Home improvement giants are racing to embed AI into the planning stages of renovation and construction. Lowe’s is using “MyLowe’s Companion” to empower store associates, while Home Depot’s “Blueprint Takeoffs” analyzes architectural drawings for contractors.
In a new internal memo, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is ordering a switch away from the Calibri font for official correspondence. The move reverses a 2021 change and has sparked a debate over design, politics, and taxpayer money.
In a major consolidation move, Tata Consultancy Services is buying Florida-based Salesforce consultancy Coastal Cloud. The $700 million deal marks a big exit for private equity firm Sverica, which helped Coastal quadruple in size since 2020.
Apple Music and Apple TV were hit by a brief service outage on Tuesday afternoon. The issue, which also affected Apple TV Channels, was resolved after roughly two hours. According to Apple, only some users were impacted.
The Qt toolkit is getting a significant performance boost for Linux. The just-released Qt 6.10 Release Candidate introduces a native abstraction for the modern io_uring I/O interface and adds a PipeWire audio backend.
A new OpenAI report shows workers who heavily use AI are six times more productive than median users. Meanwhile, MIT research finds 95% of corporate AI projects are failing to deliver a return, creating a widening “GenAI Divide.”
A reliable insider says there’s an effort to bring legacy Xbox games to Windows and the ROG Ally. However, major licensing hurdles could block a large library from ever appearing. We likely won’t hear official news until Xbox’s 25th anniversary in 2026.
Microsoft’s December 2025 Patch Tuesday addressed 66 vulnerabilities, including three zero-days. One, CVE-2025-62221, is an actively exploited Windows kernel flaw that allows full system takeover. The update comes as admins also scramble to patch the widespread React2Shell flaw.
AMD has officially unveiled FSR Redstone, its biggest update to the upscaling tech. It promises support in over 200 games by the end of 2025, but it only works on the upcoming Radeon RX 9000 series. This move creates a clear divide with older hardware.
According to Forbes, Sandfall’s RPG ‘Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’ is the overwhelming favorite to win Game of the Year at The Game Awards on December 11. The game has a record 12 nominations and betting markets give it 94% odds to take the top prize.
