From CNET: The Pixel 9 series looks set to arrive much sooner than anticipated, with Google inviting the press to a Pixel hardware event on Aug. 13. The company's Pixel 8 and 8 Pro launched in October last year, but it looks like Google wants to get its phones out before Apple announces its iPhone...

From PC Mag: Microsoft will give up its board observer role on the OpenAI board, while Apple will no longer pursue a similar position, The Financial Times reports.

In a letter to OpenAI, Microsoft’s deputy general counsel Keith Dolliver says it has "witnessed significant progress by the newly...

From PC World: People hate printers. They have tons of breakable moving parts and they require expensive ink refills. But it was even worse when HP started making printers that required 24/7 online connectivity and blocked third-party ink cartridges via DRM.

It was so bad that consumers started...

From CNET: This summer's Samsung Galaxy Unpacked brought a handful of new devices including the highly anticipated Galaxy Ring, two new phones -- the Z Fold 6 and Z Flip 6 -- a pair of wearables, the Galaxy Watch 7 and Watch 7 Ultra and the redesigned Galaxy Buds 3 and Buds 3 Pro. They were...

From Corsair Press Release: CORSAIR (Nasdaq: CRSR) today announced the release of the new RS Series of cooling fans, boasting impressive and affordable cooling with simple daisy-chained connections for a hassle-free setup. Incorporating the latest fan technology advances, RS Series fans are ideal...

From Corsair Press Release: CORSAIR (Nasdaq: CRSR) today announced the immediate availability of the CORSAIR 3500X Series Mid-Tower PC Case for builders seeking a blend of aesthetics, compatibility, and cooling performance at an affordable price. Providing stunning views of your PC's internals...

From Thermaltake Press Release: Thermaltake is proud to launch the CTE E660 MX Mid Tower Chassis, a dual chamber mid-tower supporting ASUS and MSI Hidden-Connector motherboards. Along with excellent motherboard compatibility, the CTE E660 MX also features an interchangeable dual front panel design...

From The Verge: Spotify is launching the ability to leave comments on podcasts. The company already lets Spotify podcasters offer polls and Q&As, so this new feature could give creators new ways to interact with their audiences.

Comments will be private by default (similar to Q&A responses), so...

From PC Mag: X, formerly known as Twitter, is seeing user growth slow to a crawl since Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk bought the social media platform for a staggering $44 billion in mid-2022.

X's daily active user growth has plummeted from roughly 30% annually just a few years ago in 2020 to less...

From The Verge: Microsoft is finally rolling out spellcheck and autocorrect for its Notepad app in Windows 11, more than 40 years after the simple text editor was first introduced in Windows in 1983. The software giant started testing both features in March, and has now quietly started enabling them...