During his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump tried to quell Americans’ concerns about rising electricity costs by claiming he had negotiated a “rate-payer protection commitment” with big tech companies that would allow them to build or pay for new power generation for their data centers. Leaders from Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, xAI, … Read more
Google just announced that Gemini will soon be able to take care of some multi-step tasks on your phone, like ordering food or hailing a car, starting with the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, and the just-announced Samsung Galaxy S26 phones. It all sounds a bit like the features Apple announced for Siri at its … Read more
More Galaxy Buds have been announced and Samsung is once again mimicking Apple in design, ecosystem functionality and pricing. The Galaxy Buds 4 and Galaxy Buds 4 Pro retain the AirPods-style design of the Buds 3, but now have a flat metal finish along the outside of the stem. The regular earbuds use a single … Read more
Google’s Gemini AI is one step closer to being more like a real assistant. Starting with some Pixel 10 phones and the Samsung Galaxy S26 line, Gemini will be able to call an Uber or put together a DoorDash order themselves. It’s called task automation, and it starts with a challenge to Gemini — something … Read more
Apple, like many others, has had to launch age verification features in response to new age verification requirements in many regions, and on Tuesday the company announced new details about its tools that developers can use to “meet their age obligations under upcoming US and regional laws, including Brazil, Australia, Singapore, Utah and Louisiana.” One … Read more
1Password is raising its prices on March 27, 2026. In an email sent to users, the password manager says it will raise the price of its annual individual plan from $35.88 to $47.88, and that its family plan will increase from $59.88 to $71.88. “While 1Password’s value and capabilities have grown substantially, our pricing has … Read more
Apple is set to move some of its Mac Mini production to the U.S. as part of the company’s ongoing efforts to ease the Trump administration’s push for domestic investment. Production is scheduled to begin later this year in North Houston, Texas, at the Foxconn factory where Apple’s AI servers are currently being assembled. “Apple … Read more
In mid-February, the Justice Department lost its top antitrust enforcer — just weeks before it was scheduled to go to trial in one of the biggest antitrust cases of the year. Antitrust chief Gail Slater announced her departure suddenly via a post on her personal X account. But it was far from surprising to those … Read more
The last few years of Xbox have been expensive. Under the leadership of Phil Spencer, Microsoft has spent billions of dollars trying to build an ambitious future for gaming that looks a lot like Netflix. And while its Game Pass subscription service started out as a bargain for gamers (though not so much now), that … Read more
Anthropic alleges that DeepSeek and two other Chinese AI companies misused its Claude AI model to improve their own products. In Monday’s announcement, Anthropic says “industrial-scale campaigns” involved the creation of approximately 24,000 fraudulent accounts and more than 16 million exchanges with Claude, as it previously reported. The Wall Street Journal. The three companies – … Read more