Enlarge / The smaller Pixel 9, with three cameras?! reader comments 49 Google has been doing a lot of work in Android to support satellite-based messaging, and it sure would be nice if someone actually shipped some hardware it could use. Despite the feature launching with the iPhone 14 in 2022, Android manufacturers haven’t been ..
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Enlarge / The Framework Laptop 13. Andrew Cunningham reader comments 106 Since Framework showed off its first prototypes in February 2021, we’ve generally been fans of the company’s modular, repairable, upgradeable laptops. Not that the company’s hardware releases to date have been perfect—each Framework Laptop 13 model has had quirks and flaws that range from ..
Enlarge / Generic, non-Western Digital SD cards. reader comments 73 Western Digital plans to release the first 4TB SD card next year. On Thursday, the storage firm announced plans to demo the product in person next week. Western Digital will launch the SD card, which follows the SD Association’s Secure Digital Ultra Capacity (SDUC) standard, ..
Enlarge / From magnets we came, to magnets we return. Garner Products reader comments 47 There is the mental image that most people have of electronics recycling, and then there is the reality, which is shredding. Less than 20 percent of e-waste even makes it to recycling. That which does is, if not acquired through ..
Aurich Lawson reader comments 87 Google kills product View more stories Another day, another dead Google product. The Google One VPN service we complained about last week is headed to the chopping block. Google’s support documents haven’t been updated yet, but Android Authority reported on an email going out to Google One users informing them ..
Enlarge / President Biden speaking at the official opening of TSMC’s first Arizona fabrication plant in December 2022. The Taiwanese chipmaker plans to start manufacturing 2-nanometer chips in the US in 2028. Caitlin O’Hara/Bloomberg via Getty reader comments 59 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s decision to bring its latest technology to America is a big step ..
Enlarge / The 4th-gen Amazon Echo Dot smart speaker. reader comments 73 Alexa hasn’t worked out the way Amazon originally planned. There was a time when it thought that Alexa would yield a robust ecosystem of apps, or Alexa Skills, that would make the voice assistant an integral part of users’ lives. Amazon envisioned tens ..
Getty Images reader comments 39 Apple has always had a strong preference that only its own parts be used in repairs, but only if they’re brand-new. Now, soon after Oregon passed a repair bill forbidding devices from rejecting parts with software locks, or “parts pairing,” Apple says it will allow for used Apple parts in ..
Enlarge / A Google Axion Processor. reader comments 42 Google is joining the custom Arm data center chip trend. Google Cloud, the cloud platform division that competes with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, is following in the footsteps of those companies and rolling out its own Arm-based chip designs. Google says its new “Google ..
Enlarge / The Fairbuds and their replaceable components, including the notably hand-friendly, non-soldered batteries. reader comments 97 Fairphone has spent years showing us that it could do what major phone manufacturers suggest is impossible: make a modern-looking phone, make it brazenly easy to open up, design it so battery swaps are something you could do ..
