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Qualcomm is launching a pair of new AI chips in an attempt to challenge Nvidia’s dominance in the market. On Monday, Qualcomm announced plans to release its new AI200 chip next year, followed by the AI250 in 2027 — both of which are built on the company’s mobile neural processing …

Samsung warned us last month that ads were coming to the giant Android tablets embedded in its Family Hub smart fridges. I’ve been eyeing mine ever since — and the first ones are about to arrive. Starting November 3rd, the $2,000-plus connected fridges will get a new widget that serves …

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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 103, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, sorry everything’s so expensive this week, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been reading about gooning and …

“Sharp Dressed Man,” by ZZ Top. Hard on a good day, Medium when my friends were over, Expert once and then never ever again. That was my Guitar Hero sweet spot. And for years, it seemed like everybody had one. The plastic guitar controllers became a staple of living rooms …

Adobe’s computational photography app, Project Indigo, had a bit of trouble adapting to the new square-format selfie sensor in the iPhone 17 series. For the last month or so, the app simply didn’t support Apple’s latest phones at all. Adobe was working behind the scenes to get things up and …

There are only a handful of albums that I think qualify as genuinely scary. You Won’t Get What You Want by Daughters, and Swans To Be Kind both immediately come to mind. But those records come with… let’s say, baggage. I’ve Seen All I Need to See lacks some of …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Spotify is rolling out a major update for parents who want more control over what their children listen to. Managed accounts, first tested in select countries, are now expanding to the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, France and the …

It’s easy to get into the weeds on a hobby, especially if you’re into PC gaming and dreaming of the highest levels of graphical performance. But how much is too much for hardware? Spending top dollar on graphics power, processing, RAM, storage, etc. — like many things — eventually leads …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Phishing scams target every kind of institution, whether it’s a hospital, a big tech firm or even a fast-food chain. Educational institutions aren’t an exception, especially in 2025, when attackers are actively directing their efforts toward them. Universities across the U.S. are …