The high-end gaming laptop also comes with up to a Core Ultra 9HX processor and an RTX 5090 GPU. It can even support up to the max of 192 GB of RAM and 8 TB of storage. While it’s quite a thick laptop (and weighs well over 7 pounds), its …
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Sonos CEO: ‘We All Feel Really Terrible’ About the Bungled App Update
It is really tough, I think, to be in any environment where you’ve let your customers down when you’re customer-centric. And if anything, Sonos is customer-centric. It’s doubly hard when you work and you don’t understand the relative priority of your contribution. And we’ve really reset that ladder thing as …
Read More »Here’s How to Claim Up to $100 in Apple’s Siri Settlement
In January, Apple agreed to pay out $95 million to settle a class action lawsuit over claims its voice assistant Siri listened in on private conversations. Now, affected users have less than eight weeks to stake their claim to a slice of the cash. The Lopez v Apple Inc. lawsuit …
Read More »A Visit to Tokyo’s Blue Lug, the ‘Best Bike Shop in the World’
Indeed, you can spend hours on the website, which has Japanese and English versions, and the shop’s social media channels. Blue Lug has very active Facebook, Instagram, and Flickr accounts, the latter with over 139,000 photos spread across 1,391 pages. There’s also a whole set of YouTube videos of bikes …
Read More »Broadcom Sends Cease-and-Desist Letters to VMware Perpetual License Holders
Broadcom has been sending cease-and-desist letters to owners of VMware perpetual licenses with expired support contracts, Ars Technica has confirmed. Following its November 2023 acquisition of VMware, Broadcom ended VMware perpetual license sales. Users with perpetual licenses can still use the software they bought, but they are unable to renew …
Read More »Donald Trump’s UK Trade Deal Could Secure Jaguar’s Resurrection
Visiting the plant again today, and from where he held a video conference with Trump, Starmer said the partial deal was “an incredible platform for the future.” Speaking in front of car assembly plant workers, Starmer said the deal “reduces massively from 27.5 percent to 10 percent of tariffs on …
Read More »Sonos and Ikea’s Love Affair Is Over—Grab This $19 Device While You Still Can
Folks looking for an affordable Wi-Fi speaker to fit between their Jättebo sectional and Dyvlinge swivel chair will be upset to learn that Sonos and Ikea are parting ways. After eight years of partnering on everything from an odd wall-mountable speaker in a frame to a surprisingly decent pair of …
Read More »Puma Says It Made the Fastest Running Shoe Ever. We Put It to the Test
Weight saving is a top priority, too. Studies show that for every 100 grams (about 3.5 oz) shaved off your shoe, running economy improves by approximately 1 percent. The hunt is always on for lighter foams, ways to cut unnecessary material from the midsole, plate and outsole. Stripped-back uppers also …
Read More »Microsoft Surface Pro (12 Inch) and Surface Laptop (13 Inch): Specs, Price, Features, Release Date
Like the new Surface Laptop, it’s powered by the Snapdragon X Plus (8-core) processor, which helps deliver what Microsoft claims is up to 16 hours of battery life for local video playback and 12 hours of web browsing. It has 16 gigabytes of RAM and the same storage options. It …
Read More »Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Automakers that nest key controls deep in touchscreen menus—forcing motorists to drive eyes-down rather than concentrate on the road ahead—may have their non-US safety ratings clipped next year. From January, Europe’s crash-testing organization EuroNCAP, or New Car Assessment Program, will incentivize automakers to fit physical, easy-to-use, and tactile controls to …
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