Waymo Robotaxis Are Coming to Singapore, But Not Any Time Soon

From PC Mag: Autonomous taxi rides run by Waymo are coming to Singapore, with testing in the country set to begin early next year. This announcement comes days after Waymo confirmed its launch in Tokyo, Japan, and a month after it detailed plans for Munich, Germany.

Riders will have to wait until...

The real reason your Windows 11 taskbar couldn’t move for 5 years

From PC World: When Microsoft made the switch from Windows 10 to Windows 11 as their operating system of focus, it wasn’t just the look that changed. A number of useful features were also removed, like the freely repositionable taskbar and the customizable Start menu.

Only recently did Microsoft...

Elon Musk's Terafab Chip Factory Faces Legal Battle Over Its Name

From PC Mag: Elon Musk’s upcoming chip factory, Terafab, is facing a brewing legal battle over its name. That’s because an Illinois-based company called Tera-Print has already been using the “TERA-fab” term for its own photolithography machines.

On Tuesday, Musk’s companies, SpaceX, Tesla and...

Google just fixed 42 Chrome security flaws. Update now

From PC World: In the new versions of Chrome 153.0.8010.47/48 for Windows and macOS, and 153.0.8010.47 for Linux, Google has fixed more than 40 security vulnerabilities, some of which are critical. According to Google, none of the patched vulnerabilities have been exploited in attacks yet.

In the...

Google Home Stuns by Announcing AI Support for Claude and OpenClaw

From CNET: Google told Google Home customers and developers on Wednesday that it would add smart home support for other AI agents beyond its own Gemini AI. The company’s announcement says that “any agent that supports calling [Model Context Protocol technology] tools can now interact with all of the...

Amazon Is Fixing a Fire TV Bug That Stopped Users Sideloading Apps

From PC Mag: If you’re upset that your Fire TV Stick no longer lets you download third-party apps, there’s good news. Amazon has said that the recent disruption is due to a software bug, and a fix will be applied automatically to eligible devices this week.

“There was a bug in a recent Fire TV...

Firefox 156 opens PDFs 45% faster, plus a few annoying bug fixes

From PC World: Today, Mozilla released Firefox 156 to the Release channel, which is basically all users in the general public. It’s a pretty limp update by all accounts, without any standout new features and just a handful of minor bug fixes spread out across components.

The built-in PDF reader...

AIDA64 v8.40 Press Release

From FinalWire Press Release: FinalWire Ltd. today announced the immediate availability of AIDA64 Extreme v8.40, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool for home users; AIDA64 Engineer v8.40, a professional diagnostic and benchmarking solution for corporate IT technicians and engineers...

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