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Source: The Verge Thousands of retailers and carrier stores in the US will be stocked with the Samsung Galaxy S25 ($799.99), S25 Plus ($999.99), and S25 Ultra ($1,299.99) on Friday, February 7th. Hardware-wise, the S25 series is a marginal improvement over last year’s S24 series, with the most noteworthy changes coming in the form of…
Source: The Verge Following AMC’s recent changes to its Stubs program — a set of perks that actually seemed like a solid way to get people to sign up — the theater chain is now planning to raise the subscription service’s prices. Variety reports that, beginning May 7th, a membership to Stub’s A-List tier —…
Source: Venture Beat Mistral is still positioning itself as a viable alternative to OpenAI’s signature chatbot ChatGPT and to DeepSeek. Read Full Article
Source: The Verge Lawmakers’ efforts to limit the use of social media by kids are continuing into 2025 with the Kids Off Social Media Act (KOSMA). The bill, which would prevent kids under 13 from creating social media accounts, advanced through the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday, as reported earlier by Politico. Senators Brian Schatz…
Source: The Verge Not long before last year’s software quagmire thrust the company into controversy, Sonos tinkered with an idea that some employees believed might resonate with Gen Z customers. Engineers at Sonos prototyped a miniature speaker that could magnetically connect to the back of Apple’s recent iPhones. At least conceptually, the since-abandoned product sounds…
Source: The Verge NASA is planning to host a live Twitch stream next week from the International Space Station (ISS) – its first from the ISS. The stream, which takes place on February 12th at 11:45AM ET on NASA’s Twitch channel, will feature Don Pettit, an astronaut currently on the ISS, and Matt Dominick, who…
Source: The Verge The Apple Watch Series 10 is a great smartwatch for iPhone owners, but it’s overkill if you want to track the basics and little else. In those instances, the latest Apple Watch SE might be the better buy, especially when you can get it at a steep discount. Fortunately, Apple’s entry-level watch…
Source: The Verge Have you thought about what you’re going to do when your smart fridge is too old to download its latest software update? While you’d probably replace your phone or computer when its software hits its end of life, your fridge will still keep your food cold even if it can’t stream TikToks…
Source: Venture Beat Amazon Web Services (AWS) said it has benchmark tested support for up to 100 million concurrent users (CCU) for a single game. Read Full Article
Source: The Verge Google debuted a pair of new Super Bowl commercials that portray AI as a technology that’s as central to people’s lives as the phone or computer they access it on. But, like some of Google’s other Super Bowl ads, the company is once again attempting to make you pull out your tissues…
