Sam Altman is hiring someone to worry about the dangers of AI
Terrence O’Brien / theverge - OpenAI is hiring a Head of Preparedness. Or, in other words, someone whose primary job is to think about all the ways AI could go horribly, horribly wrong. In a post on X, Sam Altman announced the position by acknowledging that the rapid improvement of AI…
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Back to Top / Saturday, December 27, 2025, 2:20 pm / permalink 17314 / 44 stories in 2 months
More original AirPods test colors revealed
appleinsider - A new leak has added to the list of colors Apple is known to have tried out before releasing its all-white AirPods charging cases back in 2016.Purported test colors for 2016's original AirPods charging cases — image credit: KosutamiIt is an unbelievable n…
Back to Top / Saturday, December 27, 2025, 12:20 pm / permalink 17312 / 5 stories in 2 months
CES 2026: Everything we expect from the year's biggest tech event
Sanuj Bhatia / pocket-lint - From AI-powered fridges to powerful new laptops and chips, here's everything we're expecting from CES 2026.
Back to Top / Saturday, December 27, 2025, 12:20 pm / permalink 17311 / 24 stories in 2 months
Finding a High-VRAM GPU Is Getting Much Harder, With a Japanese Retailer Warning That Restocks May Be Off the Table For Now
Muhammad Zuhair / wccftech - Memory shortages have now begun to impact the GPU segment, as, apart from the anticipated price hike, retailers are reportedly experiencing rapid declines in stock availability. Japanese Retailer Is Now Restricting GPU Purchases To Ensure that Existing In…
Back to Top / Saturday, December 27, 2025, 10:20 am / permalink 17309 / 5 stories in 2 months
Worn Down by Worry, Parents Look Longingly at Australia’s Social Media Ban
Adam Satariano and Lynsey Chutel / nytimes - After the country barred children under 16 from using social media, many parents have been asking whether similarly tough action is needed in their own countries.
Back to Top / Saturday, December 27, 2025, 5:20 am / permalink 17304 / 7 stories in 2 months
Before Electric Vehicles Became Political, There Was the Toyota Prius
Lawrence Ulrich / nytimes - The political polarization of battery-powered cars may have started when Toyota released its first hybrid model 25 years ago.
Back to Top / Saturday, December 27, 2025, 5:20 am / permalink 17303 / 4 stories in 2 months
Deepfakes hit a whole new level in 2025. The 2026 forecast looks like a total reality-check nightmare
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Back to Top / Saturday, December 27, 2025, 2:20 am / permalink 17301 / 4 stories in 2 months
AMD's dual-cache Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 appears in first benchmark leaks — gaming-focused CPU features 192MB of L3 cache stacked across both CCDs
tomshardware - AMD is preparing a new flagship gaming chip, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, which is said to have 192MB of L3 cache thanks to its dual-cache design that will add 3D V-Cache across both CCDs. The CPU originally leaked months ago, but it has finally appeared on benc…
Back to Top / Friday, December 26, 2025, 11:21 am / permalink 17290 / 5 stories in 2 months
Google will finally allow you to change your @gmail.com address
Mayank Parmar / bleepingcomputer - Google will finally allow you to change your @gmail address or create a new alias, according to a new support document. [...]
