Month: May 2024
Verizon and T-Mobile are trying to gobble up US Cellular
The report suggests this is about harvesting even more wireless spectrum; my colleague Allison pointed out in 2022 that US Cellular “tends to offer service where some of the major carriers don’t.” (It would certainly be nice for T-Mobile and Verizon customers to have better coverage, but I would prefer…
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Apple plans to use M2 Ultra chips in the cloud for AI
Apple plans to start its foray into generative AI by offloading complex queries to M2 Ultra chips running in data centers before moving to its more advanced M4 chips. Bloomberg reports that Apple plans to put its M2 Ultra on cloud servers to run more complex AI queries, while simple tasks are…
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‘These team conversations have been tough’ – Sonos power-users really don’t like its new app, and the company responds, including asking for feedback
Sonos, maker of quality audio kit and some of the best wireless speakers out there, has released a new mobile app for connecting and controlling Sonos devices – but not everyone is happy with the change. A large number of users are complaining about the new companion app, which was…
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Nearly a million victims hit by massive BogusBazaar campaign — credit card details stolen, but here’s how to stay safe
Almost a million people around the world have fallen victim to a highly organized fraud campaign, which scammed them out of some $50 million in the past couple of years. According to a report from SRLabs, a group of cyber-criminals, supported by a wider network of affiliates, were organized into…
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Poppy Playtime follows Five Nights at Freddy’s with new movie
The horror puzzle game Poppy Playtime is getting a live-action film adaption. Developer Mob Entertainment says it struck a deal with the entertainment company Legendary after fielding “several competitive offers.” Transformers producer Don Murphy and filmmaker Susan Montford will develop and produce the adaptation. Poppy Playtime is a first-person adventure…
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Apple scraps iPad Pro ‘Crushed’ ad and issues rare apology – and it was the right thing to do
Destruction may not be the best way to illustrate creativity. It’s the hard lesson Apple learned after significant backlash over its new “Crushed” TV ad promoting the all-new iPad Pro and its revolutionary Tandem OLED screen technology. Now, the company has issued an apology and scrapped plans to run the…
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