Топ-10 технологий на 2025-12-15
1. AI data center boom could be bad news for other infrastructure projects | TechCrunch
Описание: Improvements to roads, bridges, and other infrastructure could take a hit as data center construction accelerates.
2. A Kinect for kids is outselling Xbox to become the hot console this holiday
Описание: It’s a small sample size, likely driven by Black Friday discounts and temporary virality, but the Nex Playground has gone from little-known console curiosity to best-seller. It’s now on track to quadruple its sales from last year. According to research firm C…
3. This $1,500 robot cooks dinner while I work
Описание: As I’m sitting in my office writing this review, delicious, cheesy, garlicky scents are wafting up the stairs. I can hear whizzing and whirring, and the occasional clunk, as a robot chef in my kitchen is making macaroni and cheese. Its app tells me there are …
4. The Nex Playground and Pixel Buds 2A top our list of the best deals this week
Описание: The Nex Playground is apparently one of the hottest consoles this holiday season thanks to its kid-friendly games and fun, motion-controlled gameplay. And now through December 14th, the cube-shaped console is on sale for its Black Friday low of around $199 ($…
5. AI Toys for Kids Talk About Sex, Drugs, and Chinese Propaganda
Описание: Plus: Travelers to the US may have to hand over five years of social media history, South Korean CEOs are resigning due to cyberattacks, and more.
6. The Instagram-Fueled Boom in Copycat Vintage Car-Body Shells
Описание: Instagram is awash with Asian firms showing how they can remake old Broncos, Defenders, and other whole classic cars—better and much cheaper than in the US.
7. ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot
Описание: Here’s a ChatGPT guide to help understand Open AI’s viral text-generating system. We outline the most recent updates and answer your FAQs.
8. I’m finally beginning to trust Microsoft’s handheld Xbox
Описание: I still wouldn’t buy an Xbox Ally, and I still don’t think the tweaked version of Windows that shipped with it is ready for primetime. The Xbox Full Screen Experience (FSE) needs work. But two months after I panned the cheaper $600 white Xbox Ally and wasn’t …
9. A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs | TechCrunch
Описание: A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024 and 2025.
10. Parents call for New York governor to sign landmark AI safety bill
Описание: A group of more than 150 parents sent a letter on Friday to New York governor Kathy Hochul, urging her to sign the Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act, a buzzy bill that would require developers of large AI models - like Meta, OpenAI, Deepseek, an…