Month: October 2025
Daniel Ek stepping down changes nothing for Spotify
Spotify has found itself the target of artists’ ire for many reasons over the years: poor audio quality, terrible payouts, giving Joe Rogan millions of dollars… the list goes on. But recently it’s been CEO and founder Daniel Ek’s extracurricular activities that have been cause for consternation. Over the past…
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I’m a big fan of 5K displays for Macs and the stunning but flawed Philips 27E3U7903 is a much cheaper alternative to Apple’s Studio display
Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. Pixel density is something Apple pays far more attention to than most PC builders. Problem is, achieving Apple’s signature…
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Ecovacs’ Deebot X8 and X9 Pro Omni robovacs have hit a new low price
Robot vacuums that mop well rarely come cheap, but thankfully, some of our favorite models are receiving a significant discount ahead of Amazon’s next Prime Day event next week. Right now, the Ecovacs Deebot X8 Pro Omni and the newer Deebot X9 Pro Omni are on sale at Amazon for…
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Huawei Ascend 950 vs Nvidia H200 vs AMD MI300 Instinct: How do they compare?
Huawei Ascend 950DT FP8 formats target efficient inference without accuracy loss Nvidia H200 leans on a mature software ecosystem and Hopper GPU strengths AMD Instinct MI300’s FP64 parity appeals to serious scientific computation workloads In recent years, the demand for AI training and inference computing has pushed chip makers to…
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Tilly Norwood is a gen AI psyop
Last week at the Zurich Film Festival, Eline Van der Velden — founder and CEO of AI production house Particle6 and its subsidiary talent studio Xicoia — said that a number of talent agents had expressed interest in working with Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated “actress” created by the companies. Van…
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Instagram wants me to make content — I just want to post a photo
Have you tried simply uploading a photo to Instagram lately? It’s a minefield. Is that a Story, a Post, or a Reel? Do you want to add music? A caption? A prompt, which is… different than a caption, somehow? How about a poll? A fundraiser? More text, but this time…
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