Hot take: It's time to stop judging TVs on picture quality alone. The truth is, even cheap models have really good screens; pricier ones offer only incremental improvements to the average viewer. These days I'm more interested in the user …
Apple has added 12 more Macs to its vintage and obsolete lists, affecting the hardware service users can access. If your Mac has joined one of the lists, it could become harder to get it repaired by Apple.
As spotted by MacRumors, these…
Meta will use actors including John Cena and Judi Dench to voice its AI chatbot, Reuters reported.
The tech giant appears to be avoiding the mistake OpenAI made with its ChatGPT celebrity soundalike.
OpenAI launched a…
Last year, Logitech leaped into the content creator market by acquiring Loupedeck, which makes control surfaces for apps like Adobe Lightroom. Now, the company has unveiled its first Logitech-branded control panel, the MX Creative Console,…
Huawei has used its unusual PaperMatte screen technology on a pair of new tablets. For those who aren’t familiar, a PaperMatte screen is specially etched to provide a low reflection, anti-glare viewing experience similar to paper. It red…
Apple Intelligence is edging closer to being ready for primetime. Apple has released the public beta of iOS 18.1, which includes some of the major generative AI features that the company has been talking up over the last few months.
We'…
Google has found another way to turn your eyeballs into money: by turning paused YouTube videos into a new real estate for ads. A YouTube communications manager told The Verge they’ve seen “strong advertiser and strong reviewer responses” …
Microsoft has launched a new Windows App for Mac that unifies the remote access Windows experience. There are even versions for iOS, iPadOS, and web browsers, with an Android version in public preview mode.
The Windows App will enable…
Sony has announced limited edition PS5/PS5 Pro console bundles and accessories to mark PlayStation’s 30th anniversary. The items will be available in “highly limited” quantities, which means that scalpers are rubbing their hands as we spea…
Historically, Apple has not been the most repair-friendly company. In fact, the iPhone has been at the center of multiple controversies concerning the right-to-repair process and its difficulty. According to news from Engadget and Tom’s Gu…
One day after X started to come back online for some people in Brazil, the country’s Supreme Court is threatening the social media company and Elon Musk-owned Starlink with hefty daily fines. In a new order posted online, Supreme Court jud…
We don’t know anything about Windows 12 — or if it’s even being worked on. But that hasn’t stopped one designer from imagining what it could be like.
Prolific concept creator AR 4789 imagined what Windows 12 might look like on his You…
Daedalic Entertainment and One-O-One Games revealed the PS4 indie game The Suicide of Rachel Foster is coming to PS5. Taking advantage of current gen hardware, players can check out the narrative thriller today.
The Suicide of Rachel Fo…
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LinkedIn user data is being used to train artificial intelligence models, leading some social media users to call out the company for opting members in without consent.
The professional …
Disney plans to stop using the messaging platform Slack in the coming months, according to an internal memo.
It follows a breach by the hacking group NullBulge, which said it accessed Disney's Slack files.
Some Disney…
YouTube is planning a major revamp of its connected TV app, adding new functionality and an entirely new look in a bid to defend its lead in streaming from other streaming platforms like Netflix, Max, and Disney+.
The company announced …
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Early rumors about the next ASUS ROG Phone suggest there will be a display "upgrade."
Rumors fail to detail those upgrades; however, a database listing shows the phone will likely sport 65W charg…
Apple publicly rolled out iOS 18 on Monday and among all the software's new features, there's one I'm very excited for — and I'm not even an iPhone user.
I'm talking about long overdue upgrades for "green bubble" conversations between i…
Discord is rolling out new end-to-end encryption for both audio and video calls on its platform. The tech will be applied to calls from DMs, group DMs, voice channels and Go Live streams. Discord detailed the tech and its goals for the end…
Apple has temporarily paused the rollout of iPadOS 18 for M4 iPad Pro models, some of the most expensive iPads that the company sells, after some users complained that the update bricked their devices. Apple acknowledged the issue in a sta…
Shares in several Chinese companies linked to the semiconductor industry surged on Wednesday, driven by investor excitement over a government list that some interpret as signaling progress in China's efforts to develop domestic chipmaking …
Donald Trump, who previously called Bitcoin a scam, has launched a new cryptocurrency venture called World Liberty Financial. "Crypto is one of those things we have to do," he said in an interview on X. "Whether we like it or not, I have…
Meta and Ray-Ban owner EssilorLuxottica have extended their partnership into the next decade. The duo have collaborated since 2019, producing two generations of Ray-Ban Meta glasses. The agreement between Meta and EssilorLuxottica should b…
Hackers are swiping passwords from Google accounts in Chrome, and it can happen from the official Google sign-in page. The vehicle being used is called the AutoIt Credential Flusher, and it was discovered by the researchers at OALabs. The …
Uber just announced the expansion of safety features directed toward drivers, including a national rollout of enhanced rider verification, which begins tomorrow. If a rider undergoes these additional verification steps they’ll get a “Verif…
Google is trying to be more transparent about whether a piece of content was created or modified using generative AI (GAI) tools. After joining the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) as a steering committee member e…
The PS6 is in development with an emphasis on backwards compatibility, according to a fresh report by Reuters. We certainly weren’t expecting to see an unofficial announcement this morning, complete with details of a chip manufacturing bid…
Prior to iOS 18's arrival, Apple released a firmware update for the AirPods Pro 2 that will deliver new features the company announced at WWDC in June. Now that the latest version of the mobile OS is available, your iPhone can fully employ…
Telecoms firm Charter Communications-owned Spectrum on Monday rolled out cheaper internet plans that would be bundled with its mobile and cable TV services, amid tough competition from Comcast and AT&T's DirecTV.
