Apple’s AI Playlist Playground is bad at music

Apple Music: “What do you want to hear?” Me: “Atmospheric instrumental black metal to write to.” Apple Music: “Here’s three metal songs with vocals, a field recording, an ambient electronic…

Anker’s wireless charging pad offers Qi2 speeds for $15

I’ve probably saved minutes of my life by using a wireless charging puck. Minutes! More valuable than that, I’ve saved myself from bending over numerous times to pick up my…

David Sacks out as White House AI and Crypto Czar

David Sacks, the venture capitalist and tech billionaire who’d become Silicon Valley’s primary advocate inside the White House and a key architect of its aggressive AI policy initiatives, revealed on…

Judge sides with Anthropic to temporarily block the Pentagon’s ban

After Anthropic’s weeks-long standoff with the Pentagon, the company won one milestone: A judge granted Anthropic a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit, which sought to reverse its government blacklisting while…

Brendan Carr says his broadcast license threat wasn’t really about Iran war coverage

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr never meant to threaten broadcast licenses over their coverage of the war in Iran, he told reporters after an event hosted by FGS and…

Apple’s Mac Pro is dead, apparently for good this time

The most expensive Mac you could get is no longer available on Apple’s website, as 9to5Mac reports that the “cheese grater” Mac Pro workstation has been discontinued. It had been…

Robot vacuums from Eufy and Roborock are over 50 percent for Amazon’s spring sale

A good robovac can save you a surprising amount of time. Luckily, Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is a great time to pick one up, as you can currently find deals…

Google is making it easier to import another AI’s memory into Gemini

Google is rolling out two new Gemini tools on Thursday which could attract users who are thinking about switching their preferred AI chatbot but don’t want to “retrain” a new…

Apple will reportedly allow other AI chatbots to plug into Siri

Apple’s iOS 27 update will allow users to choose the AI chatbot they want to link with Siri. That’s according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who says third-party…

Google’s ‘live’ AI search assistant can handle conversations in dozens more languages

Google is expanding access to Search Live, a feature that lets you search for information using your voice and camera. The AI search assistant is now available in more than…