From CNET: Verizon's 5G network is getting a notable speed boost. On Monday, the wireless carrier announced that it has gained access to C-band spectrum it purchased back in 2021 four months ahead of schedule.

The valuable airwaves, which were previously expected to be fully available to the...

From The Verge: Tesla now sells “Standard Range” versions of its Model S and Model X, lowering the starting price of both vehicles by $10,000 for anyone prepared to compromise on the distance either car can drive before needing to be recharged. The Standard Range Model X starts at $88,490, versus...

From PC World: 34-inch ultrawide monitors, with a spacious 3440×1440 resolution, are a hit with gamers. (And PCWorld writers — I’m looking at one right now.) The extra-wide field of view is great for immersion, and the resolution is sharp without being as heavy on the GPU as a 4K screen. But these...

From Tom's Hardware: It seems that AMD's issued patch for its Zen 1 "Division by zero" bug wasn't the end-all, be-all the company wanted it to be. While the company was fast in issuing a patch, there's now the suspicion that they might've been just a bit too fast: according to Michael Larabel with...

From PC Mag: Amazon is starting to use ChatGPT-like AI technology to summarize user reviews.

It'll appear for "a subset of mobile shoppers in the US." The goal is to make it easier for consumers to quickly glean the pros and cons of an item.

“We want to make it even easier for customers to...

From PC Mag: It looks like the cage match between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk is off because—to no one's surprise—the two rival CEOs can’t agree on anything.

On Sunday, Zuckerberg called out Musk for essentially jerking him around and trying to delay the fight. According to him, Musk first wants...

From TechCrunch: Iraq’s telecom ministry lifted the ban on Telegram over the weekend, days after the agency blocked the chat app over security concerns.

The ministry said it lifted the ban because of the “response of the company that owns the application to the requirements of the security...

From Tom's Hardware: Apple's M3-series system-on-chips is expected to get a major performance upgrade compared to predecessors since they are projected to be made on TSMC's N3 (3 nm-class) fabrication processor and use all-new CPU and GPU microarchitectures. Indeed, the highest-end M3 Ultra will...

From TechCrunch: PayPal is gaining a new CEO, the payments giant announced this morning. Effective September 27, 2023, senior Intuit executive Alex Chriss will become PayPal’s President and CEO, replacing current CEO Dan Schulman, members of PayPal’s board shared this morning in a press release...