25 years of Apple’s innovation with the iTunes Music Store
The fourth of Apple’s top 10 major areas of innovation in the last 25 years is 2003’s iTunes Music Store. Here’s how Apple transformed the music industry and created an entirely new digital media marketplace. 25 years of Apple Innovation…
Climate group that called for ‘free Palestine’ stripped of federal funding
An Environmental Protection Agency building in Washington, DC. | Photo Getty Images A grassroots environmental alliance that called for a “free Palestine” has lost the more than $50 million it was supposed to receive under the Biden administration’s signature climate…
Apple’s Refurbished Mac Mini Pricing Has a Problem
Apple this week began selling refurbished Mac mini models with the M4 chip for the first time, but this has led to a pricing conundrum. In the United States, Apple is offering a refurbished Mac mini with the base M4…
Apple Maps Cycling Directions Expanded in UK and Ireland
Apple Maps now has expanded coverage for cycling directions in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The expansion, first spotted by a Reddit user, means cyclists can plan a journey on the app from, say, Land’s End to John o’ Groats,…
OpenAI Reveals GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 Roadmap, Promises Simplified AI Experience
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has announced plans to streamline the company’s AI offerings and provided details on the upcoming releases of its GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 large language models. GPT-4.5 will be OpenAI’s final non-chain-of-thought model, said Altman in a post…
Elden Ring Nightreign’s director isn’t sorry about how stressful it is
My first time playing Elden Ring Nightreign, I was stressed the hell out. My team and I were in an underground dungeon, trying to make our way past traps and dangerous blind corners, all while knowing there was an invisible…
Google’s Next Budget Phone Virtually Eliminates the Camera Bump
Google appears to be tackling one of smartphones’ most persistent design quirks – the camera bump. According to leaked renders published by Android Headlines, the upcoming Pixel 9A will feature an almost flush camera housing, which would be a significant…
A 3D-printed VHS cleaner is saving memories from mold
A common problem Iâve come across with decades-old analog media â particularly VHS â is mold that develops inside the cassette cartridge. The white fuzzy glaze on black magnetic tape often develops after being stored in damp basements and attics…
Elden Ring: all of the updates about FromSoftware’s open-world hit
Elden Ring is finally here. The huge game, from Dark Souls developer FromSoftware, is set in a world created in part by Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin. It largely lives up to the massive hype, but it didn’t…
OpenAI Swiftly Rebuffs Musk’s Surprise $97.4 Billion Buyout Attempt
Elon Musk on Monday led a consortium of investors in making a $97.4 billion unsolicited offer to acquire ChatGPT maker OpenAI’s nonprofit arm – only to face immediate rejection from CEO Sam Altman. The Wall Street Journal reports that the…