If the partnership goes ahead, TCL will have input into the development of future Sony Bravia TV models. Sony has announced plans to spin off its TV hardware business, shifting it to a new joint venture with TCL. The two companies have signed a nonbinding agreement for Sony's home entertainment business, with TCL set to hold a 51 percent stake in the new venture and Sony holding 49 percent.With this partnership, TCL is elevating itself into the premium television landscape after innovating with technology over the last few years. If the deal goes through it would mark the end of an era for Sony, and could open the door for cheaper Bravia TVs built with excellent Sony image processing and leading TCL tech.Sony and TCL are aiming to finalize …Read the full story at The Verge.

Roland now offers a more capable audio mixer for phones and tablets with the launch of the Go:Mixer Studio. The Go:Mixer audio interface lineup has always been a bit limited, better suited for scrappy livestreams and capturing quick demos on their phones than professional recording. The Go:Mixer Studio is an attempt to actually reach that lofty goal, with more inputs and outputs, built-in effects, and up to 24-bit / 192kHz audio. There's even an iOS app that allows you to capture video and multitrack audio simultaneously.Streaming and social video are still the major use cases here. The Go:Mixer Studio can even be mounted on a mic stand so …Read the full story at The Verge.

I'm still pretty new to Linux, but I have noticed that when a distro comes with a web browser pre-installed, it's usually Mozilla Firefox. It's not always Firefox, sure, but I feel that it is Firefox more often than not. Given the reaction I've seen from the FOSS community toward anything based on Chromium, I can understand why distro developers opt for Mozilla's browser by default.

So here's something I learned 30 years too late. Turns out, if you held down Shift while you restarted it, it would do a "fast restart." Instead of going through the full process, it should show the message "Windows is restarting" and then quickly get you back up and running again. It probably would have saved me a lot of time if I had known about it.

Microsoft has been testing its ad-supported Xbox Cloud Gaming service over the past few months, as I exclusively revealed in October. Now, the software giant is getting close to testing the free streaming option with Xbox Insiders.Over the weekend, Microsoft updated its Xbox app with loading screens for Xbox Cloud Gaming that mention "1 hour of ad-supported playtime per session." That lines up with Microsoft's internal testing, which has been limited to one-hour sessions, with up to five hours free per month.Sources told me in October that internal testing includes around two minutes of preroll ads before a game is available to stream fo …Read the full story at The Verge.

I have long since abandoned the Windows Start menu. It’s slow, it’s cluttered with recommended content I never asked for, and its web search integration with Bing is a feature I actively fight against. For a long time, PowerToys Run was my escape — a Spotlight-esque launcher that felt like a breath of fresh air. But then I found Flow Launcher, and I haven't looked back since. It is a keyboard-centric command center that integrates seamlessly with the Everything search engine, meaning I can locate a file buried six folders deep in milliseconds, not minutes. It supports a plugin ecosystem that puts even paid tools to shame, letting you control Spotify, manage Docker containers, or query color hex codes without lifting your hands from the home row.

Microsoft is facing lots of criticism for its plan to evolve Windows into an AI-powered "agentic OS," and the common sentiment of critics is that it's unnecessary. Time will tell whether Microsoft was right in its strategy to push more AI into Windows, but there are plenty of other problems to fix for the software giant to make Windows more efficient.

I’m sure that single extra milliamp-hour will make all the difference. After teasing 10,000mAh and 15,000mAh concept devices, Realme is ready to make those big batteries a reality with the P4 Power, which launches in India on January 29th with a 10,001mAh capacity.Realme says the P4 Power will last for three and a half days of light use, which I can believe - I got between two and three days' battery with the 7,500mAh Oppo Find X9 Pro. Maybe more impressively, the P4 Power supports 27W reverse charging, fast enough that this could double as a power bank for some other devices. We've seen bigger batteries, but not often in phones this size - the P4 Power only weighs 218g, and looks fairly slim, thanks to usi …Read the full story at The Verge.

You probably remember how snappy your PC felt when you first built it (or bought it). No matter how many programs you launched simultaneously, its multitasking capabilities seemed to be limitless. Over time, however, for seemingly no obvious reason, your PC slowed down. The drop in performance wasn't drastic, but it was noticeable enough for you to be sure that things have changed. If this is you, it's time to come face-to-face with some common mistakes that can silently slow your PC down. You might not even realize you're doing something wrong, but your actions might be killing your system's performance, preventing it from reaching its potential.

Mini PCs were easy to dismiss in the past, but that's no longer the case. Most modern options are not underpowered or thermally constrained as small-sized computers used to be. Instead, many now deliver performance that's competitive with what you'd expect from mid to high-range desktop systems.

Look, this Samsung monitor isn't cheap, but the price has come down quite a bit, and some would even consider it to be quite reasonable. The Odyssey G9 series has been known to deliver on multiple levels, and the GS93C model is no exception. You're getting a massive 49-inch ultrawide screen, fantastic colors, and impressive performance. The best part, though, is the near $400 discount you can get on the monitor right now when you pick it up from Amazon.

Like many people new to Linux, I started out using a graphical file manager for all my file tasks, such as opening folders, copying, moving, renaming, deleting, and searching. But once I got comfortable with basic terminal commands and began trying out terminal utilities, everything changed.