Samsung has quietly enabled a neat trick for Galaxy Watch owners. You can now create a personalized Android bot and set it as your Wear OS watch face. It’s a fun, if niche, nod to a piece of Android history.
For years, Homebrew was the go-to package manager for macOS users. Now, it’s matured into a robust, cross-platform tool that works just as well on Linux, offering a consistent workflow and user-space installations without system conflicts.
LG is reversing course after forcing a Microsoft Copilot web app onto its latest smart TVs. The company now says it will make the app fully removable, though a timeline isn’t set. For now, users can only hide the icon.
Communities around the Great Lakes are erupting in protest against new AI data center projects. They fear the facilities’ massive water needs for cooling will strain already declining freshwater reserves, leading to arrests and lawsuits.
Visa and Mastercard have agreed to a $167.5 million settlement over claims they conspired to keep ATM access fees high. The deal, filed in federal court, covers potentially millions of ATM users with qualifying transactions since October 2007.
The idea of launching massive AI data centers into space to solve power and land constraints is gaining buzz, with figures like Jeff Bezos predicting gigawatt facilities in orbit within 10-20 years. However, a new report details the colossal engineering challenges—from kilometer-scale solar panels t
A decade after it vanished, the pearOS Linux distribution has been revived. The new version, built on Arch Linux and KDE Plasma, meticulously recreates the look of modern macOS. It’s a fascinating, if unfinished, showcase of desktop customization.
California utilities just had their state-guaranteed profit margins trimmed slightly. The move will save customers about $100 million, but it’s a drop in the bucket compared to the $840 million in new, pre-approved rate increases coming soon.
China has officially activated a massive, experimental internet research network called CENI. The project aims to put China ahead in global cyberspace competition and is already being used by tech giants to advance AI development.
Amazon’s Chief Security Officer revealed the company blocked over 1,800 suspected North Korean job applicants since April 2024. These scammers use fake identities to funnel wages to the regime and steal data. The problem is growing across all industries.
