Technology
- Threads lets you create your own custom feeds now, just like Bluesky – here's how November 21, 2024With custom feeds, you can add and follow specific accounts and topics that interest you. Here's how it works.
- This retro-looking Bose speaker brings the boom (and an immense amount of style) November 20, 2024The Bose SoundLink Home combines a 70s-inspired design with modern audio technologies, offering an enjoyable and stylish Bluetooth speaker for at-home listening. It's also on sale ahead of Black Friday.
- This Breville Espresso Machine is $89 off ahead of Black Friday November 20, 2024With Black Friday just over a week away, you can already get this fancy espresso machine on Amazon at a hefty discount.
- This HP laptop is $900 off ahead of Black Friday November 20, 2024Black Friday is a week away, and early deals are showing up. Over on B&H Photo Video, the HP Envy has received a big discount, dropping down to $1,100.
- This absurdly simple trick turns off AI in your Google Search results November 20, 2024There are several workarounds to avoid Google Search AI summaries, but this may be the easiest.
- This Nespresso machine brews barista-quality coffee at home, and it's 30% off ahead of Black Friday November 20, 2024With this machine, you can skip the coffee shop and save hundreds of dollars, and it's $60 off.
- 8 Bluesky tips every new user should know November 20, 2024Freely available to anyone, Bluesky offers key advantages over X, Threads, and other social networks. Here are 8 ways to achieve social nirvana.
- Apple's iPad 9th Gen is $130 off ahead of Black Friday November 20, 2024One of our favorite iPads is on sale for nearly 40% off with this early Black Friday deal at Best Buy.
- Apple fans will dig this stylish 3-in-1 charger from Nomad – and now it's $45 off November 20, 2024The Nomad Base One Max can charge up the latest iPhones, Apple Watches, and AirPods while looking fantastic on your tabletop. It's heavily discounted ahead of Black Friday.
- The best note-taking apps for iPad of 2024: Expert tested November 20, 2024Ditch your pen and paper. These top note-taking apps for iPad digitize your notes while keeping them all in one place.
- One of the best budget smartwatches I've tested provides a ton of health data (and it's on sale) November 20, 2024The Amazfit BIP 5 provides an exhaustive list of health and fitness metrics through Zepp, the same app that much more expensive smartwatches use. Right now, it's on sale for $69.
- Save up to 56% on Amazon Fire TV Sticks ahead of Black Friday November 20, 2024Amazon's flagship Fire TV Stick lineup is seeing discounts of up to 56% ahead of Black Friday, including on the newest Fire Stick HD.
- These durable bone-conduction headphones sound just as good models twice its price November 20, 2024Although Raycon's bone-conducting headphones aren't the best-sounding devices on the market, they offer solid water resistance, a good battery life, and three EQ settings.
- Apple's new M4 MacBook Pro is already $250 off ahead of Black Friday – and I highly recommend it November 20, 2024Apple released the MacBook Pro M4 less than a month ago, but an early Black Friday deal is already live at B&H Photo Video.
- Get the Nanoleaf Skylight smart ceiling lights on sale through Black Friday November 20, 2024Nanoleaf's new Skylight panels can get plenty bright and colorful with a tap of a button. Just make sure to set them up properly.
- Your Meta Quest 3 is getting a free Windows PC upgrade – and it could change how you work November 20, 2024It seems likely that support for other headsets is also on the way.
- This smart floor lamp is one of my favorite smart home accessories and it's 20% off November 20, 2024Aesthetically pleasing and easy to set up, the Govee Floor Lamp Pro brings many new features I didn't know I needed, made even better by this Black Friday deal.
- The Sandisk Extreme Pro 2TB Portable SSD is $82 off ahead of Black Friday November 20, 2024Amazon has some sweet storage deals leading up to Black Friday next week. You can get the Sandisk Extreme Pro 2TB SSD or the Sandisk Extreme 2TB SSD, both for under $170.
- The Apple Watch Series 10 makes a great gift – and it's $349 for the first time ahead of Black Friday November 20, 2024The newly-released Apple Watch Series 10 has gotten its biggest price drop yet ahead of Black Friday shopping and gifting.
- Preorder LG's new gaming monitor and get a $200 gift card with this Black Friday deal November 20, 2024Preordering LG's new UltraGear gaming monitor nets you a free $200 virtual gift card. But act fast, because this deal ends when the model goes on sale.
