Max pivots back to HBO Max as WBD rethinks ability to compete with Netflix

Max pivots back to HBO Max as WBD rethinks ability to compete with Netflix

Today, Zaslav and company are doing an about-face, with the CEO saying that WBD is “bringing back HBO, the brand that represents the highest quality in media, to further accelerate” the streaming service’s “growth in the years ahead.” WBD’s announcement added that “returning the HBO brand into HBO Max will further drive the service forward…

US warns companies around the world to stay away from Huawei chips

US warns companies around the world to stay away from Huawei chips

President Donald Trump’s administration has taken a tougher stance on Chinese technology advances, warning companies around the world that using artificial intelligence chips made by Huawei could trigger criminal penalties for violating US export controls. The commerce department issued guidance to clarify that Huawei’s Ascend processors were subject to export controls because they almost certainly…

“Google wanted that”: Nextcloud decries Android permissions as “gatekeeping”

“Google wanted that”: Nextcloud decries Android permissions as “gatekeeping”

Nextcloud is a host-your-own cloud platform that wants to help you “Regain control over your data.” It contains products that allow for video chat, file storage, collaborative editing, and other stuff that reads a lot like a DIY Google Workspace replacement. It’s hard to offer that kind of full replacement, though, if your Android app…

Microsoft shares its process (and discarded ideas) for redone Windows 11 Start menu

Microsoft shares its process (and discarded ideas) for redone Windows 11 Start menu

Microsoft put a lot of focus on Windows 11’s design when it released the operating system in 2021, making a clean break with the design language of Windows 10 (which had, itself, simply tweaked and adapted Windows 8’s design language from 2012). Since then, Microsoft has continued to modify the software’s design in bits and…

Google announces Material 3 Expressive, a colorful evolution of Android design

Google announces Material 3 Expressive, a colorful evolution of Android design

Google accidentally showed off its big Android design refresh last week, but now Material 3 Expressive is official. Google says the new interface will begin with Android OS, but it will eventually expand across the full Google app ecosystem, bringing a more lively vibe to Gmail, Google Photos, and more. Material 3 Expressive won’t be…

Microsoft extends Office support on Windows 10 through 2028

Microsoft extends Office support on Windows 10 through 2028

For most users, Windows 10 will stop receiving security updates and other official support from Microsoft on October 14, 2025, about five months from today. Until recently, Microsoft had also said that users running the Microsoft Office apps on Windows 10 would also lose support on that date, whether they were using the continually updated…

Samsung reveals the super-slim Galaxy S25 Edge with a laughably small battery

Samsung reveals the super-slim Galaxy S25 Edge with a laughably small battery

While the body of the phone is just 5.8 mm thick, the camera modules stick out a few millimeters more, making the phone quite wobbly when you set it on a table. The cameras have to stick out to leave more space for the internals, which are pretty powerful. Inside, this phone is essentially unchanged…

VPN firm says it didn’t know customers had lifetime subscriptions, cancels them

VPN firm says it didn’t know customers had lifetime subscriptions, cancels them

The new owners of VPN provider VPNSecure have drawn ire after canceling lifetime subscriptions. The owners told customers that they didn’t know about the lifetime subscriptions when they bought VPNSecure, and they cannot honor the purchases. In March, complaints started appearing online about lifetime subscriptions to VPNSecure no longer working. The first public response Ars…

The tinkerers who opened up a fancy coffee maker to AI brewing

The tinkerers who opened up a fancy coffee maker to AI brewing

Assume the role of a master coffee brewer. You focus exclusively on the pour-over method and specialty coffee only. You often work with single origin coffees, but you also experiment with blends. Your recipes are executed by a robot, not a human, so maximum precision can be achieved. Temperatures are all maintained and stable in…

Wearables firm’s endless free hardware upgrades were too good to be true

Wearables firm’s endless free hardware upgrades were too good to be true

Current customers can also get a “free” hardware upgrade if they subscribed to or renewed a Whoop membership within the past 30 days, a Whoop representative confirmed via Reddit. Customers complain Some customers have expressed frustration with the changes. One Reddit user, for example, wrote: Whoop published content which most certainly was to influence and…