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In recent years, reflecting on the past 12 months has seemed to bring back nothing but woe. Surprisingly, though, 2024 saw a higher number of candidates for good things in tech than bad. In spite of the continued AI onslaught, widespread dissatisfaction and worldwide political conflict, there were some bright spots this year that put smiles on faces and took minds off things. As we get ready to start saying "2025" when making plans, here’s hoping that reminiscing about the best things in tech in 2024 can he
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Holiday season 2024 solidified it: we really need to stop going along with the lie that streaming is better than physical media. Read more ›
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A profit opportunity led to nearly $100 million in trading volumes for a charity-themed memecoin. And although some speculators lost money — the effort still bore fruit for the original cause. Read more ›
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CEO Tony Vinciquerra, who's stepping down January 2, has some blame to lay for the failure of Kraven the Hunter and others. Read more ›
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Hedge funds have traditionally been less institutional than peers in private equity and venture capital. That's no longer the case. Read more ›
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Most respondents overwhelmingly prefer older flagships over brand-new releases. Read more ›
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The asking price — $200 million for the land alone — is more than what Bezos paid for any of his three properties on the island. Read more ›
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Tecno is preparing the Camon 40 series, and a Pro version for 4G networks was just certified with the FCC. The listing revealed the device's size and battery, codenamed Tecno CM6. We also saw a schematic revealing that the Tecno phone will have three cameras on the back. Tecno Camon 30 Pro Tecno Camon 40 Pro will come with a 5,100 mAh battery supporting up to 45W wired charging. The... Read more ›
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Dave Calhoun was Boeing's CEO from January 2020 to July 2024. Calhoun was trained as an accountant. His successor, Kelly Ortberg, is an engineer. Read more ›
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America loves jocks, and that's why we don't have any good engineers... or something. Read more ›
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Beyoncé's 12-minute Christmas halftime performance on Netflix paid homage to Texas and Mexican culture. Read more ›
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Image: The Verge ChatGPT isn’t working for many users right now. With numerous reports on social media, we also confirmed that the chatbot loads but isn’t able to respond to queries, while others are seeing an “internal server error” message. It looks like the outage started around 1:30PM ET, which is when reports began to spike on Down Detector. At around 2PM ET, OpenAI posted an update to its status... Read more ›
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Taiwan aims to involve a range of people, including taxi drivers and security guards, to respond to emergencies. Read more ›
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Hulu is gearing up to launching another load of movie and shows to the platform to kick off the new year. Here's everything new on Hulu in January 2025. Read more ›
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An Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed in Kazakhstan, killing 38. The airline's chief hailed the pilots' heroism after 29 passengers survived. Read more ›
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Whether you’re playing on the original Nintendo Switch, the sleek handheld-only Switch Lite or the upgraded OLED model with its stunning display, you’re in for a gaming experience that’s versatile, immersive and downright fun. The beauty of the Switch lineup is that, despite having different models, all games are compatible across the board. So no matter which version you own, you’ll have access to the entire library of games without... Read more ›
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We finally have a real definition of the elusive "AGI." Read more ›
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The cat death appears to be the first case of H5N1 in the U.S. traced to raw pet food. Read more ›
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Like vivo, Oppo is also working on an Ultra flagship smartphone for 2025: the Find X8 Ultra. This will apparently have a very similar design to that of the Find X8 Pro which is already available, albeit with a thicker camera island. It should still be large and round. The phone's metal frame also has chamfered transitions between materials. The Find X8 Ultra is said to come with a 6.82-inch... Read more ›
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There have been over 32,000 cases of whooping cough this year, CDC data shows—the highest toll seen in a decade. Read more ›
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Honda and Nissan have officially confirmed rumors that they're pursuing a merger, the companies wrote in a joint press release. Each would continue to operate under its own brand, but with a new joint holding company as parent. If Nissan-controlled Mitsubishi also came on board, the combined group would become the world's third largest automaker by sales volume and have a net worth of up to $50 billion. "Today marks... Read more ›
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Elon Musk's X has hiked prices for its ad-free Premium+ subscription service to $22 a month, up from $16 before ($168 to $229 annually), TechCrunch reported. That represents a 37.5 percent increase, the largest since Elon Musk purchased the platform previously known as Twitter back in 2022. One stated reason for the hike is that Premium+ is now "completely ads-free," with X claiming that it's a "significant enhancement" to the... Read more ›
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If you're traveling for the holidays today, I hope you're not flying on American Airlines. As of this morning, the airline said on X that all of its flights were currently grounded, with no current time table for when flights will resume. As The Verge notes, a notice posted by the Federal Aviation Administration confirms that there is a "nationwide groundstop" for all AA flights; it also says that this... Read more ›
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Movie icon and super spy James Bond seemed to be on another rise to the top of the box office just a few years ago, but things have been almost as quiet as a shot from a Walther PPK with a silencer ever since then. Daniel Craig took on the role in 2006 with Casino Royale and passed the baton with 2021’s No Time to Die in one of the... Read more ›
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Spoilers follow for “Joy to the World.” If there’s one thing Steven Moffatt loves to do with Doctor Who, it’s to find a monster buried in the mundane. He’s made statues, shadows, lost children and even the idea of silence into some of the show’s most terrifying villains. Sadly, the mysterious extra door you often find in older hotel rooms isn’t as universal a concern, but it’s still a rich... Read more ›
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Lilium, a company working on flying taxis that can take off and land vertically, has ceased operations. As TechCrunch notes, German media Gründerszene was the first publication to report that it laid off 1,000 workers a few days ago after it failed to secure more financing to continue its technology's development. Patrick Nathen, the company's co-founder, has announced that the company has stopped all operations on LinkedIn. Tagging his co-founders,... Read more ›
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Can you believe the PlayStation 5 is four years old already? Sony’s latest console might not be the runaway success that the PS4 was at the same point in its lifecycle, but it still has plenty of offer, including some of the best games of this generation. If you’re shopping for a PS5 owner, this guide will help you find the best games and accessories to gift them. This article... Read more ›
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A new report published by the child safety groups Heat Initiative and ParentsTogether Action details the alarming presence of inappropriate apps that are rated as suitable for children as young as four years old on Apple’s App Store. The groups worked with a researcher to review as many apps as possible in the span of 24 hours, and say they ultimately identified over 200 apps that contained “concerning content or... Read more ›
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It looks like Meta is preparing to add displays to its popular line of Ray-Ban smart glasses, according to a report by Financial Times. These screens could show up in a future iteration of the device as early as next year. The likely release window is the second half of 2025. According to folks familiar with Meta’s plans, the screens will be on the smaller side and will likely be... Read more ›
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This week, we're looking back at our hellish 2024 and trying to figure out where to go from here. We began the year with enormous hype around artificial intelligence, but that's cooled off after seeing how useless many AI features have been. It's also clear that many companies, including Microsoft and Apple, are trying to push half-baked AI concepts onto users. Looking forward, we're expecting a rough few years for... Read more ›
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