When he's not battling bugs and robots in Helldivers 2, Michael is reporting on AI, satellites, cybersecurity, PCs, and tech policy.

The TrooperAI project was a test to see if I could build a low-latency, local (non-networked) voice assistant in Python for the Raspberry Pi. The system combines real-time speech recognition, ...

The first Raspberry Pi was a revolution. It started as a project to offer the cheapest possible computer that someone could use as a normal PC for school or work, or as a risk-free way to learn ...

Google’s Fast Pair service makes it easy to quickly connect Bluetooth headphones, speakers, mice, and keyboards in just a few simple steps. But a recently discovered vulnerability makes it possible ...

The prices that Americans paid for subscription- and rental-based access to video streaming services and video games increased 29 percent from December 2024 to December 2025, according to data that ...

We’ve just about made it through 2025 — well done. You’ve earned yourself some couch rot time. Now the question is, what to watch. As always each streamer has its own catalogue, and that catalogue ...

“The ultimate solution is to make charging as quick as refueling a gasoline car,” BYD’s CEO, Wang Chuanfu, said after unveiling its new Super e-Platform in March. Chuanfu was referring to the ...

Subscriptions, subscriptions, subscriptions. It was bad enough when your video streaming app, music app, and VPN required one. Now you've got subscriptions for shaving razors, dog toys, and beef jerky ...

If you’re looking to escape your family’s all-too-real mind games this holiday season, you can go watch Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried engage in fictional mind games, in the new psychological ...

Lionsgate Studios Corp. (NYSE: LION) shares traded higher Thursday after the company expanded access to its ad-supported streaming inventory. The studio said advertisers can now buy placements across ...

FloSports will now showcase more than 3,000 live and on-demand events with the launch of the FAST channels FloHockey 24/7 and FloRacing 24/7 on Prime Video and Fubo. “Our launch of these FAST channels ...