Technology
- Four former Google executives say innovation by rivals is key to breaking Google Search's dominance, and ChatGPT-like tools will one day supplant Google Search (Paresh Dave/Wired) November 21, 2024Paresh Dave / Wired: Four former Google executives say innovation by rivals is key to breaking Google Search's dominance, and ChatGPT-like tools will one day supplant Google Search — Despite shared concerns about Google's power, critics of the company and former executives express little agreement on what …
- Jensen Huang says "foundation model pretraining scaling is intact" and models like OpenAI's o1 could play a larger role in Nvidia's business moving forward (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch) November 21, 2024Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: Jensen Huang says “foundation model pretraining scaling is intact” and models like OpenAI's o1 could play a larger role in Nvidia's business moving forward — Nvidia raked in more than $19 billion in net income during the last quarter, the company reported on Wednesday …
- A look at OpenScholar, an LLM for scientific research built by the Allen Institute for AI and the University of Washington that outperforms GPT-4o on accuracy (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat) November 21, 2024Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: A look at OpenScholar, an LLM for scientific research built by the Allen Institute for AI and the University of Washington that outperforms GPT-4o on accuracy — Scientists are drowning in data. With millions of research papers published every year, even the most dedicated experts struggle …
- Filing: the US DOJ's proposal requires Google to allow websites more ability to opt-out of its AI products and provide more ad placement controls to advertisers (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg) November 21, 2024Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: Filing: the US DOJ's proposal requires Google to allow websites more ability to opt-out of its AI products and provide more ad placement controls to advertisers — – Antitrust officials propose options in historic lawsuit — Google says government pushing ‘radical agenda’ beyond case
- As part of its proposed remedies, the US DOJ says Google should be required to syndicate its US search results to other rival search engines for the next decade (Brian Fung/CNN) November 21, 2024Brian Fung / CNN: As part of its proposed remedies, the US DOJ says Google should be required to syndicate its US search results to other rival search engines for the next decade — The US government formally proposed a partial breakup of Google on Wednesday, urging a federal judge to force a sale …
- Filing: DOJ asks judge to force Google to sell Chrome, restrict Android from favoring Google's search engine, ban default search deals on iOS and other devices (Michael Liedtke/Associated Press) November 21, 2024Michael Liedtke / Associated Press: Filing: DOJ asks judge to force Google to sell Chrome, restrict Android from favoring Google's search engine, ban default search deals on iOS and other devices — U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through …
- OpenAI releases a free online course for K-12 teachers to integrate ChatGPT into their classrooms, but some educators remain skeptical about the technology (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) November 21, 2024Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: OpenAI releases a free online course for K-12 teachers to integrate ChatGPT into their classrooms, but some educators remain skeptical about the technology — OpenAI envisions teachers using its AI-powered tools to create lesson plans and interactive tutorials for students.
- Australia introduces a bill in Parliament to ban children younger than 16 from social media; companies would face fines of up to AU$50M for violations (Rod McGuirk/Associated Press) November 21, 2024Rod McGuirk / Associated Press: Australia introduces a bill in Parliament to ban children younger than 16 from social media; companies would face fines of up to AU$50M for violations — Australia's communications minister introduced a world-first law into Parliament on Thursday that would ban children younger than 16 from social media …
- Neuralink receives approval from Canada to launch clinical trials of its brain implants and plans to run its first non-US trial with Toronto Western Hospital (Sarah McBride/Bloomberg) November 21, 2024Sarah McBride / Bloomberg: Neuralink receives approval from Canada to launch clinical trials of its brain implants and plans to run its first non-US trial with Toronto Western Hospital — The billionaire's brain device company is currently recruiting patients in the US, UK and Canada.
- Google researchers introduce AlphaQubit, a machine-learning decoder that surpasses existing methods in identifying and correcting quantum computing errors (Matt Swayne/The Quantum Insider) November 21, 2024Matt Swayne / The Quantum Insider: Google researchers introduce AlphaQubit, a machine-learning decoder that surpasses existing methods in identifying and correcting quantum computing errors — – Google researchers introduced AlphaQubit, an AI-powered decoder that improves quantum error correction, reducing errors by 6% compared …
- Adtech company The Trade Desk announces Ventura, a smart TV operating system, and plans to partner with TV manufacturers for its rollout, expected in H2 2025 (Sara Fischer/Axios) November 21, 2024Sara Fischer / Axios: Adtech company The Trade Desk announces Ventura, a smart TV operating system, and plans to partner with TV manufacturers for its rollout, expected in H2 2025 — – “We're looking at a concentration around a handful of players that lack objectivity,” Green said.
- Palo Alto Networks reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $2.14B, vs. $2.12B est., and projects FY 2025 sales in line with estimates; PANW drops ~5% after hours (Claudia Assis/MarketWatch) November 20, 2024Claudia Assis / MarketWatch: Palo Alto Networks reports Q1 revenue up 14% YoY to $2.14B, vs. $2.12B est., and projects FY 2025 sales in line with estimates; PANW drops ~5% after hours — Merely in-line outlook for fiscal 2025 weighs on the stock, down 5% after hours — Referenced Symbols
- Snowflake reports Q3 revenue up 28% YoY to $942.09M, vs. $898.46M est., unveils a deal with Anthropic to bring Claude to Cortex AI; SNOW jumps 18%+ after hours (Larry Dignan/Constellation Research) November 20, 2024Larry Dignan / Constellation Research: Snowflake reports Q3 revenue up 28% YoY to $942.09M, vs. $898.46M est., unveils a deal with Anthropic to bring Claude to Cortex AI; SNOW jumps 18%+ after hours — Snowflake said it has inked a multi-year deal to bring Anthropic's Claude models to Snowflake Cortex AI.
- Nvidia reports Q3 revenue up 94% YoY to $35.1B, vs. $33.2B est., Data Center revenue up 112% to $30.8B, vs. $29B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue above estimates (Daniel Howley/Yahoo Finance) November 20, 2024Daniel Howley / Yahoo Finance: Nvidia reports Q3 revenue up 94% YoY to $35.1B, vs. $33.2B est., Data Center revenue up 112% to $30.8B, vs. $29B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue above estimates — Nvidia (NVDA) reported its Q3 earnings after the bell on Wednesday, beating analysts' expectations on the top and bottom lines …
- Sources: xAI has told investors it raised $5B in a funding round valuing it at $50B and that its revenue has reached $100M on an annualized basis (Wall Street Journal) November 20, 2024Wall Street Journal: Sources: xAI has told investors it raised $5B in a funding round valuing it at $50B and that its revenue has reached $100M on an annualized basis — The artificial intelligence startup has more than doubled its valuation from the spring — Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup …