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Alphabet: Strong Tailwind For Cloud If The New Siri Uses Gemini As A Base Model  Seeking Alpha Apple Plans AI-Powered Web Search Tool for Siri to Rival OpenAI, Perplexity  Bloomberg.com Frustrated Wall Street analysts want Apple to buy Perplexity. It’s reportedly planning to beef up Siri to beat it instead  Yahoo Finance Apple Has a Plan to Get Some AI Stock Buzz, Report …

Microsoft has open-sourced the version of BASIC it created in 1976 for the MOS 6502 processor used in many early microcomputers. As the software colossus explained in a Wednesday post, Microsoft founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen wrote the company’s first product, BASIC for the Altair 8800 microcomputer and the Intel 8080 processor that powered it, in 1975. A year …

Belkin is launching four new affordable earbuds, including a wired option that provides active noise cancellation (ANC) for users who don’t want to worry about battery life. The SoundForm USB-C Wired Earbuds with ANC will be available sometime in October for $34.99, according to Belkin’s press release, and come in white or black. They feature a 4-foot-long cable with a …

Content warning for discussion of mass killings, sexual assault and sectarian hatred. Very early on in Hell Is Us, you come to a village that might as well be titled “War Crimes Theme Park”.

Captured on Nintendo Switch 2 (Handheld/Undocked) I find myself in a bit of an unusual position with Star Wars Outlaws on Switch 2 in that, having already played through the entire thing and reviewed it for our sister site Pure Xbox in 2024, I feel like I’m getting a quick second chance to see if my 8/10 score was justified. …

Google is adding Veo 3 software capabilities to its video generation feature for Google Photos. US-based users can turn static images into four-second videos by clicking either the “Subtle movements” or, for the more adventurous, the “I’m feeling lucky” options under the Create tab in Google Photos. According to Google spokesperson Michael Marconi, you can get your photo subjects to …

Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab S11 has arrived with updated specs, the return of an 11-inch size, and some big S Pen changes. The Galaxy Tab S11 series will feel pretty similar to anyone who has seen the past few generations. This year, we’re getting the usual 14.6-inch monster, the Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra, alongside the return of a smaller 11-inch …

By JOE HUTCHISON, US NEWS REPORTER Published: 14:18, 4 September 2025 | Updated: 16:35, 4 September 2025 The family of a Microsoft engineer who died while at work are warning that Silicon Valley companies are overworking their employees.  Pratik Pandey was found face-down in the early hours of August 20 in Mountain View, California, inside the Microsoft campus, The Palo …

Govee has launched a new TV backlight kit for folks who like to add immersive lighting that syncs with whatever is playing on the display. The Govee TV Backlight 3 Pro features an “industry-first HDR triple-camera wide-area color matching system,” according to Govee, which is designed to capture the colors on your TV screen with greater accuracy than other cameras …

Roborock is launching an updated Qrevo Curv robot vacuum that offers an impressive 25,000Pa of suction power — topping the 18,500Pa available with last year’s model. But that’s not the only new thing with the Qrevo Curv 2 Pro — it comes with a dual-spinning mop system that automatically detaches before passing over carpets, helping to keep them dry. And, …