Americas News
TikTok launches Local Feeds in the U.S.
- Technology
- Stevie Bonifield
- Feb 11, 2026
TikTok announced on Wednesday that it's launching "Local Feeds," an opt-in feature that uses precise GPS location data to create a feed of localized content, similar to the "Nearby Feeds" that launche...
Lifx’s two-pack of Matter-enabled smart color bulbs is down to $20
- Technology
- Cameron Faulkner
- Feb 11, 2026
Let’s give it up for companies that are making affordable smart bulbs. Lifx is one, having recently released a two-pack of A19 / E26 LED bulbs at CES 2026 capable of white and color for just $24.99. T...
Here are the brands bringing ads to ChatGPT
- Technology
- Emma Roth
- Feb 11, 2026
OpenAI officially launched its advertising pilot in ChatGPT, leaving us with a better idea of the kinds of products we might see stuffed beneath our conversations with the AI chatbot. Several companie...
Reanimal wants to devour you
- Technology
- Lewis Gordon
- Feb 11, 2026
The woods in Reanimal are full of surprises. You will encounter human cadavers that slither like snakes, gigantic talking pigs, and, at one point, a forlorn, supersized whale who seems resigned to an...
Diesel’s wired earbuds look exactly like wired earbuds from Diesel
- Technology
- Andrew Liszewski
- Feb 11, 2026
Despite evidence to the contrary, not only are wired earbuds alive and well, they're enjoying a resurgence. Brands like Belkin and even respected headphone maker Master & Dynamic now offer tethered ea...
The Switch 2’s GameShare multiplayer turns this horror game into an unexpected comedy
- Technology
- Andrew Webster
- Feb 11, 2026
GameShare, a multiplayer feature that's exclusive to the Switch 2, is a neat concept that so far has mostly been used in pretty standard ways. It lets you use one copy of a game and beam it to multipl...
How an ‘icepocalypse’ raises more questions about Meta’s biggest data center project
- Technology
- Justine Calma
- Feb 11, 2026
Donna Collins lives about 20 miles from where Meta's biggest data center is being built, in a house her family has lived in for five generations. Construction has thrown the small agricultural communi...
Pokémon Pokopia turns the world into a relaxing, human-free paradise
- Technology
- Charles Pulliam-Moore
- Feb 11, 2026
Though catching monsters and making them fight have always been core elements of the Pokémon brand, spinoffs like the Pokémon Snap and Detective Pikachu series have stood out by approaching the franch...
Process Zero is even better with a little processing on the side
- Technology
- Allison Johnson
- Feb 11, 2026
Something happens every time I try to use an iPhone camera like a real camera. Here's how it goes: I shoot RAW in addition to the default HEIC output, and since I have the RAW file I might as well edi...
U.S. unexpectedly adds 130,000 jobs in January after a weak 2025
- Business
- Scott Horsley
- Feb 11, 2026
- US
U.S. employers added 130,000 jobs in January as the unemployment rate dipped to 4.3% from 4.4% in December. Annual revisions show that job growth last year was far weaker than initially reported.
El Paso flights grounded for 10 days for ‘special security reasons’
- Technology
- Dominic Preston
- Feb 11, 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration has closed the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas, grounding all flights in and out of the airport for the next 10 days. No explanation for the...
T-Mobile will live translate regular phone calls without an app
- Technology
- Jess Weatherbed
- Feb 11, 2026
T-Mobile is preparing to test a new AI feature that translates live phone calls into more than 50 languages. Live Translation is launching in beta "this Spring," according to a press release, with reg...