Meta Rumored to Launch Budget-Friendly Quest 3S Headset Next Month, Controllers Sold Separately
August 26, 2024 – According to a report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Meta is poised to introduce a more budget-friendly version of its Meta Quest 3 headset in September, dubbed the Quest 3S. This simplified iteration of the Quest 3 is expected to retail between 300and400, offering a significantly lower price point compared to the…
Google Set to Revitalize Pixel Tablet with New Accessories and Potential Price Drop
April 25, 2024 – Google, which previously ventured into the Android tablet market with the launch of the Pixel Tablet, appears poised to reinforce its position in this segment. According to noted tipster @MysteryLupin, the tech giant is on the verge of “reviving” its Pixel Tablet offering. Contrary to introducing an entirely new model, reports…
EU Users Blocked from iPhone Mirroring on macOS Tahoe Due to Regulatory Limbo, Apple Says
June 20, 2025 – Almost a year after its initial launch, Apple’s iPhone Mirroring feature remains unavailable in the European Union, including in the latest iteration of macOS Tahoe unveiled this year. During the 2025 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) last week, the tech giant confirmed to French tech outlet Numerama that regulatory ambiguities in the…
OpenAI Suspends Video Creation for New Sora Users Amid High Traffic Surge
April 1, 2025 – OpenAI’s Image Generation Feature Takes the Internet by Storm, Leading to Temporary Suspension of Video Generation for New Sora Users OpenAI’s newly launched image generation capability, unveiled last week, has quickly become a sensation, with its impressive capabilities generating enormous demand. However, the overwhelming popularity of this feature has also brought…
Meta Pays Millions for Hollywood Voices to Enhance AI Projects
August 03, 2024 – According to a report by Bloomberg early this morning, several sources familiar with the negotiations have revealed that Meta is offering millions of dollars to Hollywood celebrities in exchange for their voice recordings and the rights to use their voices in AI projects. These sources indicated that the company is currently…
Elon Musk Reveals: Two Attempted Assassinations in the Past 8 Months
July 15, 2024 – In a recent turn of events, following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the U.S. presidential candidate, at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania last Saturday, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has revealed that he himself has faced two assassination attempts in recent months. Expressing his wishes for Trump’s “swift recovery” after…
Amazon Confirms Kindle Oasis Discontinuation: Physical Page-Turn Buttons Bid Farewell
October 17, 2024 – Amazon has confirmed the discontinuation of its Kindle Oasis, which was the company’s only e-reader model still featuring physical page-turning buttons. This announcement comes on the heels of the unveiling of a refreshed Kindle product line, with the company also affirming to The Verge that they will no longer produce the…
OpenAI Unveils ChatGPT for Windows: Hotkey Access and Paid User Testing
October 18, 2024 – Following the release of its macOS version, OpenAI has now introduced a desktop client for its ChatGPT application specifically tailored for Microsoft Windows users. Currently undergoing testing, this application is available for download in the Microsoft Store for paid subscribers of ChatGPT Plus, Enterprise, Team, and Edu versions. Essentially, the app…
Apple Reaches 95MillionSettlementinSiriPrivacyClassAction,CompensatingUpto20 Per Device
January 3, 2025 – Apple Inc. has agreed to pay $95 million in cash to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging that its Siri voice assistant invaded users’ privacy, Reuters reported today. The tech giant submitted a preliminary settlement agreement to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Tuesday, pending approval…
OpenAI CEO Altman Acknowledges DeepSeek’s Performance, Sees Them as Worthy Competitors
February 13, 2025 – In a recent interview with The Times Tech Podcast on Tuesday local time, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, expressed his acknowledgment of the technological prowess of Chinese AI company DeepSeek. He praised their “good performance” in developing a chatbot that can now compete with ChatGPT. Altman revealed that he has…