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Google has teased a redesign of the YouTube experience for TVs The update is coming "this summer" and includes improved navigation Google also announced a Multiview upgrade for YouTube TV subscribers Twenty years ago today, the first video was uploaded to YouTube (the thrilling 'Me at the zoo' ). To celebrate that milestone, Google has announced that YouTube's TV app experience is going to get a big upgrade soon. And as someone who watches a lot of big-screen YouTube, that's something I'm very much looking forward to. Google hasn't revealed a lot about the "TV viewing upgrade" it has planned. It's apparently coming "this summer" (which means sometime between June and September, if you're in the southern hemisphere). But it has revealed a screenshot (below) of what it'll look like, plus a few hints of what's coming. Apparently, we're going to get "easier navigation" alongside some "quality...

Roku has launched two new weather-resistant home security cameras The larger of the two has a battery life of up to two years on a single charge Roku hasn't revealed prices, but the cameras will go on sale later this year Streaming specialist Roku has launched a pair of new wireless security cameras that can send video footage straight to your phone or TV, letting you watch your yard without leaving the couch. The Roku Battery Camera can run for up to six months on a single charge, while the Battery Camera Plus runs up to two years. Both cameras are weather-resistant, and can be set up indoors or out in a few seconds. You can use the Roku Smart Home app or Roku Web View to customize your camera's settings, set up schedules, and receive notifications. The cameras can also be used as motion-detectors to activate some of the best smart lights or other connected devices. (Image credit: Future) Blink and you'll miss it Real-world battery life will depend on ...

Western Digital targeting 40TB HDDs by late 2026 using HAMR tech OptiNAND and UltraSMR will boost capacity until HAMR adoption begins to drive growth Storage demand from AI boom is expected to arrive in late 2026 Western Digital recently held an investor day , with a primary focus on how it intends to supercharge hard drive capacity within a decade. WD’s detailed roadmap showed a clear technological evolution from energy-assisted Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (ePMR) to Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR), and ultimately to Heat Dot Magnetic Recording (HDMR), at which point it will be targeting capacities in excess of 100TB. By 2026, WD said its HDD capacity will reach 36TB-44TB thanks to HAMR technology which uses laser heating to temporarily lower the magnetic resistance (coercivity) of the disk, allowing for significantly denser data writing. Waiting for demand In a recent interview with PC Watch , Kimihiko Nishio, sales manager for Western Digital Japan, went into...

Software firm Palantir secures an almost $30 million contract with ICE The firm will help the agency find physical locations and track logistics Palantir has worked with ICE since 2014, and holds multiple military partnerships US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has awarded a $29.9 million contract to software firm Palantir to build a software system to quickly enforce the Trump administration's deportation targets, 404 Media reports . Leaked messages show Palantir’s role includes finding the “physical location of people who are marked for deportation” and “producing leads for law enforcement to find people to deport and keeping track of the logistics of Trump’s mass deportation effort.” No other bids were heard by the department, as Palantir is the only vendor able to deliver the system on such a quick turnaround (September 25), the department argues. Get Keeper Personal for just $1.67/month, Keeper Family for just $3.54/month, and Keeper Business for ...

These Chinese companies want to raise $100 million in US IPOs One company already has 7.2 million paying customers The trade war continues with reciprocal tariffs Several Chinese companies are considering IPOs in the US despite major market instability brought on by US-China tensions, which have resulted in an aggressive trade war fuelled by tariffs. The South China Morning Post revealed how a handful of Chinese startups are currently exploring options to expand to the US, however no decisions have been made and they could back out at any time. Among the companies considering options overseas is Walnut Coding, which could seek to raise around $100 million. These Chinese companies are seeking IPOs in the US Founded in 2017, Walnut Coding describes itself as a “leader in coding education in China,” covering the likes of Scratch, Python and C++. In February 2024, it had 7.2 million paying customers. Computing infrastructure provider Shenzhen Cloudsky Technologies as well as ...

When ChatGPT uses the GPT-4.5 model, it can pass the Turing Test by fooling most people into thinking it's human Nearly three-quarters of people in a study believed the AI was human during a five-minute conversation ChatGPT isn't conscious or self-aware, though it raises questions around how to define intelligence Artificial intelligence sounds pretty human to a lot of people, but usually, you can tell pretty quickly when you're engaging with an AI model. However, that may change as OpenAI's new GPT-4.5 model passed the Turing Test by fooling people into thinking it was a human over the course of a five-minute conversation. Not just a few people, but 73% of those participating in a University of California, San Diego study . In fact, GPT-4.5 outperformed some of the actual human participants, who were accused of being AI in the blind test. Still, the fact that the AI did such a good impression of a human being that it seemed more human than actual humans says a...

Synology’s 2025 Plus range only works with certain hard drives It says this is for lower failure rates and compatibility issues Older models won’t be affected by this new policy Taiwanese NAS-maker Synology has confirmed a new policy that requires Synology-branded hard drives to be used for full compatibility within its 2025 Plus series of network-attached storage (NAS) devices . From launch, the policy states Synology-branded hard drives will need to be used, but the company promises to “update the Product Compatibility List as additional drives can be thoroughly vetted in Synology systems,” a company spokesperson said(via Ars Technica ). In the meantime, this could spell out reduced choice and increased cost for customers, with potential sustainability issues stemming from users’ inability to use hard drives they might already have, rendering them unusable. Synology NAS devices hard drives Synology has nine products in its Plus range, supporting all the way up to 24 hard ...