Lexar's new 8TB SSD is a dream for creatives, but Apple's port choices are holding it back. Let's find out if the large capacity Armor 700 is still worth buying. Lexar Armor 700 8TB review: The Lexar drive is good, but Apple won't support USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 As both a photographer and videographer, I'm always churning through storage. I have near a hundred terabytes sitting on my desk in one fashion or another. Recently, I've been working more mobile than I had been, requiring somewhat of a ..

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YouTube creators will soon see higher view counts for their videos as the platform announced a change in the way it handles viewership. From August 24 onward, a view on YouTube will count as soon as the video starts. This is the same metric that was applied to YouTube Shorts last year and the approach used on other platforms like TikTok and Instagram. YouTube explained in a blog post that creators expressed their desire for a unified view counting system which would eliminate metric confusion ..

The war in Ukraine has spurred people to consider putting vital infrastructure underground.

Lawsuit asks whether a networking company owes a duty of care to civilians hunted by drones 5,000 miles from its nearest point of sale.

Cursor has launched Origin, a GitHub-style code hosting platform built directly into its AI coding environment. The company is initially positioning Origin as a low-risk layer on top of GitHub, keeping GitHub as the "source of truth," but the launch landed just as a major GitHub outage highlighted growing concerns about reliability in the age of AI-generated code. VentureBeat reports: Cursor began rolling out Origin, its own code hosting platform, to paid users on Monday morning. Roughly three ..

Smart glasses have become a recurring accessory amid the immigration crackdown.

ChatGPT for Teens includes a number of educational features and applies age- appropriate safeguards, OpenAI said.

Ukraine has codified the Dovbush T40, a domestic drone reportedly capable of flying 2,000 kilometres and remaining airborne beyond 24 hours.

The Framework Laptop 12 now ships with Intel's Core Series 3 chips and other hardware upgrades.

CNBCs Jim Cramer said widespread pessimism over rising rates, oil prices and inflation is pushing stocks lower and creating attractive buying opportunities.

Syncing your data with iCloud was temporarily unavailable, as an outage has affected multiple Apple services, causing issues for developers and users alike. iCloud and other Apple services were hit by an outage on Tuesday. Virtually everything on an iPhone or iPad can be uploaded to iCloud and synced across compatible devices. However, the services that power this functionality can sometimes become unresponsive, which is what happened on August 18. According to Apple's System Status page, ..

Meta argued social media addiction does not exist, as a trial stemming from a major lawsuit brought by US states got under way.

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Comcast is activating Wi-Fi motion sensing on millions of compatible Xfinity gateways, allowing the routers to detect movement by measuring disruptions in signals between the gateway and connected devices. The free feature, part of Xfinity Shield, can send activity alerts through the Xfinity app and offers Home, Away, and nighttime monitoring modes without requiring separate motion sensors. The Verge reports: Wi-Fi motion sensing is a technology that has been around for a while, but it's only ..

One UI 9, which made its debut on the recently launched Galaxy Z Fold8, Fold8 Ultra, and Flip8, brings with it a new Warranty and care menu in Settings. It is here that you can keep track of your warranty periods and expiration dates across all of your Samsung devices, with the information being consolidated into one place. The device in use is displayed at the top of the screen, including its eligibility for enrollment into Samsung Care+. Below this device you'll find all the others that are ..

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OpenAI recently launched ChatGPT for Teens with stronger guardrails designed to recognize when they might want to do something rather inappropriate. This includes stopping them from asking for homework solutions and warning them about making sexual deepfakes. We assume that this also means less chances of telling them to go kill themselves but this wasnt mentioned at all in the press release.

Kept your Spotify Car Thing? This open source project brings it back from the dead.

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US Marines have begun training on a new drone countermeasures tactic using traditional small arms to take out UAVs rather than relying on GPS or electromagnetic jamming

Disney and ABC are suing the FCC to block an early review of eight station licenses, arguing the Trump administration is using the agency's regulatory power to punish the network over programming and editorial decisions it dislikes. Reuters reports: In a lawsuit (PDF) filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, Disney said the FCC was seeking to coerce and retaliate against "a network that refuses to bow to the administration's demands," calling the agency's actions an "extraordinary assault on ..

A slew of unreleased Apple products are referenced in the latest macOS beta.

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Apple has been fighting antitrust regulators across the globe, and it's about to lose yet another battle in the US after trying to make commissions from purchases made on third-party payment platforms. But in the latest regulatory filing from Apple itself, the company admits that it may no longer be able to do so. The EU Commission was the first to force Apple to allow third-party app stores on its platform since the company's official App Store charges a 30% commission on each purchase, ..

How to check your iPhone's battery health and cycle count.

Two legit-seeming clips and a world map are out there, if you know where to look.

The first version of Androids advanced flow is gradually arriving, with a restart and 24-hour delay built in.

Xfinity wants you to let it detect motion in your home with its Wi-Fi.

Standardized SIM command from the modem era lets a hostile card run code inside an EV charger

Apple's latest software references watch-like "Faces."

How the joule thief circuit steals energy from seemingly depleted power cells.

RAM prices have exploded over the past year, with some DDR5 kits approaching 500% year-over-year increases and a 128GB kit now selling for $3,399, which is more than 10 times its previous low. Tom's Hardware reports: Things improve as you step down the memory capacities and speed tiers, but not as much as we'd like. You're still looking at $392 for a memory kit that was just $72 last year. To reinforce the point, I pulled the latest average price data from PCPartPicker, comparing where we are ..

Spotify's Running Mode is now available on Android.

Apple has new in-app transaction commission rates for EU devs.

Apple's changes to its terms and fees for developers distributing in the European Union is a premonition of reduced commissions for developers that could soon come to the United States. Apple's attempts to comply with EU rules has led to new app transaction fees - Image Credit: Apple Apple is waging two wars over the App Store , on both sides of the Atlantic. In Europe, it's dealing with the European Commission and the European Union demanding changes to how the App Store earns income, ..

Google Home sounds the all-clear after that big service outage.

Researchers say ordinary Wi-Fi networks identified 197 people with nearly 100% accuracy, raising concerns about invisible surveillance and privacy.