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Microsoft Plans to End SMS and Voice Authentication for Entra ID
Microsoft reportedly plans to phase out SMS and voice authentication for Microsoft Entra ID users, pushing…
OpenAI, Anthropic Cut AI Costs as Rivals Gain Ground
OpenAI and Anthropic are emphasizing lower-cost AI options as open-weight models attract more enterprise workloads…
Meta Removes More Than 750,000 Under-16 Facebook, Instagram Accounts in Australia
Meta has blocked more than 750,000 under-16 Facebook and Instagram accounts in Australia as the social media age ban…
Claude is getting ambitious with watermarking, and I can smell the problems from a mile away
Anthropic wants to make AI-generated text easier to identify, and on paper, I have very little reason to complain. The…
Amazon’s throwing in a $100 gift card with the Pixel 11 right now — probably the most boring, yet useful, opening deal
If you haven’t secured yourself a Google Pixel 11 preorder, then I’ve got one more potential option to throw in the…
Finished watching My Brilliant Career on Netflix? Stream this ‘wild’ and ‘bonkers’ period drama on Prime Video next — it’s an even better double bill than Bridgerton
I finished watching My Brilliant Career on Netflix almost a week ago, and I still can’t stop thinking about it. Based…
White House AI Safety Reviews Could Expand to Open Models
The White House is preparing to bring powerful open AI models into its secretive safety-review framework. The…
WhatsApp Begins Limited Test of AI Scam Alerts for Unknown Senders
WhatsApp is adding a new layer of protection that could stop some scams before users even respond. WhatsApp is rolling…
Microsoft Nearly Left China. AI Gave It a Reason to Stay
Microsoft has spent years retreating from China. AI may be a reason it does not leave entirely. Reuters reports that…
Apple’s latest refurb drop brings cheaper MacBooks, iPhone 16 Plus, and Apple Watches
Apple has added several new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro configurations to its Certified Refurbished Store, alongside…
Don’t overlook Elektron’s budget electronic music instruments
When I’m asked what to buy if you want to get into making electronic music, I often recommend Elektron’s budget-minded…
‘The Qualcomm chipset offers very good performance for still image processing, but for video, it’s not good enough’: Honor explains why it created a dedicated imaging chipset for its gimbal-equipped Robot Phone
Writing about chipsets can be a bit like watching paint dry. These tiny mobile brains get more powerful every year, but…
I switched from Windows to Mac after 25 years, and it’s the trackpad that converted me.
I’ve been using Windows laptops for almost 25 years. In that time, I never once seriously thought of buying a MacBook…