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Apple’s iPhone 17 series includes multiple improvements over its predecessors, but the iPhone 16 series is still an excellent upgrade if you’ve been hanging on to your old phone for a while. However, Apple’s quality means they’re not exactly the cheapest. An iPhone 16 still runs
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When Disney announced back in May that the Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run ride in both Disneyland and Hollywood Studios was getting an update with new missions, it was widely viewed as a welcomed but fairly minor update to the popular attraction. At its D23 conference this weekend, Disney Imagineers
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. The big picture: Several major US automotive and heavy equipment manufacturers are reportedly modifying their business models to capitalize on the exploding demand for power equipment in AI data centers. Caterpillar, Cummins, Eaton, and
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In line with pledges made to improve Windows 11, Microsoft is unleashing some cool new features in the latest Insider Experimental Preview build. The headline feature of Windows 11 Experimental Preview Build 26340.9212 is its newly redesigned right-click menu within File Explorer. Not only does it look a lot
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* The Cherokee Nation has placed a moratorium on new data centers on tribal lands * Citizens say they are concerned about the impact of new projects on the local areas * Data centers projects on non-tribal land will not be granted support by the Cherokee Nation unless they are given early consultation
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“Do you remember the world before cellphones?” The question comes early in Your Attention Please, a documentary that premiered at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, in March. And it hit me harder than I expected. As a 27-year-old tech reporter, I realized I don’t have too many clear
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Pasta doesn’t require an advanced cooking degree to get right. A boiling pot of salted water and a strainer is really all you need, but somehow the Italian classic has been tangled up in a series of myths about how to make it better or faster. Pasta’s simplicity
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ChatGPT has a new interactive quiz feature, designed to make testing yourself a more active part of using the chatbot. Instead of asking ChatGPT to explain something and then nodding along because everything looks familiar, you can have it put you on the spot. It's part of OpenAI&
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On Tuesday, OpenAI announced a new batch of new security policies focused on containing security incidents while models are being tested. The new safeguards include more detailed monitoring of models during the development process, as well as greater emphasis on alignment and security during the post-training process. “As models become
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Internet of Things (IoT) specialist Quectel has announced a pair of new cellular "smart modules," one designed for premium 4G LTE devices and the other for entry-level 5G NR designs: the SH602FA and SE505FE, both compatible with Google's Android 16 operating system. "With the SH602FA
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving out of remote data centers and into smartphones, cameras, cars, robots, and other devices that process information locally. But running AI at the edge comes with an obvious problem: these low-power systems have limited computing power, battery capacity, and room for hardware. Even a seemingly
