Around 175,000 households still use dial-up Internet in the US. After 34 years of connecting Americans to the Internet through phone lines, AOL recently announced it is shutting down its dial-up modem service on September 30, 2025. The announcement marks the end of a technology that served as the…
Microsoft bought GitHub for $7.5 billion in 2018. Microsoft has owned GitHub since 2018, but the widely used developer platform has operated with at least a little independence from the rest of the company, with its own separate CEO and other executives. But it looks like GitHub will be…
“I want my GPT-4o back and I’ll do anything to get it.” After months of hype and anticipation, OpenAI released its new GPT-5 model family this week. Promising massive upgrades across the board, the company is already working to roll out the new AI to everyone. Some dedicated ChatGPT…
Well, that’s one way to exit beta. Bad news if you’re one of the handful of people using Steam to play games on a Chromebook: Google and Valve are preparing to end support for the still-in-beta ChromeOS version of Steam on January 1, 2026, according to 9to5Google. Steam can…
Sonos expects to spend $5 million on tariffs this quarter. During what’s supposed to be a year of redemption, Sonos has announced that its gadgets will become more expensive this year, complicating the company’s comeback plans. Tariffs that US President Donald Trump announced last week take effect today, including…
Size matters most for Framework’s first stab at a desktop workstation/gaming PC. Framework’s main claim to fame is its commitment to modular, upgradeable, repairable laptops. The jury’s still out on early 2024’s Framework Laptop 16 and mid-2025’s Framework Laptop 12, neither of which has seen a hardware refresh, but…
President accuses semiconductor industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan of being “highly conflicted.” Donald Trump has called for the newly appointed chief executive of Intel, Lip-Bu Tan, to resign, alleging that the semiconductor industry veteran is “highly conflicted.” “The CEO of INTEL is highly CONFLICTED and must resign, immediately,” Trump said…
Hulu will finish integrating into the Disney+ app in 2026, Disney says. Bob Iger, the CEO of The Walt Disney Company, announced today that Disney will “fully integrate” Hulu into the Disney+ app in 2026. Although a company representative told Variety that people will still be able to buy…
Liz Reid says Google’s data shows AI is generating consistent clicks and better experiences. Google has often bristled at the implication that its obsession with AI search is harming web traffic, and now search head Liz Reid has penned a blog post on the topic. According to Reid, clicks…
The team behind the research has worked with Google to mitigate the attack, but what comes next? Generative AI systems have proliferated across the technology industry over the last several years to such a degree that it can be hard to avoid using them. Google and other big names…
