“I’m about to just toss the whole thing…” Amazon Echo Show owners are reporting an uptick in advertisements on their smart displays. The company’s Echo Show smart displays have previously shown ads through the company’s Shopping Lists feature, as well as advertising for Alexa skills. Additionally, Echo Shows may play…
Ending support for SoundTouch may help Bose avoid a Sonos situation. Bose will brick key features of its SoundTouch Wi-Fi speakers and soundbars soon. On Thursday, Bose informed customers that as of February 18, 2026, it will stop supporting the devices, and the devices’ cloud-based features, including the companion…
The CMA will focus on regulating search and search advertising, but not Gemini (for now). Google is facing multiple antitrust actions in the US, and European regulators have been similarly tightening the screws. You can now add the UK to the list of Google’s governmental worries. The country’s antitrust…
YouTube will evaluate each request individually, but copyright violators need not apply. A few weeks ago, Google told US Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) that it would allow creators banned for COVID and election misinformation to rejoin the platform. It didn’t offer many details in the letter, but now YouTube…
New laptop CPUs replace confusing bifurcated Lunar Lake and Arrow Lake lineups. They say there’s no such thing as bad publicity, but the press that Intel has generated in the last year has certainly been testing the boundaries of the aphorism. Is it good when your company posts an…
Logitech’s interest in the smart home has appeared to wane in recent years. In another loss for early smart home adopters, Logitech has announced that it will brick all Pop switches on October 15. In August of 2016, Logitech launched Pop switches, which provide quick access to a range…
Google delivers another phone that is slightly better than its predecessor—is that enough? When the first foldable phones came along, they seemed like a cool evolution of the traditional smartphone form factor and, if they got smaller and cheaper, like something people might actually want. After more than five…
Microsoft has locked down well-documented workarounds in recent test builds. Of the many minor to medium-size annoyances that come with a modern Windows 11 installation, the requirement that you sign in with a Microsoft account is one of the most irritating. Sure, all operating systems (including Apple’s and Google’s)…
Qualcomm claims Arduino will keep its own branding and “open source ethos.” Smartphone processor and modem maker Qualcomm is acquiring Arduino, the Italian company known mainly for its open source ecosystem of microcontrollers and the software that makes them function. In its announcement, Qualcomm said that Arduino would “…
The first app store changes are due in a few weeks, with the major changes coming next summer. Changes are coming to the Play Store in spite of a concerted effort from Google to maintain the status quo. The company asked the US Supreme Court to freeze parts of…
