Month: April 2024
Google Podcasts is now officially gone – here are my favorite iPhone and Android alternatives
Google Podcasts is gone. The streaming platform recently went offline on April 2, bringing the six-year saga to a close. Now it joins the likes of YouTube Stories and the Stadia console over in the Google Graveyard. If you open the app or go to the official website, you get…
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Report: Israel used AI to identify bombing targets in Gaza
Israel’s military has been using artificial intelligence to help choose its bombing targets in Gaza, sacrificing accuracy in favor of speed and killing thousands of civilians in the process, according to an investigation by Israel-based publications +972 Magazine and Local Call. The system, called Lavender, was developed in the aftermath…
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The OnePlus Nord N30 5G, one of our favorite budget phones, is $50 off
It can be easy to forget affordable champs like the OnePlus Nord N30 5G when you’ve got iPhone 15s and Galaxy S24s dominating store shelves and circulars. It’s our favorite budget smartphone under $300, and today, you can save even more on it. The budget smartphone is down to $249.99…
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The new Razer Blade 18 just went on sale, but only those with deep pockets will be able to swing this one
The new Razer Blade 18, first announced at CES 2024, is now on sale for gamers, enthusiasts, and content creators with enough bank to afford its premium pricing. Available now starting at $3,099.99/£3,199.99/AU$5,999, all configurations come with an Intel Core i9-14900HX processor, currently the fastest mobile processor in the world,…
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Latest Ubuntu beta and other Linux distros delayed by xz-utils security issues
The beta version of Ubuntu 24.04 won’t be released on time, the developers have confirmed, following concerns about a major security threat. Instead of launching on April 4, the latest Ubuntu version, which also holds the codename Noble Numbat, will now be released on April 11 after developers Canonical decided…
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Star Wars’ next animated anthology explores the dark side
Disney Plus is on a run of turning Marvel and Star Wars stories into animated anthologies, and that’s not stopping anytime soon. The latest is Star Wars: Tales of the Empire, a follow-up to 2022’s Tales of the Jedi, which, naturally, explores the dark side of the Force. It starts…
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