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Humane urges customers to stop using charging case, citing battery fire concerns

It’s fair to say the Ai Pin launch didn’t go the way Humane planned. This week, the well-funded startup is dealing with another on a long list of mounting issue. The company Wednesday issued an email requesting customers discontinue use of its egg-shaped charging case. The warning was issued “out of an abundance of caution,” […]

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What to expect from WWDC 2024: iOS 18, macOS 15 and so much AI

Hardware / Sasandara Dilmina

Apple’s annual World Wide Developer Conference kicks off on Monday at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET with the standard Tim Cook keynote. Whereas last year’s WWDC will be remembered as the event that finally introduced the world to the Vision Pro, the company is hoping to make next week’s event even more memorable as it

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Raspberry Pi partners with Hailo for its AI extension kit

Hardware / Sasandara Dilmina

The Raspberry Pi 5, the small-but-mighty computer that has become quite popular with tech hobbyists and industrial companies, is now also an AI computer. The company just released the AI Kit, a $70 extension kit with a neural network inference accelerator that can be used for local inferencing. For this new extension module, Raspberry Pi

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Watch Apple kick off WWDC 2024 right here

Hardware / Sasandara Dilmina

Apple will kick off its weeklong World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) event with the customary keynote at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT on June 10. The presentation will focus on the company’s software offerings and the developers that power them, including the latest versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS and watchOS. You can watch

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Sonos Ace review: A high-priced contender

Hardware / Sasandara Dilmina

In late May, Sonos announced that it was getting into the headphone game with the $449 Ace. The addition made perfect sense: The company has spent the past 20-plus years establishing itself as a trusted, reliable name in the world of connected home audio. Besides, nearly every other consumer electronic manufacturer has entered the space

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Kobo’s new e-readers are a sidegrade most can skip (with one exception)

Hardware / Sasandara Dilmina

Kobo put out a handful of new e-readers a few weeks back: color versions of the excellent Libra 2 and Clara, as well as an updated monochrome version of the latter. But after testing them all out, I can say that for most users, there’s no reason to switch. First, the color editions. I’ve been

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Connected fitness is adrift post-pandemic

Hardware / Sasandara Dilmina

Over the past four years, the connected fitness space has experienced some of the highest highs and lowest lows in the venture world. According to figures from Crunchbase, funding — predictably — peaked in 2021. As a whole, the fitness category accounted for $6.4 billion raised over 376 rounds. In May of that year, Peloton

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Kickstarter now lets you pledge after a campaign closes

Hardware / Sasandara Dilmina

Kickstarter on Tuesday announced a new set of creator tools designed to breathe new life into the crowdfunding platform. Perhaps the most interesting of the bunch is “Late Pledge,” which represents a fundamental change to the service’s status quo. The new feature allows campaign creators to continue collecting money even after the campaign has closed.

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Sonos finally made some headphones

Hardware / Sasandara Dilmina

Sonos recently teased that it was set to announce its “most requested product ever.” If you guessed headphones, congratulations. The firm maintains a devoted fanbase, and many people were no doubt eager to see what it would look like were it to apply its expertise to the category. The answer arrives in the form of

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Microsoft wants to make Windows an AI operating system, launches Copilot+ PCs

Hardware / Sasandara Dilmina

Microsoft wants to bring generative AI to the forefront of Windows — and the PCs running it. At a keynote ahead of its annual Build developer conference this week, the company unveiled a new lineup of Windows machines it’s calling Copilot+ PCs, plus generative AI-powered features like Recall, which helps users find apps, files and

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