act, Apple supports it? California’s Right to Repair Act, Senate Bill 244, has passed the state legislature. The bill passed with overwhelming approval, with…

Major car companies after your data

All of my opinions are italicized and sources are in blue. Mozilla Foundation found 25 car brands with major privacy concerns These 25 car companies include all of the major brands that you most likely heard of, such as Ford…