John Routledge - Technoshia

22 Sep

See the iPhone 16’s game-changing battery removal process in new iFixit teardown

John RoutledgeLatest News

Apple introduced some major repairability improvements with the iPhone 16 lineup, but nothing stands out as much as the new battery removal process for the base iPhone 16. Doing away with the usual pull tabs, Apple is using an adhesive that debonds in response to a low electrical current. It only takes about a minute and a half for it…

22 Sep

Indie classic To the Moon comes to Xbox Series X/S and PS5 October 8

John RoutledgeLatest News

The emotional 2011 indie game To the Moon will soon be playable on Xbox Series X/S and PS5. Developer Freebird Games and publisher Serenity Forge announced this week that ports for the consoles will arrive on October 8 for $10. At the same time, they released a new installment in the series — a short called Just a To the…

22 Sep

Jony Ive confirms he’s working with Sam Altman on a secret project

John RoutledgeLatest News

Rumors emerged last year of a collaboration between former Apple designer Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, but the two have until now kept quiet about it. In a profile by The New York Times that was published this weekend, though, Ive confirms his company LoveFrom is leading the design on an AI product being built with Altman. Also…

21 Sep

What to read this weekend: A house haunted by AI and the mysterious murder of a superhero

John RoutledgeLatest News

New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention.Putnam Pub GroupAn agoraphobic engineer named Henry spends his days locked away in his extremely smart home building freaky little robots, including one that looks like a magician and rides around on a tiny bike. His wife, Lily, is the only person he really ever sees, but things have grown…

21 Sep

X is reportedly now complying with orders from Brazil’s Supreme Court

John RoutledgeLatest News

X is reportedly reversing course after weeks of refusing to comply with conditions set by the Brazilian Supreme Court that would allow it to operate in the country again. According to The New York Times, the company’s lawyers said in a Friday court filing that X has named a legal representative in Brazil as demanded by justice Alexandre de Moraes…

21 Sep

Early Prime Day deals include the Pixel Buds A-Series for only $64

John RoutledgeLatest News

Amazon’s next Prime Day event is right around the corner, and the deals have already started trickling in. Google’s Pixel Buds A-Series earbuds have dropped down to just $64 from their normal price of $99. The A-Series, released in 2021, was Google’s more budget-friendly version of its 2020 Pixel Buds. They lack more advanced features like wireless charging and active…

21 Sep

OpenAI staffers reportedly ‘taken aback’ by ‘ominous’ logo rebranding

John RoutledgeLatest News

OpenAI could undergo massive changes next year, which include getting a brand new logo. According to Fortune, though, staff members were less than enthused when they got a sneak peek of its supposed new logo at a recent company-wide meeting. The company's hexagonal flower symbol, which has become pretty recognizable thanks to ChatGPT's popularity, is gone. Instead, it's replaced by…

21 Sep

Amazon Prime Day 2024: Early deals ahead of the October Big Deal Days sale and everything we know so far

John RoutledgeLatest News

Amazon Prime Big Deal Days is back this year, returning on October 8 and 9. The “fall Prime Day” of sorts has served as the online retailer’s unofficial kickoff to the holiday shopping season for the past few years.We expect most of the deals to be Prime exclusives, meaning you must be an active Prime subscriber to get the discounts.…

21 Sep

The Arc browser that lets you customize websites had a serious vulnerability

John RoutledgeLatest News

One of the feature that separates the Arc browser from its competitors is the ability to customize websites. The feature called "Boosts" allows users to change a website's background color, switch to a font they like or one that makes it easier for them to read and even remove an unwanted elements from the page completely. Their alterations aren't supposed…

21 Sep

Meta Connect 2024: The cheaper Quest 3S, AI, smart glasses and everything else to expect

John RoutledgeLatest News

It used to go by at least two different names — Oculus Connect and then Facebook Connect — but whatever the moniker, Meta’s fall event is still a big showcase for the company’s latest and greatest achievements in the virtual reality and mixed reality space. Much like last year, we can likely predict the biggest news coming out of Meta…