Category: everydayblog


  • Apple gets into AI: all the news on iOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and more

    Additional languages — including French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (simplified), English (Singapore), and English (India) — will be available in April, with more languages coming over the course of the year, including Vietnamese. Source link

  • U.S. Pressing Tough Demands in Revised Deal for Ukraine’s Minerals

    Ukraine on Saturday was seriously considering a revised American proposal for its vast natural resources that contains virtually the same provisions that Kyiv previously rejected as too onerous, according to a draft document of the new proposal. Some of the terms appear even tougher than in a previous draft. The proposed agreement would significantly shift…

  • ASUS is making a ‘Fragrance Mouse,’ and it’s coming to the US

    If you were paying attention to CES this year, you may have come across the Asus Aidol 14 Air Fragrance Edition’s curious gimmick: a magnetically-attached oil diffuser in the lid that emits the aroma of essential oils once the laptop heats up. Asus has now announced a “Fragrance Mouse” to go with it; and it’s…

  • Voletta Wallace, the Notorious B.I.G.’s Mother, Dies at 78

    Voletta Wallace, the mother of the Brooklyn rapper the Notorious B.I.G., whose stewardship of her son’s career and legacy after he was killed in 1997 helped cement him as a hip-hop legend, died on Friday. She was 78. Her death, in hospice care at her residence in Stroudsburg, Pa., was confirmed by the Monroe County…

  • Nvidia confirms ‘rare’ RTX 5090 and 5070 Ti manufacturing issue

    We have identified a rare issue affecting less than 0.5% (half a percent) of GeForce RTX 5090 / 5090D and 5070 Ti GPUs which have one fewer ROP than specified. The average graphical performance impact is 4%, with no impact on AI and Compute workloads. Affected consumers can contact the board manufacturer for a replacement.…

  • Yankees Part With Tradition: Beards Are Now Allowed

    Mariano Rivera and Bernie Williams had to shave. So did Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez. But now Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton and the rest of the current Yankee roster can grow “well-groomed beards” if they so choose, after the club announced a change to its longstanding grooming policy. “After great consideration, we will be amending…

  • Android Auto bug is breaking wireless phone connectivity

    Google told The Verge that its team is “aware of the issue” and is “currently investigating a fix.” No ETA has been provided. We will update this story when more information or a solution is available. In recent weeks, some phones have only worked with Android Auto using a wired connection, according to several complaints…

  • Israel Says Shiri Bibas Is Missing After Hamas Returns Her Sons’ Remains

    The two tiny redheaded boys had captured the hearts of Israelis and became symbols of the long and emotional campaign for the release of the scores of hostages seized during the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023. On Thursday, under gray, stormy skies, an anguished nation marked an unofficial day of mourning after Hamas handed…

  • Reddit is reportedly experiencing some outages

    Reddit is experiencing “international outages,” NetBlocks, a global internet monitor, said in a post Thursday evening. The organization notes that the incident is “not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering. There’s also been a big spike of reports on Downdetector, with the site showing a peak of more than around 47,000 reports as of…

  • Luis Rubiales Found Guilty of Sexual Assault for Kissing Jennifer Hermoso

    Luis Rubiales, the former head of Spain’s soccer federation, was convicted on Thursday of sexual assault for forcibly kissing a member of the women’s national team on the lips after the team won the 2023 Women’s World Cup. Mr. Rubiales’s kiss of the player, Jennifer Hermoso, set off a national scandal, deepened debates about longstanding…