Apple TV’s new horror series is scarier because it’s also hilarious
Apple TV’s new horror series is scarier because it’s also hilarious

Kate O’Flynn views comedy and horror as “kind of the same thing.” Both are at their best when they surprise – a laugh or a scare that comes out of nowhere hits the hardest. That’s why, for the star of the new horror-comedy hybrid Widow’s Bay, mixing up the genres makes perfect sense – they […]

The latest Kindle Paperwhite drops to its best price all year
The latest Kindle Paperwhite drops to its best price all year

Mother’s Day is coming up, and if you’re looking for a present, we recently published our gift guide with a range of ideas. One of those recommendations is the $109.99 entry-level Kindle, but right now you can buy the latest version of the higher-end Kindle Paperwhite with 16GB of storage and ads on sale starting […]

Claude can now plug directly into Photoshop, Blender, and Ableton
Claude can now plug directly into Photoshop, Blender, and Ableton

Anthropic has launched a set of connectors for Claude that allow the AI chatbot to tap into popular creative software, including Adobe’s Creative Cloud apps, Affinity, Blender, Ableton, Autodesk, and more. This marks the company’s latest efforts to break into the creative industry following its launch of Claude Design earlier this month. The new connectors […]

Google Translate can now help you with pronunciation
Google Translate can now help you with pronunciation

Google has launched a new AI-powered feature for Translate that can help you correct and practice your enunciation when learning a new language. The “pronunciation practice” tool analyzes your speech to provide instant feedback on how to improve before jumping into an actual conversation in your chosen language. The result bears some resemblance to pronunciation […]

Amazon’s color screen Kindles are finally getting a system-wide dark mode
Amazon’s color screen Kindles are finally getting a system-wide dark mode

Most modern Kindle devices with a black and white E Ink screen offer an alternate inverted dark mode with white text against a black background across their entire user interface. Today Amazon has announced the same feature is coming to the Kindle Colorsoft and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft that instead feature color E Ink screens, which […]

DJI’s new Mic Mini 2 adds colorful covers to help them blend in
DJI’s new Mic Mini 2 adds colorful covers to help them blend in

Following the launch of the Osmo Pocket 4 earlier this month, DJI has announced a new version of its smallest wireless microphone system. The DJI Mic Mini 2 doesn’t bring a lot of upgrades over the original that debuted in November 2024, but it does introduce a new swappable magnetic cover system so you can […]

Behold the crown jewel of outrageous gaming laptops
Behold the crown jewel of outrageous gaming laptops

The Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo was my pick for the best laptop of CES: It had two high-end screens, great specs, and the promise of being a one-of-a-kind multitasking and gaming monster. Now that this over-the-top laptop is here, I can tell you it’s as fantastic as I had hoped for. It’s also as expensive […]

Revolut is opening its first physical store in Barcelona
Revolut is opening its first physical store in Barcelona

The store is a permanent pilot, not a pop-up. If successful, it will be replicated in other markets. Spain is Revolut’s third-largest market globally. Last week  the company’s IPO target valuation was up to $200 billion, with no listing before 2028. Re…

Google and Pentagon reportedly agree on deal for ‘any lawful’ use of AI
Google and Pentagon reportedly agree on deal for ‘any lawful’ use of AI

Google has signed a classified deal that allows the US Department of Defense to use its AI models for “any lawful government purpose,” The Information reports. The agreement was reported less than a day after Google employees demanded CEO Sundar Pichai block the Pentagon from using its AI amid concerns that it would be used […]

Attack of the killer script kiddies
Attack of the killer script kiddies

Last August, some of the best cybersecurity teams in the business gathered in Las Vegas to demonstrate the strength of their AI bug-finding systems at DARPA’s Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge (AIxCC). The tools had scanned 54 million lines of actual software code that DARPA had injected with artificial flaws. The teams were capable enough to […]