From PC Mag: The US says it’s charged 13 suspects involved in stealing thousands of packages containing iPhones and other electronics.

The criminal ring allegedly targeted Fedex and other companies by finding ways to identify valuable shipments and stealing them from delivery addresses, according...

From PC World: The release of Windows 11 24H2 has been anything but flawless, and now another problem has surfaced. If you have a specific older version of Autodesk’s AutoCAD software installed on your computer, you’ll be blocked from upgrading to Windows 11 24H2.

Microsoft recently confirmed that...

From CNET: Two years after Sony's second-generation VR headset was released, the PlayStation VR 2 is finally getting an official price cut. The PSVR 2 will be $400 (£400) starting in March, Sony announced Thursday. That's a $150 price cut from the $550 retail price Sony is still listing the headset...

From The Verge: Amazon is finally launching the long-awaited generative AI version of Alexa that, if all goes well, will take away much of the friction that comes with talking to a speaker to control your smart home or getting info on the fly.

Some of the new abilities coming to Alexa Plus include...

From PC Mag: DoorDash has agreed to pay $16.75 million to settle a tip-withholding case brought by the New York attorney general.

The settlement will be distributed among 63,000 delivery workers who received unfair pay under DoorDash’s guaranteed pay model that ran from May 2017 to September 2019....

From PC World: A Framework…desktop? Yes, and it’s coming soon: the Framework Desktop harnesses Framework’s talent for building modular PCs and applies it to desktops — and AMD’s killer Ryzen AI Max processor (also known as Strix Halo).

Framework will begin shipping the first Framework Desktops in...

From PC Mag: Apple and Indonesia have reportedly reached a deal to allow the company to sell the iPhone 16 in the country.

As Bloomberg reports, Apple has pledged to invest $1 billion in Indonesia and will give locals research and development training. There are no plans to build iPhones in the...

From PC World: If you’ve messed around with Microsoft’s “free” Office web app, you’ve quickly discovered that it stinks, for one important reason: You can’t actually create documents. A new, free, ad-supported local version of Office changes all that, according to a report.

(Update: The ad...

From CNET: If you were one of the few artificial intelligence enthusiasts who bought a Humane AI pin, the time has come to say goodbye. The wearable device, which CNET principal writer Scott Stein said was like having "an AI-powered Star Trek communicator pinned to your shirt," is being killed off...

From The Verge: Sigma has announced a new compact 24.6-megapixel full-frame camera called the BF with a clean, minimalist design featuring just four button controls and a dial. The BF’s body is milled from a single block of aluminum, its user interface has been redesigned with a “completely new...