From PC Mag: LG is setting the stage to exit the Blu-ray player market.

As FlatpanelsHD reports, LG has discontinued Blu-ray and UHD Blu-ray players, including the UBK80 and UBK90. Its website also no longer features a dedicated Blu-ray players page. Instead, it redirects users to its catalog of 4K...

From PC World: Over the past couple months, Microsoft blocked delivery of the Windows 11 24H2 update to all kinds of PCs that were incompatible or susceptible to crashes for one reason or another.

In late November, we reported that various USB scanners and other devices with scanning functionality...

From CNET: YouTube TV is getting more expensive once again. On Thursday, Google's streaming service began notifying existing customers that, starting in January, the monthly price for its base plan will jump from $73 to $83.

"To keep up with the rising cost of content and the investments we make...

From PC Mag: OpenAI's systems failed to handle the "unexpected demand" for Sora following its debut, says CEO Sam Altman. The company temporarily disabled the ability for new users to sign up, so it's likely many ChatGPT Plus and Pro subscribers do not yet have access.

"It is going to take awhile...

From PC World: Yesterday was the last Patch Tuesday of 2024, and with it Microsoft has provided a number of security updates, eliminating 71 security vulnerabilities across various Microsoft apps and services.

Microsoft categorizes 16 of these vulnerabilities as “critical” and classifies all but...

From CNET: Google is entering its AI agents era with the introduction of Gemini 2.0 -- the company's next generation AI chatbot -- and a limited release of Project Astra, a computer vision-assisted AI agent that can see and analyze the world around you, the company said in a press release on...

From PC Mag: Google's quantum computing division unveiled a new chip, dubbed Willow, that the tech giant says makes it infinitely faster and better than existing supercomputers.

The chip addresses two major problems with quantum computers as we know them today. First, Google claims Willow can...

From The Verge: Today, for the first time, you can buy a car — yes, a whole car — on Amazon. Same-day delivery not guaranteed.

The e-commerce giant’s first foray into car shopping is called Amazon Auto. The company is partnering with Hyundai dealers in 48 cities in the US to list vehicles on the...

From The Verge: OpenAI’s highly-anticipated AI text-to-video generator, Sora, will become available to everyone today. In a video posted on Monday, Marques Brownlee confirmed its imminent release and detailed his experience using Sora over the past few weeks, calling the results “horrifying and...

From PC World: AMD’s Ryzen 7 9800X3D is the new hotness around the gaming PC picnic table. The CPU is so in demand and hard to find that it’s going for hundreds of dollars over retail price on secondary markets. If you’ve been patiently waiting to get one without giving in to resellers, there’s some...