Back to Top / Thursday, December 25, 2025, 9:20 am / permalink 17282 / 25 stories in 2 months
Xiaomi’s S25 Ultra rival features a DSLR-like physical zoom ring paired with a 200MP zoom camera
digitaltrends - The Xiaomi 17 Ultra isn’t just chasing higher megapixels. It’s rethinking how smartphone zoom should feel with a physical zoom ring wrapped around a massive 200MP periscope camera.The post Xiaomi’s S25 Ultra rival features a DSLR-like physical zoom ring p…
Back to Top / Thursday, December 25, 2025, 9:20 am / permalink 17283 / 7 stories in 2 months
No, It’s Not Just You – Steam Is Currently Down, Website and Store Pages Offline [Update]
David Carcasole / wccftech - Update 24/12/2025 3:36 pm EST - The Steam store and website are back online. Altogether, the store was only offline for a little over an hour. You can go back to redeeming those gift cards and squeezing every cent out of them during the Winter Sale. That …
Back to Top / Wednesday, December 24, 2025, 5:20 pm / permalink 17278 / 4 stories in 2 months
Tesla’s Model 3 emergency door release controls are being investigated
Reuters / fastcompany - The U.S. auto safety regulator said on Wednesday it has opened a defect investigation into Tesla Model 3 compact sedans over concerns that emergency door release controls may not be easily accessible or clearly identifiable in an emergency.The Office of D…
Back to Top / Wednesday, December 24, 2025, 4:20 pm / permalink 17276 / 7 stories in 2 months
Apple Agrees to Allow Alternative App Stores and Payments in Brazil
iclarified - Brazil's Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) has approved a settlement agreement with Apple that requires the company to allow alternative app marketplaces and third-party payment processing on iOS devices in the country. The decision resol…
Back to Top / Wednesday, December 24, 2025, 2:20 pm / permalink 17273 / 9 stories in 2 months
Apple CEO Tim Cook Buys $3 Million of Nike Shares
Hartley Charlton / macrumors - Apple CEO Tim Cook disclosed a roughly $3 million open-market purchase of Nike shares this week (via Reuters).According to a regulatory filing published yesterday, Cook purchased 50,000 Class B shares of Nike on December 22 at an average price of $58.97 p…
Back to Top / Wednesday, December 24, 2025, 11:20 am / permalink 17269 / 8 stories in 2 months
Leaker battle: iPhone Air 2 will ship in 2026, and not wait until 2027
appleinsider - As is typically the case about a year out, the 2026 iPhone lineup is in flux, as one leaker contradicts reports that the second-generation iPhone Air won't arrive until 2027.iPhone AirThe iPhone Air is viewed by analysts as a model that hasn't lived up to…
Back to Top / Wednesday, December 24, 2025, 11:20 am / permalink 17268 / 8 stories in 2 months
NVIDIA Tested Intel's 18A Node but Did Not Commit to Intel Foundry
techpowerup - According to a report from Reuters, NVIDIA has explored using Intel Foundry's 18A node but has not proceeded to mass production. Reuters states, "NVIDIA recently tested out whether it would manufacture its chips using Intel's production process known as 1…
Back to Top / Wednesday, December 24, 2025, 8:21 am / permalink 17264 / 7 stories in 2 months
Santa Tracker live – come join us following him online!
digitaltrends - It’s Christmas Eve, and as the holidays start to really bed in, it’s a time to come together and find joy in the simple things – and one of those is the constant question of ‘When is Santa coming?’ Well, while this is one of the times when it’s great to n…
Back to Top / Wednesday, December 24, 2025, 7:20 am / permalink 17263 / 11 stories in 2 months
IO Interactive's 007 First Light has been delayed until May 27
Lawrence Bonk / engadget - IO Interactive's James Bond simulator 007 First Light has been delayed until May 27, 2026. It was supposed to come out in March. The company says two-month delay is for polish and refinement, which is fine by me. I'd always rather wait a bit longer for a …
Back to Top / Tuesday, December 23, 2025, 5:21 pm / permalink 17257 / 4 stories in 2 months
Xbox Cloud Gaming finally comes to Amazon Fire TV smart TVs
Matthew Mountjoy / mobilesyrup - Microsoft’s partnership with Amazon is expanding further, as it has been announced that Xbox Cloud Gaming will come to the latter’s line of smart TVs. Specifically, the newest models of the Fire TV 4-Series and the Fire TV Omni QLED Series now feature the…
Back to Top / Tuesday, December 23, 2025, 4:20 pm / permalink 17255 / 7 stories in 2 months
MAINGEAR Fights The DDR5 Memory Crisis By Letting Gamers Build PCs Without RAM, Gives Users The Choice To Bring Self-Purchased Kit
Hassan Mujtaba / wccftech - Maingear has announced its new "BYO" RAM builds, giving users the choice to build PCs with or without DDR5 memory kits to tackle shortages. MAINGEAR Is The Latest Pre-Built PC Maker To Announce Ram-Less Configuration: Buy A PC Without DDR5 Memory Or Bring…
Back to Top / Tuesday, December 23, 2025, 3:20 pm / permalink 17251 / 27 stories in 2 months