The smart home promised seamless convenience. What it increasingly delivers is a polished system of gatekeeping, where screens, speakers, and dashboards shape what gets seen, what gets used, and what keeps charging after the hardware is already paid for.
Framework teases next-gen hardware event with focus on open computing and user control
Anthropic is pushing Claude Cowork beyond preview with enterprise controls, analytics, and connector governance, a sign it wants the product used across operations, finance, marketing, and legal, not kept inside technical teams.
Microsoft is bringing a pre-join mic test to Teams while also rolling out privacy-first Copilot recaps, giving everyday users a smoother call start and enterprises tighter control over AI meeting summaries.
Entry-level UK broadband around £25 is increasingly unsustainable as smaller alternative networks face rising costs, slowing growth, and potential price hikes.
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France is planning to replace Windows with Linux to reduce reliance on US technology and strengthen digital sovereignty.
Where are we now with the RAM crisis? It’s still bleak, despite some positive glimmers of late — and I wouldn’t rely on TurboQuant to save the day.
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As Framework prepares for its next big product launch, the repair-and-augment-friendly PC maker has some thoughts about the Cloud and AI revolution.
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Save $150 on Apple’s latest M5-powered laptop
Google has aggravated YouTube Premium subscribers once again with an unexpected price hike.