Month: June 2025
Can’t decide between Netflix and Prime Video? Here’s which streaming service I’m keeping in June 2025
How is it already June when January lasted about three years? Well, somehow, we’ve made it to the halfway point of 2025 and the best streaming services are ramping up their offerings as we head into the summer season. With the rising cost of inflation kicking in pretty much everywhere,…
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Google’s test turns search results into an AI-generated podcast
Google is rolling out a test that puts its AI-powered Audio Overviews on the first page of search results on mobile. The experiment, which you can enable in Labs, will let you generate an AI podcast-style discussion for certain queries. If you search for something like, “How do noise cancellation…
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Samsung rival plans monstrously fast SSD that can reach 10 million IOPS using SLC NAND
Kioxia details its plans for a new SSD for AI workloads reaching 10 million IOPS IOPS measures how quickly a storage device can handle small, random requests New drive uses XL-Flash, a type of SLC NAND, and a new in-house controller Kioxia has unveiled plans for a new SSD it…
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Anbernic’s sliding screen handheld might be too chunky and heavy for your pockets
Anbernic hasn’t officially released or even put its new RG Slide handheld up for preorder yet, but a handful of reviewers have recently shared their first impressions of the new console. Anbernic may be leaning a bit too far into novelty and nostalgia with the RG Slide’s design, while not…
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How to turn off Google’s AI Overviews in web searches
Google’s AI Overviews do not save me time. For one, I work for a tech blog and am therefore professionally curious as to whether or not the generated answers are correct, so I spend a few ticks figuring that out. (Answer: Sometimes, but not always!) Then things get existential as…
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Wikipedia cancels plan to test AI summaries after editors skewer the idea
Wikipedia is backing off a plan to test AI article summaries. Earlier this month, the platform announced plans to trial the feature for about 10 percent of mobile web visitors. To say they weren’t well-received by editors would be an understatement. The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) then changed plans and cancelled…
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