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In recent years, the tech landscape has seen a rise in “dumb devices” that aim for minimalism and offline capability. From flip phones that reject social media to aesthetic-focused music players, simplified tech is making a comeback. This trend can clearly be seen in the popularity of the AP30 Music Boy’s Kickstarter campaign, an audio…

The Steam Deck is nothing short of a fantastic gaming handheld, but like any other computer, it can work perfectly today and suddenly start malfunctioning the next day. Most times a simple system restart gets the device back in working shape. Other times, it takes a not-so-simple factory reset to get things back in order.

When you think of a computer infected by malware, you might envision flashing pop-ups all over the screen or other obvious signs. And while these can happen today (like with ransomware), most modern computer attacks are more sinister and subtle. They want to avoid detection so they can capture your sensitive information and otherwise play…

Benchmarking has become the industry norm for how AI companies validate their models’ capabilities and, when the metrics swing in their favor, stand out from competitors and advertise their superiority. In other words, good benchmarks pretty much always mean good PR.

Active noise cancellation has plenty of benefits, but knowing when to turn it off matters.

When a mysterious dot on your laptop screen turns out to be something internal rather than just run-of-the-mill gunk, it can be easy to panic. Though it’s not as severe as something like screen burn-in, it can be a major distraction, and depending on the root cause, it may not be fixable. Thankfully, if your…

Welcome to our latest roundup of what’s going on in the indie game space. There are a whole bunch of new games you can dive into this weekend that don’t involve a certain gruff Marvel hero. We’ll take a look at some of those, as well as several others that are on the way.

An aircraft equipped with Joby Aviation’s autonomy technology flew more than 3,100 miles across the United States without a human pilot taking control at any point, the company said Friday.

Google is testing a new product designed to help families coordinate with the support of an AI agent. This week, the search giant introduced a new version of CC, an AI agent designed to work across email, calendar, chats, and tasks. With the update, CC now focuses on keeping families organized, planning for the day…

As the U.S. tech industry builds multiple giga-scale data centers across the country to support growing use of artificial intelligence (AI), demand for reliable and affordable power has surged to a rate not seen in decades. Tech hyperscalers plan to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in US infrastructure over the next two years. In…