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Today’s Tech Spot Roundup
Someone finally got an RTX 5090 running on a Mac – no hacks required
Tiny Corp, the same company that built the tinybox AI accelerator, has written its own Nvidia GPU driver completely from scratch. It’s called TinyGPU, and it’s an open-source macOS kernel extension. Better yet, Apple has signed off on it. That means you don’t need workarounds like setting up a virtual…
Will AI agents need to buy their own software licenses? Microsoft sure hopes so
According to Microsoft Executive Vice President Rajesh Jha, AI agents may eventually be required to purchase licenses to use specific software products. Jha proposed this idea during a recent conference, describing a not-so-distant future in which AI agents act as company employees with their own corporate identities.
Duolingo stops evaluating workers based on how much AI they use
In April 2025, von Ahn announced plans for Duolingo to become yet another “AI-first” company, meaning more of the technology being integrated into the platform and the eventual elimination of contract workers. This wasn’t a first for von Ahn: in January 2024, 10% of Duolingo’s contract workers were laid off…
Nvidia warranty payouts surged 1,000% last year, not that they can't afford it
Charts from Warranty Week indicate that Nvidia paid $894 million in warranty claims in 2025, an 11-fold increase from $84 million the prior year. Although the newsletter does not mention specific products, 2025 saw the release of the company’s RTX 5090, which has well-documented power cable issues.
Nvidia says it's not buying a PC maker, but the idea didn't seem crazy
SemiAccurate, a niche site with a history of semiconductor scoops, reported that Nvidia had been negotiating a deal for more than a year that would “reshape the PC landscape.”
Netgear becomes first router brand exempt from FCC foreign-made ban
In an April 14 update to the FCC Covered List, the agency said the Department of War had granted conditional approval for Netgear’s Nighthawk and Orbi router lines, as well as its CAX cable gateways and CM cable modems, through October 1, 2027. Netgear highlighted the decision in an SEC…
Google adds Rust to Pixel 10 modem to block attacks at one of Android's weakest points
The security problem starts with how cellular modems are built. A phone’s baseband is effectively its own operating system, typically written in C and C++, and it runs tens of megabytes of largely proprietary code that handles everything from signal processing to protocol negotiations.
Clicking "reject cookies" might not actually do anything
California-based auditor webXray reports that tech giants have continued to use cookies to track users across the internet, even when website visitors reject them. Google, Microsoft, and Meta have all disputed the findings.
DaVinci Resolve 21 beta adds photo editing and deeper AI integration
DaVinci Resolve 21 beta pushes further into all-in-one territory, adding a dedicated Photo section that allows edition of still images using the same color pipeline that made Resolve a favorite for video. The update leans heavily on AI to speed up everyday work. Early impressions highlight how seamlessly the new tools fit into existing workflows.
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