On first listen, the Sonos Beam Ultra sounds great
On first listen, the Sonos Beam Ultra sounds great

Sonos unveiled a bunch of new stuff today at its open house event. There’s the $699 Beam Ultra soundbar and the $449 Ace Ultra headphones, plus several under-the-hood app updates (some coming sooner than others). While the show floor was a less than ideal venue to judge audio quality of either new product, a private […]

Tim Cook did alright by the environment — but AI could upend his climate legacy
Tim Cook did alright by the environment — but AI could upend his climate legacy

As he steps down from his post as Apple CEO today, Tim Cook leaves behind a mostly positive environmental record. As far as billionaire tech moguls and the environment go, Cook will likely be remembered as one of the better ones – certainly far from the worst. But it will become harder for the company […]

The rise of AI ‘civilizations’ and the fall of corporate responsibility
The rise of AI ‘civilizations’ and the fall of corporate responsibility

Depending on who you ask, developer platform Hugging Face was recently attacked by OpenAI – after it lost control of its own AI tools – or by a succession of AI “civilizations.” Welcome to the linguistic battlefield of AI safety, where word choices can shift responsibility for a massive cybersecurity incident from a company to […]

Roland’s new digital piano is perfect for learners — it comes with Wi-Fi and connects to a beginner-friendly app to make things easy for music beginners
Roland’s new digital piano is perfect for learners — it comes with Wi-Fi and connects to a beginner-friendly app to make things easy for music beginners

Roland’s FP-40 piano is the brand’s first with Wi-Fi integration, and it lands just in time for its accompanying music-learning app.

John Ternus sends first memo as Apple CEO teasing a ‘huge launch next week’
John Ternus sends first memo as Apple CEO teasing a ‘huge launch next week’

New Apple CEO John Ternus sent out his first staff memo, thanking his predecessor Tim Cook, and quickly turning to what the company will do next, reports Bloomberg. “We have a huge launch next week that’s going to be phenomenal. Thanks for everything you’ve all done to make it possible,” writes Ternus, referring to the […]

Apple accuses OpenAI of destroying evidence
Apple accuses OpenAI of destroying evidence

Apple is pushing for “expedited discovery” in its legal battle against OpenAI over concerns the company is actively destroying evidence, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. In a filing on Monday, Apple alleges OpenAI only just handed over a MacBook used by a former employee at the center of the lawsuit, which contained discussions about “destroying […]

Google Find Hub will soon help you locate things without a tracker
Google Find Hub will soon help you locate things without a tracker

Google announced new features coming to Android devices as part of this month’s feature drop update. Among the highlights are the introduction of Motion Assist – Android’s version of Apple’s Motion Cues feature, which tries to reduce motion sickness by overlaying dots on your screen that move in response to a vehicle’s movements – as […]

Homey just made the smart home controller I hoped Apple would build
Homey just made the smart home controller I hoped Apple would build

Smart homes have gotten really good at making things really complicated. Turning on a light can involve multiple steps, compared to just flipping a switch. Homey, the Dutch-based smart home platform owned by LG, thinks it has a solution. This week it launched the Homey Portal, a touchscreen smart home controller that looks very promising, […]

GoPro has been acquired and is getting into ‘defense, government, robotics and aerospace’
GoPro has been acquired and is getting into ‘defense, government, robotics and aerospace’

GoPro suddenly looks like a very different company than it did just last week. First, YouTuber Mark “Markiplier” Fischbach became the company’s single largest shareholder, without disclosing that in a sponsored review that came out a week later. Now, almost the entire company has been bought by Starman Holding for $285 million in cash, which […]