The first half of December brings a major AAA fighter and a game announced over a decade ago to Xbox Game Pass. The update also shifts several titles to lower subscription tiers, making them available to more players.
Microsoft’s KB5070311 update for Windows 11 finally brings consistent dark mode to legacy dialog boxes. The catch? It introduces jarring white screen flashes in File Explorer itself. The company has acknowledged the bug and is working on a fix.
According to Inc, Anthropic’s revenue exploded from $87M to $7B in under two years, largely because founders use Claude as a technical co-founder. The AI’s coding prowess, born from a 2021 OpenAI exodus, is creating a whole new “vibe coding” ecosystem.
Netflix has silently removed the mobile casting feature for most modern TVs and streaming devices. The change forces users to rely on their TV’s native app and a physical remote, upsetting many travelers and users.
Apple’s head of AI, John Giannandrea, is stepping down. He’ll be replaced by Amar Subramanya, a former VP of AI at Microsoft. This signals a major shift in Apple’s AI strategy.
Apple built a brand on “thinking different” and inclusion, but a new op-ed argues that commitment vanishes under pressure. The company quietly removed gay dating apps in China and abandoned a plan to detect child sexual abuse material on iCloud, despite its $100 billion services business.
According to an Inc column by a tech veteran with nearly 30 years of experience, the industry is on a dangerous trajectory toward becoming a commodity. He blames a focus on short-term metrics over product, consensus over leadership, and an over-reliance on AI for strategy. The call to action is for
According to a report, economist Michael Noel is challenging the regulatory instinct to police Big Tech simply for being big. He argues that concentration often signals a competitive, efficient market, not a problem, and that current enforcement risks punishing success.
A federal judge has ordered OpenAI to hand over internal communications about why it deleted the “Books1” and “Books2” datasets. This discovery could prove the company willfully infringed on copyrights, massively increasing potential damages.
Popular tech reviewer Marques Brownlee is shutting down his wallpaper app, Panels, on December 31. The app saw 900K downloads but only generated $95K in user spending since its 2024 launch.
