CES 2025, the annual consumer tech conference held in Las Vegas, is upon us. Over the next few days, The Tech Spot reporters will be on the ground giving you the latest announcements and product reveals from Samsung, Nvidia, Toyota, Sony, and more. Follow our live updates as we share all the reveals and new hardware as it happens. As always, The Tech Spot will be there, sniffing out stories from the most exciting startups and tech giants. If you really want a piece of the action without paying for the hotel and flight, many of the event’s biggest keynotes…
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Tesla is facing a severe decline in Cybertruck sales, as revealed in the company’s latest quarterly results. Tesla confirmed through its quarterly results that Cybertruck sales are disappointing, with the company delivering an estimated 9,000 to 12,000 vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2023, a figure likely down from the previous quarter. According to official figures, Tesla delivered a total of 23,640 units in the “other models” category, which includes the Model S, Model X, Cybertruck and Tesla Semi. Although the company had claimed to have over 1 million pre-orders for the electric pickup, the low $100 down payment raised…
Apple Pays $95 Million Over Illegal Siri Recordings. Reuters reports that Apple has reached a $95 million settlement over a class-action lawsuit that alleged its digital assistant Siri routinely recorded private conversations, which were then sold to third parties for targeted advertising. As The Guardian newspaper reports, a whistleblower revealed that Siri was accidentally activated when an Apple Watch was raised and speech was detected. Users noticed suspiciously accurate targeted ads that appeared after discussions about specific products. As part of the proposed settlement, Apple is offering compensation of up to $20 per Siri-enabled device for customers who made purchases…
YouTube, the popular video platform, has undergone significant changes over the past year, with some of these changes having a profound impact on the user experience. As ad revenue plays a key role in YouTube’s business model, the company has taken aggressive measures to combat attempts to undermine the system. In late 2023, YouTube began cracking down on ad blockers and now appears to be targeting third-party apps that violate its terms of use. According to an announcement on YouTube’s support page, the platform will begin cracking down on apps that violate its rules, especially those involved in ad blocking.…
New indications and leaks suggest that Valve is preparing to finally announce the long-awaited Half-Life 3 sometime in 2025. After more than 20 years of waiting, rumors about the development of Half-Life 3 seem to be gaining a firmer footing. According to recent leaks and reports, Valve is actively working on the project codenamed “HLX”, which is believed to be the next chapter of the iconic series. As USGamer reports, Mike Shapiro, the voice of the character G-Man, posted a message on New Year’s Eve 2024, his first after four years of silence. In the message, in his characteristic G-Man…
In a historic first for US judicial annals, a judge in Florida has allowed a virtual reality simulation to be used as evidence in a criminal trial. According to local television station WPLG of Ft. Lauderdale, a judge in Florida accepted the presentation of a virtual reality simulation as evidence in an aggravated assault case in 2023, marking the first time VR has been allowed as evidence in a US criminal trial. The case involves Florida wedding venue owner Miguel Albisu, who is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. As Local10 reports, the incident took place when Albisu’s…
Elon Musk has publicly criticized NASA’s Artemis program, calling it “grossly inefficient” and advocating a direct mission to Mars. SpaceX founder Elon Musk has broken his silence on US space policy, sharply criticizing NASA’s Artemis program. Specifically, on Christmas Day, Musk told X that “the Artemis architecture is highly inefficient, as it is a program to maximize jobs, not results.” Musk’s criticism grew even stronger on Thursday when he stated flatly: “No, we’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.” These statements are in direct contrast to NASA’s plans to send humans to the Moon’s south pole later…
Microsoft reveals $80 billion in AI data center investment by 2025, most of it headed to the US. Microsoft has announced an ambitious investment plan for the development of artificial intelligence, revealing that it will allocate a total of $80 billion for AI-enabled data centers by 2025. According to the company, more than half of the budget will go towards building facilities in the United States States. In a wide-ranging announcement about its vision for the development of artificial intelligence during the incoming Trump administration, Microsoft emphasizes that the data centers will be used to train and develop AI models,…
For decades, smartphones have progressively grown larger, and subsequently, so have tablets, and the lines between big phones and small tablets have grown progressively more blurry. Some companies make smaller phones or tablets, but these are exceptions to the rule. A case in point is Samsung’s tablet portfolio. Samsung debuted the Galaxy Tab S10 series in October but dropped a replacement for the regular Galaxy Tab S9. The Galaxy Tab S10 Plus and Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra pick up where their predecessors left off, but if you’re a Galaxy Tab S9 user, you’ll either have to buy the FE series…
A lot of long-awaited video games will finally release in 2025. But don’t let them be the only ones to grab your attention this year. If all goes according to plan, 2025 will contain the launches of Nintendo’s Switch successor, Metroid Prime 4:Beyond, and Grand Theft Auto VI. It’s likely that these AAA adventures, and whatever Nintendo decides to deliver with its new console, will dominate gaming conversations throughout the year. While there will certainly be no shortage of AAA games to pay attention to heading into 2025, it’s always worth keeping an eye on the games that fall outside…
