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Today’s Tech Spot Roundup
Hundreds of Porsches across Russia stopped working after unexplained satellite outage
At the end of November, Porsche owners in cities across Russia found their luxury vehicles wouldn’t start or were shutting themselves down soon after ignition.
Someone bought a $600 PC hiding a 4070 Ti Super, Core i9-14900KS, and $700 worth of RAM
Redditor uneektnt wrote that the PC he found at a pawn shop in Portugal had a $750 price tag, but he managed to haggle the shop down to just $600. That sounds like a good deal, but that’s an understatement: it’s actually an incredible bargain for the hardware it’s packing.
Google and Apple are working on easier phone switching – yes, really
Android Canary build 2512 is now available for installation on Google Pixel 6 or newer. Testers have reported that the update introduces a tool to automatically download data from iPhones, streamlining the process of switching between platforms.
Apple pulled the ICEBlock app, now its creator is suing the government
ICEBlock allows users to anonymously report the most recent sightings of ICE agents by dropping a pin on a map and sharing those reports with others in their vicinity.
Samsung fridge shows creepy Apple TV ad, sending woman into a psychotic episode
Samsung said in September that it would start showing ads on its Family Hub refrigerators’ cover screens. According to the company, the ads are designed to enhance value for owners. Unsurprisingly, most owners aren’t happy about yet another one of their screens showing ads.
Six Years of $500 Radeon GPUs Tested: The RX 9070 Comes Out on Top
We look back at six years of $500-tier Radeon cards to see where the new RX 9070 lands – and whether it finally delivers the leap AMD’s midrange has needed.
End of today’s Tech Spot roundup.
