Ask people building generative AI what generative AI is good for right now—what they’re really fired up about—and many will tell you: coding. Everyone from established AI giants to buzzy startups is promising to take coding assistants to the next level. Instead of providing developers with a kind of supercharged autocomplete, this next generation can … Read more
Sometimes, the best gaming headset doesn’t need to be a “gaming headset” at all. While many people view these devices as their own niche, they’re ultimately still headphones, just with a boom mic and some fancy branding attached. While the general quality of dedicated headsets has improved over time, they still tend to cost more … Read more
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR TikTok has restored its services in the US following intervention by President-elect Donald Trump. The app remains unavailable on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. Trump has promised to sign an executive order pausing TikTok’s US ban on his first day in office. After the events of … Read more
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy, and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. There is renewed talk of a coal power comeback in the United States, inspired by Donald Trump’s return to the presidency and forecasts of soaring electricity demand. The evidence … Read more
Less than 24 hours after going dark, TikTok says it has come back online after President-elect Donald Trump gave the company’s service providers—presumably Apple, Google, and Oracle—reassurance that his administration wouldn’t enforce a law banning the app in the first place. “In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service,” … Read more
Gemini’s been Google’s top priority for more than a year now — the company’s publicly said it’s in its “Gemini era” a bunch of times. In 2025, Google’s doubling down on that commitment. At CES, TCL showed off Gemini integration coming to Google TV — and elsewhere, we’ve seen evidence Google’s readying its AI assistant … Read more
What you need to know A U.S. law takes effect Jan. 19, 2025, that bans TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. TikTok is already showing messages to users on the Android app that the platform is no longer available. The message states that President-elect Trump may work with TikTok to return service in the … Read more
We’ve long heard of stories of wireless carriers getting hacked and discovering it too late. This time, however, it’s time to give credit where it is due: T-Mobile was able to catch a cyberattack in progress and shut it down before customer records could be accessed. As reported by … Read more
The holidays are upon us. We’re giving away free iPhones and Google Pixels to 10 lucky winners! Enter by December 3, 2024 for a chance to win! So, it’s that magical time of year again—the kickoff to the ✨holiday season✨. The time when we all pretend we enjoy waking up at the crack of dawn … Read more
While artificial intelligence has juiced the marketing departments of smartphone makers like Apple and Samsung, it isn’t generating much enthusiasm among users, according to a survey released Monday by a used electronics selling site. The survey by SellCell of more than 2,000 iPhone and Samsung users found that 73% of iPhone and 87% of Samsung … Read more