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  • AirPods 4 vs Pro 3: Which Apple Earbuds to Buy in 2025?
    With the holidays approaching, choosing between Apple's AirPods 4 and AirPods Pro becomes more critical than ever. Apple now offers two distinct versions of the AirPods 4—a standard model at $129 and an enhanced version with Active Noise Cancellation at $179, according to 9to5Mac. Meanwhile, the latest AirPods Pro 3... Read more »
  • Google Assistant Dies: Gemini Takeover Starts Now
    Reviewed by: Jame Jimenez If you've lived with Google Assistant for the past decade, brace for a big switch. The trusty voice helper is getting the boot, and its replacement aims higher. Google has officially confirmed the shift, calling it "Gemini for Home," a new assistant experience and platform upgrade... Read more »
  • Adobe Premiere Pro iPhone App Launches Free - Here's The Catch
    Reviewed by Jame Jimenez There's never been a better time to be a content creator. Adobe just dropped its full Premiere video editing app for iPhone, and it's now available for download on the App Store. After weeks of anticipation since pre-orders started back in September this year, Adobe has... Read more »
  • Apple Fights AI Lawsuit Over Delayed Siri Features
    Apple finds itself in hot water over delayed AI features, but the company isn't backing down. Apple filed a motion to dismiss the class action lawsuit targeting its Apple Intelligence rollout delays on Thursday. The company says two missing Siri features do not justify sweeping legal claims. The twist, and... Read more »
  • iOS 26 Visual Intelligence Transforms Screenshots
    Apple's Visual Intelligence just got a major upgrade in iOS 26, and honestly, it's about time. The original feature launched in iOS 18.2 as a Camera Control button that could describe your surroundings and translate text. Now Apple has extended Visual Intelligence in iOS 26 to work with content that's... Read more »
  • Apple's Secret Siri App Reveals ChatGPT-Like AI Coming 2026
    Reviewed by Jame Jimenez Behind closed doors at Apple, Siri is getting a rethink that could change how we talk to our devices. Apple's been quietly working on a ChatGPT-like app to help its engineers test the overhauled version of Siri. The app isn't going to be released to the... Read more »
  • iPhone Fold Could Be Thinner Than iPhone Air at 4.5mm
    You know that feeling when you see something so impossibly thin you almost can't believe it's real? That was me when I first held the iPhone Air's remarkable 5.6mm profile. Then came the wild part, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reports that next year's iPhone Fold could measure just 4.5-4.8mm when unfolded.... Read more »
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  • Claude, Microsoft Copilot Fail Again to Predict the Winners of the Kentucky Derby
    In 2016 an online "swarm intelligence" platform generated a correct prediction for the Kentucky Derby — naming all four top finishers in order. (But its 2017 predictions weren't even close.) Slashdot checked in again on how modern AI systems performed in 2023, 2024, and 2025 — but their predictions were... Read more »
  • Chinese Exports of Green Technologies Surged to Record Levels After Iran War Began
    "The war in Iran has sent oil-starved countries scrambling for fuel," CNN reported this week. And many of those countries now want renewable fuels, the article points out, "leaving them turning to the renewables king of the planet: China." Chinese exports of solar technology, batteries and electric vehicles all reached... Read more »
  • Former NASA Engineers Create Ingenious Way To Save Homes From Wildfires Using Noise
    "Scientists have created a miraculous new way to stop fires from spreading through neighborhoods using nothing but sound," reports the New York Post: Former NASA engineers with California-based Sonic Fire Tech found that using sound waves can snuff out blazes and potentially be used to stop another Pacific Palisades inferno...... Read more »
  • Ask Slashdot: Are YouTube's Subtitles 'Appallingly Bad'?
    Long-time Slashdot reader Anne Thwacks frequently uses YouTube's subtitles "not to disturb others in the room, or because my hearing is not very good." But they say there's a new problem. "The subtitling is terrible!" Almost every sentence has a huge error. Proper names are more often wrong than right.... Read more »
  • The $19B "Nuclear AI" Energy Startup That Couldn't Sign a Single Client
    "Nuclear AI startup" Fermi had hoped to build power plants generating 17 gigawatts of electricity, remembers Bloomberg, "three times the amount typically consumed by New York City." Hyperscalers could install their data centers on the site itself and tap directly into that power, which would come first from natural gas... Read more »
  • Using Drones for Cloud-Seeding Can Trigger Rain, Company Claims
    Monday a company called Rainmaker announced their rain-triggering technology had produced 143 million gallons of freshwater for Utah and Oregon residents — making them "the first private company in history to validate the results of cloud seeding operations." The Deseret News reports: Founded in 2023, Rainmaker uses drones to disperse... Read more »
  • What if Tech Company Layoffs Aren't All About AI?
