From Lexar Press Release: Lexar is thrilled to announce two new portable SSDs – the SL300 and the ES3, designed for everyday users and business professionals looking for speed, efficiency, and security in their data storage solutions. These workhorse drives boast speeds up to 9.5 times faster than...

From The Verge: Apple’s betting that its upcoming in-house 5G modem could help it beat Qualcomm's performance eventually, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Apple has worked on developing its own modem for years, but the initiative reportedly experienced technical issues and other setbacks...

From The Verge: Google CEO Sundar Pichai says the company’s search engine will “change profoundly” in 2025. “I think we are going to be able to tackle more complex questions than ever before,” Pichai said during the NYT’s DealBook Summit on Wednesday.

“I think you’ll be surprised, even early in ‘25...

From PC World: It’s been a few months since NZXT began its Flex subscription service for renting gaming desktop PCs. Even at launch, the proposition was obviously not great in terms of value… but that’s par for the course for any kind of rental, whether it’s an apartment or an armchair.

But YouTube...

From TechCrunch: Meta has announced the newest addition to its Llama family of generative AI models: Llama 3.3 70B.

In a post on X, Ahmad Al-Dahle, VP of generative AI at Meta, said that the text-only Llama 3.3 70B delivers the performance of Meta’s largest Llama model, Llama 3.1 405B, at lower...

From PC Mag: A Ukrainian nonprofit is opposing SpaceX’s renewed push to operate over 30,000 Starlink satellites, and urging the Federal Communications Commission to hit the brakes.

The demand comes from the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), which previously called on the FCC to...

From Tom's Hardware: TSMC is negotiating with Nvidia to produce its Blackwell GPUs for AI at its Fab 21 near Phoenix, Arizona, reports Reuters. If the companies ink an appropriate agreement, Nvidia might get additional Blackwell GPUs produced in the U.S., undoubtedly pleasing its customers and...

From TechCrunch: OpenAI’s “12 days of shipmas” event doesn’t kick off for a while, but the first big announcement might’ve been revealed early.

A “feature gated” webpage on OpenAI’s website refers to a “ChatGPT Pro” plan that includes all the benefits of ChatGPT Plus, as well as new goodies...

From CRN: Intel said it has added two veteran semiconductor executives to its board of directors: former ASML CEO Eric Meurice and interim Microchip Technology CEO Steve Sanghi.

The semiconductor giant announced the board appointments on Thursday, three days after it said that CEO Pat Gelsinger had...

From The Verge: Bitcoin has passed $100,000, marking its highest price since the cryptocurrency launched more than a decade ago, and as of this writing, it has reached $103,359.00, according to Kraken. Despite its triumphs, Bitcoin’s value is still being measured in USD, emerging as an alternate...