I have both a Roku Streaming Stick and an Amazon Fire TV Stick. I also have a Roku Ultra and an Apple TV 4K, so you could say that I have all my bases covered when it comes to streaming. Last year, I had the chance to review a Fire…
Former Infosys chief has a new startup that wants to challenge the IT services world
For decades, IT services firms made billions of dollars by allowing companies to outsource tech tasks like customizing, integrating, and maintaining enterprise software. Vishal Sikka, former CEO of Infosys, one of the largest such firms in India, is now betting that AI can do much of that work instead. His…
AI was supposed to kill engineering jobs, but new data suggests they’re the most resilient
Whether AI is already replacing jobs is the subject of fierce debate. Tech layoffs hit their highest single month total in years in May, and AI was the most-cited reason, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Software engineering, in theory, is the professional field most vulnerable to automation, given the…
I found Roku’s best feature hiding in plain sight
Ever since I plugged in my Roku Ultra for the first time earlier this year, I’ve been extremely impressed with it. The user interface is easy to navigate, customizing the home screen is simple, and having The Roku Channel front and center has been a huge plus. It offers a…
The memory chip crunch is paying off for this U.S. company
The AI boom has fueled dozens of new startups and minted a new class of billionaires. It has also produced a serious shortage of memory chips — a critical component for compute-hungry AI models — which some predict could persist through 2027. This era of RAMageddon isn’t just a corporate…
You can get a Fire TV Stick 4K for just $18 this Prime Day
With Amazon Prime Day 2026 well underway, we’re seeing some pretty excellent deals and discounts across the board in the consumer technology space. Amazon itself is discounting some of its own in-house gizmos and gadgets, too, including the 8 GB Fire TV Stick 4K Select. From now through Friday, June…
Companies are scrambling to stop employees from maxing out AI budgets with small tasks
The era of tokenmaxxing is over. After the AI industry encouraged companies to max out their AI budgets earlier this year, and some companies even built employee leaderboards to encourage internal AI usage — they are now realizing just how easy it is to spend huge sums of money on…
Early-access streaming rentals are a scam
Many eons ago, the idea of early-access movie rentals would’ve sounded like paradise. Also known as “premium” video-on-demand (PVOD), what I’m talking about are movies that start streaming just a few days or weeks after they’ve left the theater. In some situations, you don’t even have to wait that long…
Agility Robotics plans to go public via SPAC in a $2.5B deal
Agility Robotics, the humanoid robotics startup that spun out of Oregon State University in 2015, plans to go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company Churchill Capital Corp XI in a deal that values the company at roughly $2.5 billion. The transaction is expected to generate more than…
I’ve been waiting for a new Apple TV 4K, and tvOS 27 just gave me two reasons to be excited
At WWDC 2026, Apple’s annual developer conference held earlier this month, the company unveiled the latest features and software updates it’s been working on for its devices, including iOS 27, macOS 27, and iPadOS 27. Though the star of the show was undoubtedly Siri AI, Apple’s highly anticipated (and long-delayed)…