Apple unveiled its latest slate of MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops on Tuesday morning, and in the case of the MacBook Pro, the new hardware comes with the announcement of new M5 Pro and M5 Max chips. The specs on the new chips are impressive, featuring an 18-core CPU…
Claude Code rolls out a voice mode capability
Anthropic is bringing Voice Mode to Claude Code, the company’s AI coding assistant for developers. The launch of voice mode marks a significant step toward more hands-free, conversational coding workflows. Thariq Shihipar, an engineer at Anthropic, announced the feature’s gradual release on X on Tuesday. According to Shihipar, voice mode…
Anduril aims at $60 billion valuation in new funding round
Palmer Luckey’s defense-tech company is in the middle of a multibillion-dollar funding round led by Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. The funding round would come less than a year after the company’s Series G, which closed in June with $2.5…
TikTok down for some in US, thanks to second Oracle outage since sale
Some TikTok users in the U.S. are having trouble using the app, which the company attributes to an issue with an Oracle data center. “Creators may temporarily experience lags in posting content while Oracle works to resolve the issue,” TikTok said on X. According to user-generated reports on Downdetector, the…
This OLED screen is unlike any used on a tablet before
TCL is no stranger to pushing the technological boundaries of consumer-grade display panels. At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2026, the company has once again taken to the show flow with a variety of unique concept screens, encompassing everything from the ‘world’s brightest OLED mobile display,’ to the ‘world’s narrowest border…
Alibaba’s Qwen tech lead steps down after major AI push
Alibaba’s Qwen AI project has lost one of its most visible technical leaders just a day after the Chinese tech giant unveiled its new Qwen 3.5 open-weight small models. Junyang Lin, a central technical leader on Alibaba’s Qwen team, said in a post on X on Tuesday that he was…
4 things you should do today to prevent OLED burn-in
The thread of burn-in on OLED TVs and monitors is sometimes a little exaggerated. Modern displays have a number of countermeasures to prevent burn-in, some of which I’ll get into shortly. On top of that, it normally takes quite a while for the effect to take hold, and it’s possible…
Why AI startups are selling the same equity at two different prices
As competition among AI startups heats up, founders and VCs are turning to novel valuation mechanisms to manufacture a perception of market dominance. Until recently, the most sought-after companies raised multiple rounds of funding in quick succession at escalating valuations. However, because constant fundraising distracts founders from building their products,…
My favorite streaming app on the PS3 is gone, but these alternatives still work
There are plenty of ways to watch Netflix, whether it’s on your phone, laptop, tablet, or smart TV, but one of the oddly charming ways I’ve enjoyed watching it recently is on my PlayStation 3 (PS3). However, sadly, after more than 16 years of service, Netflix ended support for its…
A suite of government hacking tools targeting iPhones is now being used by cybercriminals
Security researchers have identified a suite of powerful hacking tools capable of compromising iPhones running older software that they say has passed from a government customer into the hands of cybercriminals. Google said Tuesday that it first identified the exploit kit, dubbed Coruna, in February 2025 during a surveillance vendor’s…