Perplexity is launching a free AI-powered shopping feature for US users just in time for holiday shopping. The assistant remembers your preferences across shopping sessions and lets you buy directly through PayPal. Mobile access is coming in “the coming weeks.”
Spotify is reportedly planning to raise US subscription prices in the first quarter of 2025. This would be the service’s first price increase in the US since July 2024. The move could potentially boost annual revenue by around $500 million.
Google is reportedly developing a new operating system called “Aluminium OS” that would merge Android and ChromeOS. The unified platform would run across smartphones, PCs, tablets, watches, TVs, cars, and XR headsets. This represents Google’s latest attempt to compete more directly with Windows on t
Poland’s competition regulator claims Apple misled users about App Tracking Transparency privacy protections. Apple denies the accusation and says it might have to remove the feature entirely from European users. This is the latest clash between Apple’s privacy stance and EU competition laws.
Samsung is quietly building its own agentic AI tools internally. The Sirius system is currently in beta testing for employees, while Gauss AI gets image generation upgrades.
Aurora is a free, immutable Linux distribution based on Fedora that’s specifically designed for new users. Its standout feature is Distroshelf, which makes trying other Linux distributions as easy as clicking a button. The OS comes with sensible defaults and KDE Plasma for a familiar desktop experie
Google is working on a major shift in its PC strategy. The company plans to replace ChromeOS with Aluminium OS, a new operating system built directly on Android for desktop computers.
The Rust for Linux kernel project is undergoing a leadership transition as co-maintainer Wedson Almeida Filho formally steps down. He cited time constraints while celebrating the project’s growth from a 2018 experiment to mainstream kernel inclusion.
Microsoft has expanded its Xbox Full Screen Experience beyond handheld devices to traditional Windows 11 PCs. The feature transforms the desktop into a console-like interface and can save up to 2GB of memory. It’s currently available through both Xbox and Windows Insider programs.
The upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel is set to receive major performance improvements for loop block devices. Testing shows up to 5X faster sequential read/write performance and nearly matching native NVMe speeds. This could solve long-standing performance issues in virtualization and Android use cases.
