Framework Laptop 16 dual M.2 adapters combine four drives for massive capacity PCIe Gen4 ensures faster data access and seamless multitasking Swappable components allow easy upgrades and extended usability Framework has announced its Laptop 16 device is now able to install up to 26TB of superfast Gen4 SSD storage. This boost in capacity is achieved by using a dual M.2 …
Read More »Judge pauses Donald Trump’s plan to put thousands of USAID workers on leave | US News
A federal court has paused aspects of a plan by Donald Trump to dismantle the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and put roughly 2,700 of its staff on leave. District judge Carl Nichols, who was nominated by the US president during his first term, agreed with legal arguments from the largest government workers’ union and an association of foreign …
Read More »Pinterest Says Its DEI Commitments Put It at Risk of Conservative Backlash
Pinterest does not make headlines very often, but the social media platform beloved by Midwestern moms claims to have more active users than X or Snapchat, and is the latest company to sound off on the issue of DEI. The social media platform told investors in a recent filing spotted by TechCrunch that its efforts around diversity, equity, and inclusion …
Read More »Shaky Signal, High Potential: T-Mobile Users Put Cellular Starlink Beta to the Test
For the first time, SpaceX satellites are beaming data to consumer smartphones, including select Samsung Galaxy handsets and iPhones with iOS 18.3. Paul Byrd, a Galaxy S24+ owner, tells PCMag that he used the satellite service while deer hunting in a cellular dead zone. “It works as advertised,” he says. The cellular Starlink service relayed text messages to his phone …
Read More »Will President Trump Again Put Turkey — Not America — First?, by David Boyajian
In his 2017 and 2025 inaugural addresses, President Donald Trump pledged to “Put America first.” His 2017-2021 term, however, put Turkey and Turkish President Erdogan first. And his second term is looking even worse. In Trump’s Turkish Problem (2022), I cautioned the would-be candidate to “ditch his Turkish investments, Turkish-tainted cronies, and Turkish fixation … in his and America’s best …
Read More »Watch the Galaxy S25 Ultra get put through the wringer in this durability test
Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR A new video puts the Galaxy S25 Ultra through a durability test. The S25 Ultra’s display seems to have the same level of scratch resistance as its predecessor. The phone survived the bend test with little to no bending at all. It’s only been a little over a week since the launch of the …
Read More »We have put a lot of emphasis on enhancing National Highways’ quality, safety: Nitin Gadkari
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Addressing the stakeholder consultation workshop in New Delhi, organised by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari said that National Highways are national assets, and we have put a lot of emphasis on enhancing their quality and safety. He added, speaking on the occasion on …
Read More »This Steam Deck accessory just put the nail in my gaming PC’s coffin
Table of Contents Table of Contents Design and compatibility Replacing a PC After years of putting it off, I recently accepted that my PC is in dire need of an upgrade. A graphics card swap last year slowed its march towards obsolescence, but it was clear that my outdated processor needed a boost to match. The more I researched, the …
Read More »DeepSeek vs. ChatGPT: 5 Questions That Put These AI Chatbots to the Test
DeepSeek, China’s new AI chatbot, has the tech community reeling, but does it live up to the hype? Most of the hoopla applies to businesses. For them, DeepSeek appears to be a lot cheaper, which it attributes to more efficient, less energy-intensive computation. DeepSeek also claims its R1 model performs “on par” with OpenAI’s advanced GPT-o1 model, which can follow …
Read More »Grand Theft Hamlet uses GTA to put the chaos back into Shakespeare
Grand Theft Hamlet is a documentary film, kind of. It’s also an experimental theater project. It’s also a rough-and-ready feature-length machinima, made entirely in-game in Grand Theft Auto Online. It’s also a slapstick comedy of errors about three friends trying to fill an empty period in their lives by staging a production of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet inside this chaotic online …
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