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07 Jun

My one wish for WWDC 2024 is better notifications on iPhone and Mac

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Qualcomm’s new commercial that revives Justin Long as a frustrated Mac user who decides to spend hundreds of dollars on a new computer rather than manage his notifications is objectively terrible. (The mocking has been so brutal that Qualcomm deleted the commercial from its YouTube channel!) But, it does raise one fair point: notifications, regardless of what OS or device…

07 Jun

Sony’s WH-CH720N wireless headphones are down to $98, plus the rest of this week’s best tech deals

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We're still a ways out from Amazon's upcoming Prime Day sale and most Memorial Day promotions have ended, but this week, we still found a decent amount of discounts on gadgets we've reviewed and recommend. Searches turned up a surprising number of deals on Apple stuff. Does that have anything to do with the company's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) next…

07 Jun

One of our favorite pairs of wireless earbuds for running is on sale for only $78

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The Jabra Elite 4 Active earbuds are on sale via Amazon for just $78, which is a discount of 35 percent. This isn’t a record-low price for the earbuds, but it’s dang close. Unfortunately, this major discount only applies to the black version, though many of the other colorways are still on sale.JabraThese earbuds easily made our list of the…

07 Jun

Microsoft moves to resolve privacy concerns over its Recall feature

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Microsoft has attempted to soothe privacy concerns regarding Recall, an upcoming Windows feature that’s said to help users resurface just about anything they’ve previously done or looked at on a Copilot+ PC. That naturally involves keeping tabs on how you use your computer in one way or another, which has raised privacy concerns over data storage and access. In an…

07 Jun

Apple Vision Pro features we’d love to see at WWDC 2024

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A year since Apple unveiled the Vision Pro, and about four months since its muted launch, the spatial computing headset still feels surprisingly undercooked. Simple features, like the ability to organize icons in the visionOS home screen, are nowhere to be found. Content that truly shows off the Vision Pro's immersive capabilities is still rare (the recent Marvel experience was…

07 Jun

Blink Mini two-packs drop to only $30 at Amazon

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EngadgetTikTok’s AI efforts reportedly exploit loopholes to use premium Nvidia chipsThe US has banned companies like Nvidia from selling their most advanced AI chips to China since 2022. But if loopholes exist, profit-hungry corporations will find and exploit them. A bombshell report on Thursday details how Oracle allows TikTok owner ByteDance to rent Nvidia’s most advanced chips to train AI…

07 Jun

A four-pack of Samsung SmartTag 2 trackers is back on sale for $70

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EngadgetTikTok’s AI efforts reportedly exploit loopholes to use premium Nvidia chipsThe US has banned companies like Nvidia from selling their most advanced AI chips to China since 2022. But if loopholes exist, profit-hungry corporations will find and exploit them. A bombshell report on Thursday details how Oracle allows TikTok owner ByteDance to rent Nvidia’s most advanced chips to train AI…

07 Jun

Apple’s AI push will reportedly be called Apple Intelligence, of course

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EngadgetTikTok’s AI efforts reportedly exploit loopholes to use premium Nvidia chipsThe US has banned companies like Nvidia from selling their most advanced AI chips to China since 2022. But if loopholes exist, profit-hungry corporations will find and exploit them. A bombshell report on Thursday details how Oracle allows TikTok owner ByteDance to rent Nvidia’s most advanced chips to train AI…

07 Jun

Finally, I can make my iPhone look like total crap

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EngadgetTikTok’s AI efforts reportedly exploit loopholes to use premium Nvidia chipsThe US has banned companies like Nvidia from selling their most advanced AI chips to China since 2022. But if loopholes exist, profit-hungry corporations will find and exploit them. A bombshell report on Thursday details how Oracle allows TikTok owner ByteDance to rent Nvidia’s most advanced chips to train AI…

07 Jun

Blackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve 19 arrives for Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite PCs

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EngadgetTikTok’s AI efforts reportedly exploit loopholes to use premium Nvidia chipsThe US has banned companies like Nvidia from selling their most advanced AI chips to China since 2022. But if loopholes exist, profit-hungry corporations will find and exploit them. A bombshell report on Thursday details how Oracle allows TikTok owner ByteDance to rent Nvidia’s most advanced chips to train AI…