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Spider-Noir looks like a hard-boiled thriller in first trailer
Technology

Spider-Noir looks like a hard-boiled thriller in first trailer

Though it's going to be a while before we see more of Sony's animated Spider-Verse or Marvel's live-action take on Peter Parker, Amazon's Spider-Noir series is...

Waymo’s next-gen robotaxi is ready for passengers — and also ‘high-volume production’
Technology

Waymo’s next-gen robotaxi is ready for passengers — and also ‘high-volume production’

After years of testing and validation, Waymo announced today that it's sixth-generation robotaxi technology is finally ready for passenger trips. The updated au...

The Sony WF-1000XM6 earbuds reclaim the noise-canceling crown
Technology

The Sony WF-1000XM6 earbuds reclaim the noise-canceling crown

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...

ByteDance’s next-gen AI model can generate clips based on text, images, audio, and video
Technology

ByteDance’s next-gen AI model can generate clips based on text, images, audio, and video

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...

Amazon’s Send to Alexa Plus makes the Kindle Scribe feel more like a productivity device
Technology

Amazon’s Send to Alexa Plus makes the Kindle Scribe feel more like a productivity device

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 yo...

This $7,999 robot will fold (some of) your laundry
Technology

This $7,999 robot will fold (some of) your laundry

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...

HP ZBook Ultra G1a review: a business-class workstation that’s got game
Technology

HP ZBook Ultra G1a review: a business-class workstation that’s got game

Business laptops are typically dull computers foisted on employees en masse. But higher-end enterprise workstation notebooks sometimes get an interesting enough...

6 GOP reps defy Trump to block Canadian tariffs. And, student loan defaults rise
Business

6 GOP reps defy Trump to block Canadian tariffs. And, student loan defaults rise

Six House Republicans joined Democrats to successfully block Trump's Canadian tariffs. And, roughly a million borrowers defaulted on their federal student loans...

ICE is pushing Minneapolis underground
Technology

ICE is pushing Minneapolis underground

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, li...

Highguard’s developer lays off ‘most’ of its staff just over two weeks after launch
Technology

Highguard’s developer lays off ‘most’ of its staff just over two weeks after launch

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 Wil...

Two more xAI co-founders are among those leaving after the SpaceX merger
Technology

Two more xAI co-founders are among those leaving after the SpaceX merger

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 -...

iOS 26.3 makes it easier to switch to Android
Technology

iOS 26.3 makes it easier to switch to Android

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...

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