SHANGHAI, April 21 (Reuters) – China’s CATL (300750.SZ), opens new tab on Monday launched a new brand for its sodium-ion batteries, Naxtra, which it said would go into mass production in December, and a second generation of its fast-charging battery for electric cars. CATL became the first major automotive battery maker to launch a sodium-ion battery in […]
Whisky, a gaming-focused front-end for Wine’s Windows compatibility tools on macOS, is no longer receiving updates. As one of the most useful and well-regarded tools in a Mac gamer’s toolkit, it could be seen as a great loss, but its developer hopes you’ll move on with what he considers a better option: supporting CodeWeavers’ CrossOver product. Also, Whisky’s creator […]
After half a decade fighting to keep its empire together, Google’s defenses are wearing thin. The company is facing a two-front war that could fundamentally reshape its business, and, the US Department of Justice argues, open new opportunities for its competitors. Last year a federal judge deemed Google an unlawful monopolist in the online search […]
After rolling out Gemini Live’s real-time video and screen sharing support to Gemini Advanced subscribers late last month, Google is now expanding it to all Android users. Google first showcased these Project Astra-based features at MWC Barcelona this year, with the rollout starting by the end of March. It was officially introduced on Pixel 9 […]
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Synology is preparing to roll out new restrictions on third-party hard drives in its future network attached storage (NAS) devices later this year, the company confirmed to Ars Technica. The changes could make it much harder to use third-party drives in Synology’s devices for typical use cases, like backing up household computers or as local […]
Google has illegally built “monopoly power” with its web advertising business, a federal judge in Virginia ruled (PDF) on Thursday, siding with the Department of Justice in a landmark case against the tech giant that could reshape the basic economics of running a modern website. In her ruling in the case, brought by the DOJ, […]
The Federal Trade Commission’s blockbuster antitrust case against Meta kicks off on Monday in a courtroom in Washington, D.C. It’s the culmination of a nearly six-year investigation into whether the social media giant broke competition laws in acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp. At stake is the future of Meta’s $1.4 trillion advertising business and the prospect […]
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For the third release in a row, Google has teased that the next Android 16 preview update is officially coming Thursday, April 17 with Beta 4. This one-day teaser started two months ago and continues today from the @AndroidDev X account: “Android 16 Beta 4 drops tomorrow :eyes: Be on the lookout!” As we’ve seen, […]
Nvidia is releasing a new GPU driver today that includes a massive amount of fixes for bugs and crashes that have plagued its Game Ready drivers recently. After widespread reports of black screens, game crashes, and general stability issues, today’s 576.02 driver release (.exe download) not only bumps the version number significantly from last month’s […]
