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In a nutshell: LG Electronics has taken the wraps off a new wave of LG Gram Pro series laptops, a little over a week before the tech industry converges on Las Vegas for CES 2024. The ultra-lightweight Gram Pro laptops (models 16Z90SP (16-inch) and 17Z90SP (17-inch)) ship with your choice of Intel Core Ultra 5 […]

What just happened? The fact that Chrome’s incognito mode is pretty far from private is something most readers are aware of, but plenty of people think otherwise. That erroneous belief led to a class-action lawsuit in 2020, one that Google has said it is now ready to settle. Florida resident William Byatt and California residents

In context: Industry analysts expect sodium-ion batteries to become crucial in future battery arrays. They are great for stationary energy storage or powering scooters and are a viable option for entry-level EVs. They are cheaper than LFP (lithium ferro-phosphate) batteries and exhibit superior performance in colder climes. Their one drawback is a lower energy density

In a nutshell: Valve has shared the best-selling games of 2023 as measured by gross revenue, as well as the most played Steam Deck games based on daily active players. Valve grouped its top games into tiers: platinum (1st – 12th), gold (13th – 24th), silver (25th – 50th) and bronze (51st – 100th). No

In a nutshell: Samsung is reportedly working on a rebranded version of its recently launched Galaxy A15 smartphone with a couple of noteworthy upgrades. The newly minted Galaxy A15 is already available in select markets and includes a sizable 5,000mAh battery pack. Sources familiar with the matter claim the reworked M15 will ship with an

What just happened? The ongoing controversy over potential copyright infringements related to large language models’ training data has taken a significant turn. The New York Times has sued OpenAI and Microsoft for using millions of its articles to train their systems without permission or compensation. It’s no secret that LLMs use swaths of information from

In brief: Hardware photographer Fritzchens Fritz has partnered with YouTuber High Yield for an in-depth look at the 7nm Van Gogh APU found inside the LCD version of Valve’s Steam Deck handheld game console. The custom APU from AMD consists of a four-core / eight-thread Zen 2 chip, an RDNA 2-based GPU with eight compute

In context: Folon Team is a group of Fallout 4 modders who have been working on a “Fallout: London” project for several years. The small independent studio has struggled to keep its schedule but finally has a release date for next year. The latest developer update reveals that it should be worth the wait. The

Forward-looking: Numerous companies have spent several years trying to fulfill the long-dreamed promise of flying cars. Significant challenges remain, but developments in the sector sped up significantly throughout 2023. Multiple proposals have outlined flying taxi services that could appear in major cities over the next two years. Recent milestones could put a nascent industry on

In a nutshell: NASA recently tested a scale mockup of an elevator designed to help astronauts get from the lunar lander to the surface of the Moon. The Starship landing system will be used to transport two astronauts from the Orion spacecraft in orbit around the Moon to its surface. The landing module can support