From The Verge: Spotify Premium subscribers in the US can now access the streaming platform’s on-demand catalog of over 200,000 audiobooks, alongside 15 hours of listening each month for free. Ten hours of additional listening can be purchased for $12.99 if you need a top-up between billing cycles...

From PC World: In July of 2007, a young British gamer calling himself Yahtzee made a short, swear-laden cartoon about the demo for the PS3 game The Darkness. While the presentation was basic and the format was a bit rambling and course, it was an instant hit with online gamers. After just one more...

From CNET: Apple released iOS 17.1.1 on Tuesday, about two weeks after the tech giant released iOS 17.1. This update doesn't include any new iPhone features, but it does fix a few issues and bugs some users have experienced.

To download the update, go to Settings > General > Software Update, tap...

From Corsair Press Release: CORSAIR today unveiled the newest additions to the renowned Hydro X Series. In keeping with its commitment to revolutionizing DIY custom cooling, these products are seamlessly integrated with the innovative iCUE LINK Smart Component Ecosystem, further enhancing custom...

From Noctua Press Release: Noctua today expanded its chromax.black line with all-black versions of the award-winning NH-D9L and NH-L9x65 CPU coolers: Staying true to the successful formula of the original models, the new chromax.black versions with their black fans and black coated heatsinks combine...

From The Verge: Nvidia’s rumored RTX 4070 Super and RTX 4080 Super GPUs might launch in early 2024. Hardware leaker Kopite7kimi says Nvidia’s RTX 40 series Super cards will debut at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January 2024, reports VideoCardz. Kopite7kimi has a reliable track record for...

From PC World: Gaming mice are fast, in the sense that they have ridiculously powerful tracking sensors. They’re also fast in the sense that they communicate with your computer very quickly, measured in polling rate hertz. A typical mouse might use a 250hz or 500hz polling rate, updating its...

From CNET: OpenAI, the company whose ChatGPT brought AI chatbots to mainstream awareness, said Monday that it'll let you build your own special-purpose version of its artificial intelligence technology. And with a new app store coming that'll let you find or share these GPTs, as the company is...

From The Verge: Apple will not be making an Apple Silicon version of the 27-inch iMac to replace the Intel-equipped model that it discontinued in 2022. The company is instead focusing the iMac line around the 24-inch model that was first released in early 2021 and just updated with the new M3...

From PC World: Microsoft has one of the largest and most powerful collections of web servers on the planet. But even it might balk at the thought of a billion or so Windows users hitting data- and processor-intensive generative AI services 24-7. So perhaps it’s not surprising that some new language...