From CNET: Google brought out a really lovely kid-focused alternative to the Apple Watch earlier this year, called the Fitbit Ace LTE. Its one downside was its weird, locked-down approach to LTE calls and messaging, which prevented contacting siblings. Google's fixing this today, thankfully, along...

From PC Mag: Tesla's unmistakable Cybertruck has been recalled for the sixth time this year—this time, over its drive inverter.

Tesla filed the issue to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Nov. 5, explaining that the recall is because "a fault in the drive inverter may...

From PC World: November’s Patch Tuesday has finally come, and with it Microsoft has eliminated 89 security vulnerabilities across Windows and other Microsoft apps and services. Four of those vulnerabilities are classified as “critical” and all but one of the remaining vulnerabilities are “high risk...

From PC World: Windows Latest reports that the taskbar in Windows 11 may soon get a new feature for recommending content to you.

We still don’t know exactly how these new recommendations are going to work in the taskbar, nor what exactly will be recommended, but we can speculate. The first signs of...

From Tom's Hardware: Hana Micron, a South Korean firm specializing in assembly, testing, and packaging (ATP) of semiconductors, is expanding its presence in Vietnam after some of its customers requested the company move production away from China. Because of this, Reuters reports, the company is...

From TechCrunch: President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that Elon Musk will co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency, the acronym of which spells out DOGE, Musk’s favorite cryptocurrency. The CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, xAI, Neuralink, and owner of X, will lead the department alongside...

From Tom's Hardware: Valve has finally totally dropped Windows 7 and 8 compatibility with its latest Steam client update, meaning the last holdouts using these operating systems will need to upgrade to Windows 10 or 11 (or switch to Linux or Mac) to continue gaming. According to the Steam Client...

From TechCrunch: The future of aircraft may look very similar to today’s superficially — but under the hood (or sitting next to the tailfins) they will likely be quite different. That’s the future NASA is hoping to nurture with five research awards worth $11.5 million.

The Advanced Aircraft...

From PC Mag: DNA testing company 23andMe is laying off 200+ employees, or about 40% of its workforce.

The job cuts are part of a business restructuring to reduce costs, 23andMe says. Along with layoffs, the company is discontinuing new developments to its therapeutics program, which has been...

From Tom's Hardware: AMD's Ryzen 9000 (codenamed Granite Ridge) series, among the best CPUs, has dropped to its lowest-ever prices at Micro Center—listed for up to 28% lower than their launch prices, which should increase AM5 adoption rates.

The market initially ignored Zen 5 at launch owing to...