Americas News
The Sony WF-1000XM6 earbuds reclaim the noise-canceling crown
- Technology
- John.Higgins
- Feb 12, 2026
Apple, Bose, and Sony are in a running battle for the best noise-canceling earbuds, and the Sony WF-1000XM6 put Sony back in first place - if you can get a good fit with the included foam tips. With e...
ByteDance’s next-gen AI model can generate clips based on text, images, audio, and video
- Technology
- Emma Roth
- Feb 12, 2026
Big Tech's race to leapfrog the latest AI models continues with the launch of ByteDance's next-gen video generator. In a blog post, ByteDance - the China-based company behind TikTok - says Seedance 2....
Amazon’s Send to Alexa Plus makes the Kindle Scribe feel more like a productivity device
- Technology
- Sheena Vasani
- Feb 12, 2026
Amazon's rolling out a new "Send to Alexa Plus" feature to the latest Kindle Scribe and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft owners starting February 12. The feature lets you send your notes or documents to Amazon...
This $7,999 robot will fold (some of) your laundry
- Technology
- Robert Hart
- Feb 12, 2026
If you have a spare $7,999 (plus a $250 deposit), hate folding laundry, and happen to live in the Bay Area, one-and-a-half-year-old startup Weave has the robot for you: Isaac 0. It takes Isaac 0 aroun...
HP ZBook Ultra G1a review: a business-class workstation that’s got game
- Technology
- Antonio G. Di Benedetto
- Feb 12, 2026
Business laptops are typically dull computers foisted on employees en masse. But higher-end enterprise workstation notebooks sometimes get an interesting enough blend of power and features to appeal t...
6 GOP reps defy Trump to block Canadian tariffs. And, student loan defaults rise
- Business
- Suzanne Nuyen
- Feb 12, 2026
- US
Six House Republicans joined Democrats to successfully block Trump's Canadian tariffs. And, roughly a million borrowers defaulted on their federal student loans last year.
ICE is pushing Minneapolis underground
- Technology
- Gaby Del Valle
- Feb 12, 2026
Minneapolis was not the war zone I expected to find. Depending on who you are and where you live, things can seem, for a few fleeting moments, almost normal, like a few blocks or neighborhoods over pe...
Highguard’s developer lays off ‘most’ of its staff just over two weeks after launch
- Technology
- Jay Peters
- Feb 12, 2026
Highguard, a new multiplayer shooter from developers who worked on games like Apex Legends and Call of Duty, launched just over two weeks ago, but developer Wildlight Entertainment is already cutting...
Two more xAI co-founders are among those leaving after the SpaceX merger
- Technology
- Hayden Field
- Feb 11, 2026
Since the xAI-SpaceX merger announced last week, which combined the two companies (as well as social media platform X) for a reported $1.25 trillion valuation - the biggest merger of all time - a hand...
iOS 26.3 makes it easier to switch to Android
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- Feb 11, 2026
On Wednesday, Apple released its latest iOS 26 update, which includes a new process for switching from an iPhone to an Android phone, as previously reported by 9to5Mac. The updated transferring tool c...
Anthropic says it’ll try to keep its data centers from raising electricity costs
- Technology
- Justine Calma
- Feb 11, 2026
Anthropic is the latest AI company promising to limit the impact its data centers have on nearby residents' electricity bills. The company said it would pay higher monthly electricity charges in order...
Why I wish I hadn’t bought my Samsung OLED TV
- Technology
- Sean Hollister
- Feb 11, 2026
In June 2024, in a dusty TV shop empty of customers save myself, my wife, and my kids, I stared deep into the LG C3 and Samsung S90C. I went back and forth between the two OLED screens for easily 20 m...