The MacRumors Show: 2025 in Review
In this year’s last episode of The MacRumors ShowWe take a look at all the…
The MacRumors Show: 2025 in Review
In this year’s last episode of The MacRumors ShowWe take a look at all the big announcements and new Apple products of 2025. In February, Apple introduced the iPhone 16e, positioned as a replacement for the iPhone SE as a lower-cost model, starting at $599. It offers the A18 chip and a 48-megapixel camera in…
When AI-powered toys go rogue
If you’re thinking about buying your child a talking teddy bear, you’re probably picturing it whispering to you for guidance, support, and teaching you about the ways of the world. You probably can’t imagine the cute stuffed toy engaging in sexual role play or giving advice to young children on how to light matches. Yet…
SSD prices are crazy, so I prefer to run games with SD cards
This is a pretty sad time to be a PC gamer, or any type of gamer really. Games are becoming more expensive, consuming more space, and the price of storage is increasing more and more. Faced with this situation, I realized that I had had the solution in my hands all this time! HTG Wrapped…
Getting the COVID vaccine during pregnancy dramatically reduces the risk of preterm birth, according to a major new study
December 15, 2025 1 minimum reading Add us on GoogleAdd science-Am Getting the COVID vaccine during pregnancy dramatically reduces the risk of preterm birth, according to a major new study Pregnant people who receive the COVID vaccine are 60 percent less likely to suffer severe illness and about 30 percent less likely to give birth…
Telegraph Chess: A 19th Century Tech Marvel
On 18 November 1844, the Washington Chess Club challenged its counterparts in Baltimore to a match. Two teams were organized, and at 4 p.m. on 26 November, the first game commenced with three consulting members to a side. Washington began conventionally, pushing a pawn to the center of the board. Baltimore immediately responded by mirroring…
A new understanding of causality could fix quantum theory’s fatal flaw
The ball rolls across the floor because it was kicked, just as Earth orbits the sun because it is tugged by gravity. The connection between cause and effect is fundamental to how we understand the world – or at least, it is for the world we see, governed by classical physics. Notoriously, everything gets murkier…
Pete Cory Hired as President of The Sidemen’s Management Agency, Arcade
He spent 18 years at Google and YouTube before leaving in 2024. #Pete #Cory #Hired #President #Sidemens #Management #Agency #Arcade
One Big Beautiful Bill’s New Research and Development Deductions
The OBBB aka One Big Beautiful Bill aka American Innovation and Growth Act of 2025, introduces a useful change to the R&D deduction rules. That change? Companies can again deduct research and development costs, or R&D costs, as incurred. Note: Current law says companies must capitalize R&D costs and then amortize them over several years….
Creating psychological safety in the age of AI
“Psychological safety is mandatory in this new era of AI,” said Rafee Tarafdar, executive vice president and chief technology officer, Infosys. “The technology itself is evolving very quickly: companies have to experiment and some things will fail. There needs to be a safety net.” To assess how psychological safety influences AI success at the enterprise…
RealClimate: Who should pay?
Climate risk scores on real estate listings are having an impact on prices and real estate agents are complaining. But who should pay for these losses? If you have been browsing Zillow either red fin In recent years, you may have noticed that (at least in the US), listings have been accompanied by a property…
