From The Verge: Google is about to launch its grand plan to block third-party cookies in Chrome that many websites use to track your activity across the web for profit.

Starting on January 4th, Google will start testing its new Tracking Protection feature that will eventually restrict website...

From PC World: Samsung has been at the forefront of the OLED gaming monitor trend, but so far it’s been mostly interested in gigantic, super-ultrawide screens with requisite gigantic price tags. In the lead-up to CES 2024, the company is showing off smaller and more accessible designs. a 31.5-inch...

From CNET: You probably know that Apple, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Samsung and just about anybody else who makes processors is stuffing their products with circuitry to accelerate AI tasks. What you might not know is that AI is also being used to accelerate the design of those very processors.

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From Tom's Hardware: After noticing a "higher than normal RMA rates" , Taiwan-based Enermax has learned that the fans used in some of its Revolution D.F.2 and Revolution D.F.X. series power supplies have faulty fan bearings which eventually caused an oil leak during use and subsequent noise issues...

From The Verge: Tesla is pushing software updates to over 2 million vehicles in the US — or almost every Model S, Y, X, and 3 ever sold in the country — to address a defect in the company’s Autopilot system. On Monday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a recall notice...

From CNET: Apple has a new security feature coming that's designed to keep your iPhone safer from thieves. Stolen Device Protection, as the setting is called, requires Face ID or Touch ID authentication, but to keep your most sensitive iCloud settings secure, it requires you to scan your face or...

From Noctua Press Release: Noctua today presented the long-awaited 24V version of its award-winning NF-A4x10 40mm fan. Bringing the NF-A4x10’s renowned quiet cooling performance to the 24V space, the fan is ideal for 24V-based 3D printers as well as various other 24V applications. Supporting speed...

From PC World: The big news in monitors for 2023 was a shift to OLED panels, bringing the long-awaited tech from high-end televisions into more and more offices and gaming setups. But what comes next? If you ask popular OEM display panel manufacturer TCL, they might answer with “domes.” As in, a...

From The Verge: Three years after Fortnite-maker Epic Games sued Apple and Google for allegedly running illegal app store monopolies, Epic has a win. The jury in Epic v. Google has just delivered its verdict — and it found that Google turned its Google Play app store and Google Play Billing service...

From CNET: Beeper Mini has returned to operation on Monday as a free iMessage-texting app on Android, but with a number of tweaks following the service's disconnection from Apple's messaging service late last week.

In addition to being free, Beeper announced in its blog post that the service now...