Tech Mobile T-Mobile Is Buying Mint Mobile in Potential $1.35B Deal

From CNET: T-Mobile is boosting its prepaid offerings. The nation's second-largest wireless carrier announced on Wednesday that it has reached a deal to acquire Ka'ena Corporation, the parent company to prepaid wireless brands Mint Mobile and Ultra Mobile as well as wireless wholesaler Plum.

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Lexar Announces 512GB CFexpress Type-B Card DIAMOND Series

From Lexar Press Release: Lexar, a leading global brand of flash memory solutions, is excited to announce the 512GB addition to the Lexar CFexpress Type-B Card DIAMOND Series lineup. This expanded capacity allows photographers and videographers even more freedom when shooting on location or in...

Meta is laying off 10,000 more employees in a series of cuts

From The Verge: Meta will lay off an additional 10,000 employees through multiple rounds of cuts over the coming months and close hiring for 5,000 open roles, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday. These cuts come just four months after the company laid off 11,000 employees last November.

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Brave Firewall + VPN arrives on Windows

From PC World: Brave has expanded its browser/firewall/VPN service, known as Brave Firewall + VPN, to Windows with the release of Brave 1.49, the company said Monday.

Brave, of course, is typically known for its privacy-centric browser, which has existed for several years. Recently, it expanded...

Google Brings Faster Night Sight, Magic Eraser to More Pixel Phones

From CNET: Google on Monday laid out updates coming to its Pixel phones and the Pixel Watch, including bringing some useful camera tools to more devices.

In its first feature drop of 2023, Google said faster Night Sight -- its feature for taking low-light photos -- is coming to the Pixel 6 and 6...

Gigabyte Reportedly Launching High-Wattage Radeon 6800 XT

From Tom's Hardware: Gigabyte is reportedly prepping another iteration of its Radeon RX 6800 XT graphics card, one that uses an enhanced cooling system and a printed circuit board which was perhaps meant for more advanced Radeon RX 6900-series boards, according to VideoCardz. While the idea that...

ChatGPT could power voice assistants in General Motors vehicles

From The Verge: The AI language models behind OpenAI’s ChatGPT could soon be powering virtual assistants in General Motors vehicles. As reported by Reuters on Friday, an executive for GM has revealed that the American automaker is exploring potential uses for ChatGPT as part of a broader...

Pioneer's New Blu-ray Discs Are Guaranteed to Last a Century

From PC Mag: Japanese manufacturer Pioneer developed a new BD-R discs that is guaranteed to store data for at least 100 years.

As PC Watch reports (via Tom's Hardware), a revision to the Electronic Book Preservation Act in Japan means there's currently a big shift among Japanese businesses and...

Lexar SL660 BLAZE 1TB Review (Page 1 of 7)

A month ago, I was waiting in the parking lot at a nearby McDonald's. I had made a mobile order and was now happily waiting for someone to come out with it. While this was a standard process that was popularized during the pandemic, I think it is great for introverted customer like myself. It is even easier than going through a drive-through, as it saves on gasoline consumed while idling and still keeps you in some sort of a queue. However...

Thermaltake SWAFAN EX12 RGB Review (Page 1 of 4)

I was thinking about older handheld game consoles and it reminded me how interesting innovation really was. For many people out there, they may have thought back to the days of Game Boy, Game Boy Color, or even the Game Boy Advance. Luckily, I am not old enough to be in that generation, but for me I was thinking more about the Nintendo DS line. The popularity spanned due to the wide variety of games suitable for practically everyone. When looking...

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