    "Running a Big Tech company during Silicon Valley's AI mania may not necessarily require fewer workers or cost less," writes the Washington Post: Amazon, Google and Meta together have roughly the same number of employees now as they did during an industry-wide hiring binge in 2022, company disclosures show. Growing... Read more »
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    Computer Hardware Inc - Blog

  • Keep Sensitive Data Private by Disabling AI Training Options
    Most AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Claude, and Google’s Gemini, let you control whether your conversations will be used to train future models. While allowing this could improve the AI, it also means that sensitive business information and intellectual property could become part of the chatbot’s training data. Once data is... Read more »
  • When to Trust AI Tech Answers (And When to Call Us)
    Recently, we’ve fielded a spate of questions from people who have used an AI chatbot to help with a technical issue and then asked us to confirm whether the information was accurate, helpful, or even safe. First off, we’re not offended. If you can work through simple problems on your... Read more »
  • Follow This Advice Before Switching to a New iPhone 17
    Are you considering getting one of the new iPhone 17 models? While it’s always tempting to unbox a new device and dive right in, taking a methodical approach to setup will save you from potential frustrations down the road. When you’re ready to transfer your data—and, for many people, that... Read more »
  • Apple Unveils New iPhone 17 Lineup, Updated Apple Watches, and AirPods Pro 3
    In the tech world, September brings the fruits of Apple’s harvest: new iPhones, Apple Watches, and AirPods. At its recent Awe Dropping event, Apple introduced the new iPhone 17 lineup, the ultra-thin iPhone Air, the Apple Watch SE 3, Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch Ultra 3, and the AirPods... Read more »
  • Blood Oxygen Monitoring Returns to Recent US Apple Watches with Software Updates
    With the release of iOS 18.6.1 and watchOS 11.6.1, Apple restored blood oxygen monitoring capabilities to US Apple Watch Series 9, Series 10, and Ultra 2 models that previously had this feature disabled due to a patent infringement suit by medical device maker Masimo. Apple’s redesign processes blood oxygen data... Read more »
  • Pay for Apple TV+ Annually to Avoid the Recent Monthly Price Increase
    Apple has raised the monthly subscription fee for Apple TV+ to $12.99, marking the third price increase since the streaming service launched at $4.99 in 2019. While the monthly cost has increased, Apple kept the annual subscription priced at $99, making it a more economical choice for those who plan... Read more »
  • Working with Time Zones in Apple’s Calendar Apps
    Calendar events are usually straightforward. For instance, if you schedule a meeting for 3 PM on Thursday, an alert will remind you to leave 30 minutes beforehand. However, since we live in an increasingly global world, we occasionally have to consider time zones when scheduling meetings. Business travelers have long... Read more »
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  • Fractal Design Unveils Pop 2 Vision With Striking Panoramic Glass and Enhanced Airflow
    Fractal Design is known for its sleek, high-performance PC cases, and the new Pop 2 Vision is one of its cleanest-looking yet. Building on the design for the Fractal Design Pop 2 Air that we covered in January, the Pop 2 Vision is an beautified follow-up that eschews the mesh,... Read more »
  • Intel Arc G3 Extreme Pummels Ryzen Z2 Extreme in Benchmark Leak
    If you haven't put hands on a mobile device with an Intel Panther Lake processor yet, even the 4-Xe3-core configuration is surprisingly spry when it comes to gaming. The "X" models with the larger 12-core GPU are downright speedy, and generally obviate the case for entry-level discrete GPUs in laptops. Naturally,... Read more »
  • Microsoft Responds to Windows 11's April Update Breaking Third-Party Backups
    The latest April 2026 security update for Windows 11 version 25H2 and 24H2 is proving to be a double-edged sword for some users. On one hand, the cumulative KB5083769 update that began rolling out on the second Tuesday of this month (per Microsoft's usual Patch Tuesday cadence) includes a host... Read more »
  • Samsung’s 49" Odyssey G95C Is 30% Off and Includes Resident Evil Requiem
    If the only thing holding you back from big screen gaming on PC is the big price that comes with it, then take note that Amazon has marked down Samsung's 49-inch Odyssey G9 (G95C) gaming monitor to nearly an all-time low. As an added bonus, it comes with a code... Read more »
  • JEDEC's DDR5 MRDIMM Gen 2 Standard Pushes Memory Speeds Toward 12,000 MT/s
    JEDEC is pushing server memory even faster with its next-generation DDR5 MRDIMM roadmap, and no, this probably isn't the kind of RAM you'll be dropping into your next gaming PC. The standards body announced new milestones for DDR5 MRDIMM (Multiplexed Rank DIMM), including publication of the new JESD82-552 DDR5MDB02 Multiplexed... Read more »
  • Mega Man 2 Comes to Your Wrist With New $80 Retro Gaming Watch
    Mega Man 2 is a beloved classic in Capcom's Mega Man series that is now playable on a watch. My Play Watch, a brand specializing in gaming oriented, like its Space Invaders watch, has partnered with Capcom to create a Mega Man: My Play Watch. This Mega Man 2 watch offers all... Read more »
  • Xbox Mode Arrives on Windows 11 PCs for Console-Style Gaming
    The Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) for the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally handhelds has evolved into a fully-fledged "Xbox Mode" available for all Windows 11 PCs after a brief period locked to Xbox Ally, and then handhelds only. Per a release from Microsoft, Xbox Mode has begun rolling out to... Read more »