Apple Sued Over Use of 'Forever Chemicals' in Watch Bands

From PC Mag: Apple has been hit with a class-action lawsuit for allegedly selling Watch bands containing excessive levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as "forever chemicals."

PFAS chemicals—good at resisting water, sweat, and oil—are found in many consumer products...

A prototype of the RTX 5090 Ti just got leaked

From PC World: On January 21, a photo of an Nvidia GPU with code name GB202-200-A1 (see header image above) surfaced on the infamous Chip Hell forum. The user who posted it claims that it’s a prototype of the most powerful GPU in the upcoming RTX 50 series.

The fully configured GPU allegedly...

OpenAI, SoftBank Building AI Data Centers in $500B Stargate Deal

From PC Mag: President Trump has announced the launch of Stargate, a joint venture that plans to invest $500 billion over the next four years to develop AI data centers and generate electricity for AI across the US.

“Immediately, Stargate will be building the physical and virtual infrastructure to...

Microsoft begins testing its next-gen smart search on Windows

From PC World: If you own a Qualcomm-powered Snapdragon Copilot+ PC and are willing to run one of Microsoft’s test builds, a new feature is available: smarter semantic search, where you can describe what you’re looking for on your PC without the need for specific keywords.

Semantic search was first...

Netflix Has a New Extra Member Option With Ads

From CNET: Netflix has introduced a new type of extra member account: extra members with ads.

The streamer announced the new offering in a shareholder letter on Tuesday before its fourth-quarter earnings call. In the US, according to Netflix's help site, adding an extra member with ads costs $7...

Fujifilm’s new hybrid instant camera features its widest lens yet

From The Verge: Fujifilm has announced a new hybrid instant camera coming to its Instax line that doubles as a smartphone printer. The new Instax Wide Evo Hybrid instant camera is similar to the Instax Mini Evo that Fujifilm launched in the US in 2022, but as its name implies, it instead uses Instax...

Microsoft starts forcing Windows 11’s big 24H2 update on PCs

From PC World: If you’ve been trying to somehow avoid the Windows 11 2024 Update, those days are over. Microsoft is now saying that mandatory Windows 11 24H2 updates have begun and the installation is lengthier than prior updates, so plan accordingly.

Microsoft’s status updates were made public on...

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