Americas News
Spotify adds ‘Exclusive Mode’ audiophile feature for Windows PCs
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- Mar 17, 2026
Starting Tuesday, Spotify users will have access to "Exclusive Mode," a new feature in the streaming service's Windows app that can help maximize audio quality by giving the Spotify app full control o...
Ikea tried to build a smart home for everyone — here’s why it’s not working yet
- Technology
- Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
- Mar 17, 2026
Ikea's new Matter-over-Thread products were supposed to prove that the smart home could be cheap, accessible, and reliable. The highly anticipated line - which includes sensors, remotes, smart plugs,...
Nvidia’s DLSS 5 is like motion smoothing for video games, but worse
- Technology
- Andrew Webster
- Mar 17, 2026
Yesterday Nvidia revealed its latest upscaling tech called DLSS 5, which it described as "the company's most significant breakthrough in computer graphics since the debut of real-time ray tracing in 2...
Antigravity’s 360-degree drone is 20 percent off ahead of its next feature drop
- Technology
- Cameron Faulkner
- Mar 17, 2026
Insta360’s Antigravity A1 is one of the most interesting drones on the market thanks to its included Vision Goggles, which provide a 360-degree first-person view through the drone’s cameras (a screen...
The messiah rises in Dune: Part Three’s new trailer
- Technology
- Charles Pulliam-Moore
- Mar 17, 2026
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a portentous set of twin babies in the new trailer for Dune: Part Three. Warner Bros. has debuted its first full trailer for Denis Villeneuve's third...
Now everyone in the US is getting Google’s personalized Gemini AI
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- Mar 17, 2026
Google announced on Tuesday that all users in the US will now have access to its Personal Intelligence feature, which lets you connect various Google apps to provide context for Gemini's responses and...
Intel announces Core Ultra 200HX Plus CPUs for high-end gaming laptops
- Technology
- Antonio G. Di Benedetto
- Mar 17, 2026
Intel has a pair of new flagship CPUs coming to a variety of pricey gaming laptops: the Core Ultra 9 290 HX Plus and Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus. The Arrow Lake Refresh chips sport 24 cores / 24 threads a...
Two more EVs for the trash heap: Volvo EX30 and Honda Prologue
- Technology
- Andrew J. Hawkins
- Mar 17, 2026
The steady stream of news about automakers cancelling or discontinuing electric vehicles continues apace. This week it's Volvo's small, quirky EX30 and Honda's solo electric offering in the US, the Pr...
Several Sonos audio products got their first 2026 discounts
- Technology
- Cameron Faulkner
- Mar 17, 2026
Amazon’s Big Spring Sale kicks off on March 25th, though some great tech sales are already available. Sonos is one of several companies that has switched on sales for its products, including some that...
Microsoft appoints a new Copilot boss after AI leadership shakeup
- Technology
- Tom Warren
- Mar 17, 2026
Microsoft is doing another executive shuffle today to reorganize how it engineers its Copilot assistant. Different teams have been working on the consumer and commercial sides of Copilot for years, bu...
The future of code is exciting and terrifying
- Technology
- David Pierce
- Mar 17, 2026
Suddenly it seems like everyone's a coder. Or, at the very least, like they play one in the Claude Code app. But even for the seasoned pros, the act of software development is changing fast - many peo...
Starfield is coming to the PS5 and getting a pair of major updates in April
- Technology
- Andrew Webster
- Mar 17, 2026
After lots of rumors, it's now official: Bethesda's sci-fi epic Starfield is coming to the PS5. It'll launch on Sony's console on April 7th, and that day will also see the debut of two major updates f...