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Sony is cutting 250 jobs at its recordable media manufacturing plant in northeast Japan, according to The Mainichi. The established national newspaper says that cuts are due to the reduced demand for optical media, and the continued rise of streaming services. However, a specialist physical media news outlet asserts that pressed disc production will not […]

The special EU App Store rules were rolled out earlier this year in response to the Digital Markets Act, which forced Apple to open up the iPhone software ecosystem to include alternatives to the App Store. So far, not many have taken up the opportunity, in part because of the hefty associated fees and compliance […]

If you’re printing with an FDM-style 3D printer (the most popular and user-friendly type), your printer feeds a roll of plastic (or other material) filament through a hot extruder and then deposits it on the print bed in layers. You can have one of the best 3D printers or the best budget 3D printers on […]

According to a new report from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is targeting to begin mass production of new “AirPods with camera modules” by 2026. This report comes after Bloomberg also noted Apple’s plans for developing AirPods with cameras back in February. According to Kuo, these new AirPods will feature an infrared camera similar to what’s […]

Younger PC users may have never encountered DOS. Even those of us who had a taste of it may only have used it as the Command Prompt or PowerShell ‘app’ in Windows. But even though Microsoft stopped updating MS-DOS in the year 2000 (as part of Windows Me), there remains a small group of passionate […]

Apple just announced iOS 18 a few weeks ago at WWDC, touting new home screen features, Apple Intelligence, and much more. Now, right on schedule, Bloomberg reports that Apple has already started development on iOS 19, macOS 16, watchOS 12, and visionOS 3 for next year. Our first iOS 19 rumor is here In the […]

Two new motherboards for the Chinese-made Loongson 3A6000 CPU are now available on AliExpress. These motherboards are available in various configurations ranging from a barebones motherboard with CPU through a complete prebuilt computer that also includes RAM, a hard drive, and a discrete graphics card. AliExpress has two motherboard models featuring the Longsoon 3A6000 that […]

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See Vision Pro update at the end of the piece. When asked why Apple Intelligence won’t be available on older iPhones, the company has so far said that the chips simply weren’t sufficiently powerful to provide a good experience. Responses would take too long on older chips. But many have said that if their phones […]

Today at Amazon, the Samsung 990 EVO 2TB SSD is discounted to one of its lowest prices ever. It debuted with a somewhat unreasonably high MSRP of $239, so it’s exciting to see it listed for a price as low as $129. This SSD is notable compatibility-wise because it can work with PCIe 4.0 x4 […]