John Routledge

Founder and owner of Technoshia.com - I'm an avid tech junkie, a lover of new gadgets and home automation. You will often find me reading, writing, and learning about new technologies. I've been featured in many leading technology magazines where I've written about my favorite topics.
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Google’s sign-in and sign-up pages have a new look
22 Feb

Google’s sign-in and sign-up pages have a new look

John RoutledgeLatest News
After teasing it for the past couple of weeks, Google is rolling out a new sign-in page with a slightly cleaner design. The changes are small and don't affect functionality, but it's something that users encounter often, and Google has been using the previous version since it changed its logo, as far as I can see. The refresh puts the sign-in…
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PlayStation now supports passkey sign-ins
22 Feb

PlayStation now supports passkey sign-ins

John RoutledgeLatest News
You don't have to type in your password every time you log into your PlayStation account anymore. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has launched passkey support for PlayStation accounts, which means you can simply sign in through your mobile device or computer and use its screen unlocking method to log in. If you use a PIN, your fingerprint or your face…
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Google promises to fix Gemini’s image generation following complaints that it’s ‘woke’
22 Feb

Google promises to fix Gemini’s image generation following complaints that it’s ‘woke’

John RoutledgeLatest News
Google's Gemini chatbot, which was formerly called Bard, has the capability to whip up AI-generated illustrations based on a user's text description. You can ask it to create pictures of happy couples, for instance, or people in period clothing walking modern streets. As the BBC notes, however, some users are criticizing Google for depicting specific white figures or historically white…
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Microsoft’s upcoming custom chip will be made by Intel
22 Feb

Microsoft’s upcoming custom chip will be made by Intel

John RoutledgeLatest News
Intel's relatively new Foundry division — formerly known as Intel Foundry Services until earlier today — has just landed a notable order from a big name. According to Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that his company will be tapping into Intel's latest 18A (1.8nm) fabrication process for an upcoming in-house chip design. But given…
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Rivian is laying off 10 percent of its salaried employees
22 Feb

Rivian is laying off 10 percent of its salaried employees

John RoutledgeLatest News
Electric car maker Rivian announced on Wednesday that it’s laying off 10 percent of its salaried workforce to cut costs after facing a quarterly loss. The Amazon-backed company reported that it lost $1.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2023 and said that it expects to build 57,000 electric vehicles in 2024, the same number it built last year.“Our business…
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Don’t use smartwatches and rings that claim to measure blood sugar without needles, the FDA warns
22 Feb

Don’t use smartwatches and rings that claim to measure blood sugar without needles, the FDA warns

John RoutledgeLatest News
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday issued a safety communication warning people to stay way from smartwatches and smart rings that claim to measure blood sugar levels without pricking the skin. “The FDA has not authorized, cleared, or approved any smartwatch or smart ring that is intended to measure or estimate blood glucose values on its own,” the agency…
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Meta is testing cross-posts from Facebook to Threads
21 Feb

Meta is testing cross-posts from Facebook to Threads

John RoutledgeLatest News
Despite quickly amassing more than 100 million users, Meta’s Threads hasn’t exactly broken through to the zeitgeist the way its main rival, X/Twitter, did. It’s arguably still awaiting its plane-on-the-Hudson moment. Nevertheless, Meta is doing what it can to bring attention to and keep eyes on the text-based platform, including by displaying popular threads on Facebook and Instagram.Its latest test…
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The best laptops for 2024
21 Feb

The best laptops for 2024

John RoutledgeLaptops, Latest News
We’ve kicked off 2024 with a slew of new processors from Intel, NVIDIA and AMD, which means there should be plenty of refreshed laptops on the horizon. This year, the term you’ll probably hear the most is AI PCs, that is, computers with neural processors designed to speed up AI tasks. While it’s not necessary for you to buy a…
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FTC concludes Twitter didn’t violate data security rules, in spite of Musk’s orders
21 Feb

FTC concludes Twitter didn’t violate data security rules, in spite of Musk’s orders

John RoutledgeLatest News
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) concluded Elon Musk ordered Twitter (now X) employees to take actions that would have violated an FTC consent decree regarding consumers’ data privacy and security. The investigation arose from the late 2022 episode informally known as “The Twitter Files,” where Musk ordered staff to let outside writers access internal documents from the company’s systems. However,…
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