The move comes at a tim…
It’s been around three years since Tile has offered a serious refresh for its popular line of Bluetooth trackers. Since that time, the company was bought by Life360 and Apple began dominating the field with its AirTag trackers. Now, Tile i…
With a big redesign to the “regular” AirPods, Apple delivers two new models. Sure, they have a similar look, and share a few features, but the biggest change from the third-gen version is the addition of active noise cancellation (ANC) f…
Business laptops often offer the most premium features in terms of comfort and design, but they come with an eye-watering price. The HP Elite x360 1040 G11 is no different.
With the Elite x360, you get strong performance from its Intel …
The Origin EON16-X and Razer Blade 16 are both premium powerhouse gaming laptops, but which provides the best performance for your money?
Some critical differences set one apart as the better bang for your buck.
If you want t…
A new word is being thrown about to describe the iPhone 16 family’s main rear camera. It’s the 48MP Fusion Camera.
The resolution? That’s not new. But the other word, Fusion, is. Apple uses the term Deep Fusion for its computational pho…
The best Chromebooks are known as the most user-friendly devices on the market, making them easily some of the best laptops for those seeking a simple yet efficient computing experience.
Whether you're a student, a professional, or a ca…
The new Apple iPhone 16 range features four new models with a lot to offer. Not only do the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max all have new and powerful processors, but Apple has slimmed down the display beze…
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Google detailed the release of Android 15 QPR1 Beta 2, which includes several fixes for app crashes, non-functioning features, and stability.
The update also packs a host of fixes for Pixel's Blu…
OpenAI has done something nobody would have expected: it slowed down the process of giving you an answer in the hopes that it gets it right.
The new OpenAI o1-preview models are designed for what OpenAI calls hard problems — complex tas…
Google's latest update for its AI-powered research tool NotebookLM can turn the materials you want to pore over into a podcast-like audio discussion. The new feature called Audio Overview takes information from documents you've uploaded …
Grand Theft Auto makers Rockstar have battled hackers, tabloids and even US politicians, but they might not have expected fightback from an 80s pop star.
That's what they got from Martyn Ware - the influential musician from synth pop …
We’ve all had that moment. You open up your phone’s gallery to swipe through the family pictures you shot on your beach vacation, at the lake, or on some random day with the kids.
Whomp, whomp, they’re blurry, everyone looks caught off …
Have you ever accidentally closed a tab on your computer even though you actually meant to quit a different one? Maybe the browser randomly closed your tabs, leaving you to lose your spot on certain sites or misplace important information.…
Microsoft has resolved an outage that left thousands of users unable to access their services on Thursday morning.
Microsoft 365 users reported outages, saying they were unable to sign into their email accounts or access other applicati…
You can save big on a Disney+ subscription if you can live with some ads. New and returning customers can get a Disney+ Basic (with ads) subscription for $2 monthly for three months. That tier is currently $8 per month and includes all Dis…
State-of-the-art technology that improves detection rates for cancer and other diseases will be officially unveiled at an East Yorkshire hospital on Friday.
The cyclotron generates particles or radiotracers which are used to detect ca…
Google will beta test a new feature for Google Wallet that can turn US passports into a new form of digital identification. Google announced the new feature on its official blog.
Now digital IDs made from passports and state issued IDs …
Apple’s new iPhone 16 lineup features new colors, a new camera button and – perhaps most noteworthy – a new AI system.
The tech giant is set to roll out features from "Apple Intelligence," a personal intelligence system that can take ac…
Chrome is getting a series of safety updates that could improve your security while browsing online. In a release, Google announced the new features, which include protecting against abusive notifications, limiting site permissions and r…
It's been dubbed "Disease X" - the next global pandemic, which some experts predict is pretty much bound to happen.
Over the next decade, according to certain forecasts, there's a one in four chance of another outbreak on the scale o…
According to the sleuths over at Android Authority, the Google Home app is about to get a much-needed feature that I’m honestly shocked hasn’t been added yet: a search bar.
If you’ve never used the Google Home app before, it’s sort of…