WildforTech Sonos has updated its iOS app to bring playback controls back to the iPhone lock screen, leveraging Apple's Live Activities feature. This lets users adjust volume, skip tracks, and manage playback without unlocking their phone — a convenience feature that had previously been absent from the Sonos experience.
Starting August 24th, YouTube will register a view the moment a video begins playing, abandoning its older engagement-based threshold. This aligns YouTube's main feed with TikTok and Instagram's counting approach, and creators should expect their view tallies to climb more quickly as a result.
Analogue and streetwear brand Supreme are collaborating on limited-edition versions of the Pocket handheld gaming device, offered in 24K gold-plated and custom glossy red finishes. Both feature Supreme branding. Pricing hasn't been announced yet, though the standard Pocket retails for $239.99.
Amazon is reportedly digitizing and destroying rare physical books to harvest their text as training data for large language models. These hard-to-find volumes are particularly prized because AI developers have largely exhausted the pool of content freely available on the internet.
Sonos has updated its mobile app to support Apple's Live Activities framework, letting iPhone owners control music and podcast playback directly from their lock screen without unlocking their device. The long-awaited feature was announced via Reddit and spotted by 9to5Mac.
Construction of Trump's expanded US-Mexico border wall is threatening a centuries-old cottonwood tree in southern Arizona, prompting local protests. Activists have staged a tree-sit demonstration to halt work, highlighting the environmental toll of the administration's aggressive border infrastructure push.
Groq has secured $350 million in fresh funding at a $3.5 billion valuation, signaling a significant strategic shift away from designing its own AI chips toward becoming a cloud infrastructure provider — a so-called neocloud — while also embracing Nvidia hardware it once sought to compete against.
Nvidia is committing $1.5 billion to SoftBank's data center subsidiary, a move that effectively locks in Nvidia's GPU hardware as the backbone of an upcoming OpenAI-linked data center project, deepening ties between three of tech's most influential AI players.
Terra Industries, an African defense technology firm, has completed a $52 million seed round after securing an additional $18 million in fresh capital. The company focuses on building military and security infrastructure tailored to nations across the Global South, a market historically underserved by Western defense contractors.
WordPress.com has launched a dedicated educational plan aimed at students, offering free domain names, plugin access, and professional site-building tools. Teachers can provision the plan for their classes, giving the next generation of web creators hands-on experience with industry-standard tools at no cost.
Bluetooth technology actually comes in two distinct flavors, each designed for different purposes. Classic Bluetooth handles continuous data streaming for audio devices, while Bluetooth Low Energy excels at periodic, small data transfers for wearables and sensors. Understanding the difference helps consumers choose compatible accessories and explains why some gadgets drain batteries faster than ot
Uber Eats is partnering with autonomous drone delivery company Zipline, integrating its aerial logistics into the food delivery platform. As part of the deal, Uber is also taking a financial stake in Zipline, signaling a deeper long-term commitment to drone-powered last-mile delivery.
Wispr, an AI-powered voice input startup, has secured $280 million in fresh funding at a $2 billion valuation, pushing its total raised capital past $361 million. The company signals ambitions that extend well beyond simple speech-to-text dictation tools.
Owners of physical cryptocurrency hardware wallets are facing heightened dangers after cybercriminals breached logistics companies responsible for shipping those devices, stealing personal customer data that could enable targeted physical robberies or so-called 'wrench attacks' against known crypto holders.
Companies that rely on satellites are growing increasingly anxious over a deepening launch vehicle shortage. With SpaceX's Falcon rocket family dominating the market, any disruption to those missions could leave operators without viable alternatives to get their hardware into orbit.
Photographing pets presents unique challenges since animals move unpredictably and ignore directions entirely. A Verge writer who manages an Instagram account for her two cats shares practical techniques for capturing sharper, more flattering shots of furry companions using smartphone cameras.
Whisker's top-tier Litter-Robot 5 Pro uses dual cameras, onboard sensors, and AI-driven facial recognition to tell cats apart and monitor each one's bathroom habits for potential health red flags — though real-world accuracy, as one reviewer found, still leaves something to be desired.
Anthropic has revealed that Claude will use Google DeepMind's open-source SynthID-Text technology to embed invisible watermarks in AI-generated text, helping the company satisfy EU AI Act requirements mandating machine-readable identification markers on synthetic content.
OpenAI has reportedly eliminated its preparedness team, which was responsible for evaluating catastrophic risks posed by its AI models, as part of a broader organizational restructuring effort. The move raises concerns about whether safety oversight is being deprioritized as the company scales up operations.
Peak Design's new City Line bags feature built-in 'BagLev' hooks that let users hang their bags from chairs, counters, or ledges instead of placing them on grimy floors. The San Francisco camera-gear brand is betting that this simple but thoughtful hygiene-focused feature will resonate with everyday urban commuters.