Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google accounted for 4% of all phones shipped to US distributors in Q3 2024, according to a new report. This is still a record for the company in Q3 but was attributed to the earlier Pixel 9 launch. Counterpoint Research also reported that the Pixel 9 Pro XL … Read more
Anton Shilov reports via Tom’s Hardware: FFmpeg is an open-source video decoding project developed by volunteers who contribute to its codebase, fix bugs, and add new features. The project is led by a small group of core developers and maintainers who oversee its direction and ensure that contributions meet certain standards. They coordinate the project’s … Read more
Apple today seeded the second betas of upcoming iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2 updates to developers for testing purposes. The betas come two weeks after Apple released the first 18.2 and 15.2 betas. Alongside the second betas of the iPhone, iPad, and Mac operating system updates, Apple has also seeded the first … Read more
Strands is a brand new daily puzzle from the New York Times. A trickier take on the classic word search, you’ll need a keen eye to solve this puzzle. Like Wordle, Connections, and the Mini Crossword, Strands can be a bit difficult to solve some days. There’s no shame in needing a little help from … Read more
Get three months of access to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for a discount right now. Stack Social If you’ve been thinking about trying out Xbox’s subscription gaming service Game Pass, now is a great time to get started: Stack Social is offering a deal to get three months of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate access for … Read more
Tablets are always a hot gadget category during Black Friday sales and one of the models you can save on is the brand-new iPad mini 7. You can already snag a solid discount on this tablet, which Apple released just a couple of weeks ago, at Amazon. It has dropped from $500 to $484, but … Read more
Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Need the answers for the New York Times Connections puzzle? To me, Wordle is more of a vocabulary test, but Connections is more of a … Read more
On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board office in Los Angeles accused Grindr, the company behind the popular dating app, of illegally implementing a return-to-office policy in order to punish employees for unionizing. The company allegedly made the policy change, which led to the termination of 83 workers, because employees began organizing a union, according … Read more
TL;DR: Live stream Liverpool vs. Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League for free with a 30-day trial of Prime Video. Access this free live stream from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. The Champions League is back this week with some really intriguing matchups, including Liverpool vs. Bayer Leverkusen. Liverpool are flying high this season. … Read more
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Meta will now allow US government agencies and contractors to use its open-source Llama AI model for “national security applications.” In an announcement on Monday, the company said it’s working with Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Oracle, and others to make Llama available to the government. Under Meta’s “acceptable use policy,” people can’t use the … Read more