The minimum wage is going up in 19 states this week, with workers in Hawaii now earning as much as $2 more an hour. Collectively, these pay increases will boost paychecks by a total of $5 billion, ...

Apple released the production build of iOS 26.2 earlier in December and the first beta tests of iOS 26.3 are underway, although you might want to hold off installing the first beta version of iOS 26.3 ...

The native just-in-time compiler in Python 3.15 can speed up code by as much as 20% or more, although it’s still experimental. JITing, or “just-in-time” compilation, can make relatively slow ...

Apple released iOS 26.2 on Friday, Dec. 12 and, alongside it, iOS 18.7.3. However, reports emerged that while it was installing nicely on iPhones that couldn’t run iOS 26, nobody else was getting it.

$499.00 at Amazon Use code 'QUEST50' The Meta Quest 3 is the best standalone consumer-oriented VR headset. There's a good reason why it costs $200 more (at retail) compared to the more entry level ...

Last week, Apple released iOS 26.2, alongside iOS 18.7.3, both fixing critical security flaws already being used in attacks on iPhones. But with the release of iOS 18.7.3 and iOS 26.2 came confusion.

Inflation in November fell to 2.7%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Thursday, a positive sign for consumers on its face. However, November’s data was collected later than normal. The released ...

Data collection issues skewed the latest Consumer Price Index report, economists warned, clouding the picture for the Federal Reserve as it also grapples with a cooling labor market. By Colby Smith ...

Gemini 3 Flash is now rolling out to the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search. (Google) Almost exactly a month after the debut of Gemini 3 Pro in November, Google has begun rolling out the more efficient ...

Imad was a senior reporter covering Google and internet culture. Hailing from Texas, Imad started his journalism career in 2013 and has amassed bylines with The New York Times, The Washington Post, ...

What if the battle for the future of AI wasn’t about who’s smarter, but about who understands you better? In the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, two titans, ChatGPT 5.2 and Google ...

Apple has restarted the beta-testing process once again, with developer builds of iOS 26.3, iPadOS 26.3, watchOS 26.3, tvOS 26.3, visionOS 26.3, and macOS Tahoe 26.3 now available. After the public ...