From PC Mag: Apple and Nvidia chip producer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp has stopped chip sales to a suspicious buyer after TSMC chips ended up in Huawei Ascend 910B AI processors, according to an unnamed Taiwanese official.

The 910B is a "multi-chiplet" processor, meaning it contains...

From PC World: Rechargeable batteries are now used everywhere, from smartphones to electric vehicles. They’re convenient and more environmentally friendly, and they’ve come a long way in capacity and performance.

But there’s always been a big problem with all rechargeable batteries: the fact that...

From The Verge: A new report from The Information cites “multiple people” involved in making parts for Apple’s Vision Pro headset to say that production plans have been scaled back in recent months. This follows a Tim Cook interview published this weekend by WSJ. Magazine, where he said, “Obviously...

From PC Mag: Google Messages has announced five upcoming security features to make conversations on the Android app more secure and private.

First up is enhanced scam detection. The feature uses on-device machine learning, a subfield of AI, to detect scam texts including fraudulent package...

From PC World: Arm Ltd. has notified its licensee Qualcomm, informing the company that its architectural license will be terminated in 60 days — the agreement that allows Qualcomm to manufacture the Oryon CPU cores at the heart of the Snapdragon X Elite chip and Copilot+ PCs.

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From The Verge: Microsoft is refreshing its Xbox Wireless Headset today, adding an upgraded microphone and improving the battery life. The refreshed headset will also support Dolby Atmos at no extra cost and Bluetooth 5.3.

This updated model has similar rotating ear cup dials to the original...

From PC Mag: It's been less than a year since Insta360 entered the action camera market with the Ace Pro, but it didn't take long for the company to overhaul its rugged, go-anywhere video camera. Like the first version, the Ace Pro 2 sets itself apart from competing options from DJI and GoPro with a...

From PC World: Facebook and Instagram have a problem. Well, they have many, many problems, but one of the ones they feel like addressing is “celeb-bait ads and impersonation.” According to a new post from parent company Meta, the way they’re going to try solving this is through the use of facial...

From FinalWire Press Release: FinalWire Ltd. today announced the immediate availability of AIDA64 Extreme 7.40 software, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool for home users; the immediate availability of AIDA64 Engineer 7.40 software, a professional diagnostic and benchmarking solution for...

From PC World: It may not be Black Friday, or even some version of Amazon’s Prime Day, but AMD is having a sale anyway: the company is taking up to $50 off its top Ryzen processors, just because. AMD is also confirming that next-gen Ryzen 9000 X3D parts are en route and scheduled for November 7...