As a MacBook Pro loyalist for over a decade, I could never have imagined completing a full day’s work on a tablet like an iPad. I was too cozy with macOS, and the growing pains that would come with switching to iPadOS weren’t worth the trouble. In fact, for years,…
Apple and Netflix team up to air Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix
Apple and Netflix have entered a partnership to co-broadcast the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix, announced Thursday by Apple’s senior vice president of services, Eddy Cue. For the first time, F1 fans in the U.S. will be able to watch the live race simultaneously on both Apple TV and Netflix. …
Samsung TV owners just got a new free live sports channel
When you think of FAST (free ad-supported TV) channels, services like The Roku Channel, Tubi, or Plex likely come to mind. However, one of the biggest FAST platforms is actually Samsung TV Plus, and it has recently been revealed that it’s making a major move into live sports. Samsung TV…
Musk bashes OpenAI in deposition, saying ‘nobody committed suicide because of Grok’
In a newly released deposition filed in Elon Musk’s case against OpenAI, the tech executive attacked OpenAI’s safety record, claiming that his company, xAI, better prioritizes safety. He went so far as to say that “Nobody has committed suicide because of Grok, but apparently they have because of ChatGPT.” The…
Anthropic vs. the Pentagon: What’s actually at stake?
The past two weeks have been defined by a clash between Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as the two battle over the military’s use of AI. Anthropic refuses to allow its AI models to be used for mass surveillance of Americans or for fully autonomous weapons…
4 PC maintenance tasks you’re probably doing wrong
The number of maintenance tasks involved with laptops and desktops has dropped considerably over the years. Growing up, I remember having to deal with nonsense like IRQ settings and memory managers just to get some DOS games to work. As late as the 2010s, weekly defrags were almost mandatory for…
ChatGPT reaches 900M weekly active users
ChatGPT has reached 900 million weekly active users, OpenAI announced Friday, putting the AI chatbot within striking distance of 1 billion. OpenAI also shared that it now has 50 million paying subscribers. “Subscriber momentum accelerated meaningfully to start the year, with January and February on track to be the largest…
Your Roku Ultra’s Ethernet port doesn’t do what you think
There are plenty of premium streaming boxes to choose from, including the Apple TV 4K, Google TV Streamer, and Fire TV Cube. But undoubtedly, one of the best options on the market is the Roku Ultra. Not only is it one of the most affordable, but it also offers most…
AI music generator Suno hits 2M paid subscribers and $300M in annual recurring revenue
Suno co-founder and CEO Mikey Shulman shared on LinkedIn that the AI music generator has amassed 2 million paid subscribers and $300 million in annual recurring revenue. Just three months ago, Suno announced a $250 million funding round that valued the company at $2.45 billion. At the time, Suno told…
Employees at Google and OpenAI support Anthropic’s Pentagon stand in open letter
Anthropic has reached a stalemate with the United States Department of War over the military’s request for unrestricted access to the AI company’s technology. But as the Pentagon’s Friday afternoon deadline for Anthropic’s compliance approaches, over 300 Google employees and over 60 OpenAI employees have signed an open letter urging…