While a widower filed a lawsuit against Disney Parks and Resorts for the wrongful death of his wife, Disney wants the case thrown out because the man signed up for a free month of Disney+ in 2019.
The plaintiff, Jeffrey Piccolo, is suing Disney for $50,000 after his wife, Kanokporn Tangsuan, died from an allergic...Read more...
Apple isnt just banking on its upcoming Apple Intelligence to spur hardware sales, its also hoping to monetize it as a service to bolster revenue once users are hooked. According to some analysts, the price Apple could charge for these new AI features is anywhere from $10 to $20 a month, with a possibility it gets...Read more...
Ford has announced three completely new versions of the much-loved (and hard to find) Maverick mid-sized pickup. Customers can now buy a dedicated Maverick Tremor off-roader, a street performance-based Maverick Lobo, or a where-were-you-since-day-one Maverick AWD Hybrid with 4,000 lbs towing capacity. Ford is...Read more...
Whether on social media or in interviews Phil Spencer cant stop talking about gaming handhelds, and he has thoughts on what hed like to see from the current crop of devices on the market. Spencer brings it up often enough, and even likes posts across social media that discuss gaming handhelds. So naturally, rumors are...Read more...
No longer a rumor, Walmart today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with Vizio to acquire the TV maker for $11.50 per share in cold hard cash, which works out to a cool $2.3 billion (or thereabouts). It's a huge bet ostensibly on the smart TV market, though the real play here is the opportunity to...Read more...
Samsung is readying a follow-up to its relatively successful fitness watch called the Galaxy Fit 3. The design will be a departure from its earlier pill-shaped predecessors, moving into the more familiar Apple Watch or Amazfit Bit territory. Let's find out what you can expect from the new device.
Since the Samsung...Read more...
Unsurprisingly, Apple has been experimenting with prototype foldable clamshell iPhones that fold width-wise. With Samsung, Google, and OnePlusin the US, at leastalready making headways into that niche market, it would be silly for Cupertino NOT to be playing around with the idea of a foldable iPhone either. Here's...Read more...
Fossil, one of the few prominent Wear OS smartwatch makers, is over and done with the smartwatch business altogether. The company has officially bowed out to refocus on its traditional watch and jewelry products, which means hardcore fans who were looking forward to the Fossil Gen 7 will be left disappointed.
Among...Read more...
Folks who have been around the hardware scene for a while will likely recall that NVIDIA used to release new GPUs every year, even if they weren't necessarily a new architecture. This went on for quite some time, but in the last decade or so, ever since the relatively-long gap between the Maxwell-based GeForce GTX 900...Read more...
A new report from Bloomberg reckons that a full-blown Apple search engine "may be closer than you think." Maneuverings inside Apple, as well as various recent acquisitions, point to the Cupertino company preparing a formidable search engine which may be enhanced with AI smarts.
Apple is fond of vertical...Read more...
Ford is adding a new higher-performance addition to the Mach-E family called the Rally. As the name suggests, it intends on combining lots of power with added ride height and lots of durability improvements to give buyers the opportunity for some WRC thrills.
When it's released, the Mach-E Rally will be the most...Read more...
It was only a matter of "when"Apple is reportedly joining the lucrative and thriving education sector in the form of a line of low-cost MacBooks. These could be coming as soon as the second half of 2024, but what the products will look like is mostly still too early to tell.
According to this DigiTimes Asia report...Read more...
Hyper-Threading is one of those concepts that's been around a long time, and which everyone takes for granted. Despite that, relatively few enthusiasts really understand how it works or what the point of it is. In short, simultaneous multi-threading (SMT)the academic name for what Intel calls Hyper-Threadingisn't...Read more...
PlayStation Showcase was slammed full of news about new games, upcoming content, and even a sneak peek at the company's new gaming handheld device, Project Q. The new handheld will launch later this year with a stunning 8-inch LCD screen capable of up to 1080p resolution at 60fps.
The landscape of gaming handhelds...Read more...
MSI has had to eat humble pie and withdraw a recently launched GeForce Ampere graphics card, following pressure from NVIDIA, according to reports from the Hong Kong tech press. The simple problem was that MSI launched a Super branded product which wasnt an NVIDIA Super SKU. We saw evidence of this Super...Read more...
Talk about unabashed: one of Huawei's executives apparently said that the iPhone will lose market share after the release of Huawei's latest slew of Spring-time phones.
Yesterday, Huawei unveiled three new flagships phones, the P60, P60 Pro, P60 Art, and Mate X3 foldable (plus the mid-tier Enjoy 60). Perhaps in a...Read more...
The Biden administration finalized standards concerning its national electric vehicle charger network aimed at making the refueling process in the United States more accessible for all brands of electric vehicles. The new rules will require chargers to be made in the USA immediately, as well as 55% of their cost be...Read more...
Acer's recent foray into the DIY discrete graphics card market coincided with Intel's modern entry. The former launched an introductory Predator BiFrost model based on latter's flagship Arc A770 GPU, complete with a custom cooling solution and factory overclock. It may not be Acer's last, either. Rumor has it that...Read more...
We've been intrigued by Leica's entry into the home cinema market ever since it unveiled plans four months ago to make a splash with its first-ever laser projector, the Cine 1. At the time, Leica offered up some preliminary information, noting that the Cine 1 wields "unique triple RGB technology" to deliver bright and...Read more...
Look out for Honda-Sony's 2025 electric vehicle(s) that will allow you to play your favorite PlayStation games while in autonomous drive mode.
The Japanese mashup of Honda and Sony that came about earlier this year has eyes on the electric vehicle (EV) market pie. One idea that has emerged from this joint...Read more...
Google Maps is making it easier to find Grandma's house this Thanksgiving, and all of the stores for your out-of-town Black Friday shopping spree. If you happen to be in select cities, you can use a new AI visual search experience as well.
Many love to travel during the holidays. Sometimes this means visiting...Read more...
One of the biggest features of the Windows 11 2022 Update was the addition of Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA). This unlocked the capability of using Android apps somewhat natively on Windows 11 devices, very much like Windows Subsystem for Linux. Microsoft seems to be going all in on Android, because Android 13 is...Read more...