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Google changes repair policy after criticism of third-party parts ban
Enlarge / Pixel devices. (credit: Google) Google has changed its repair policy in response to criticism from repair advocate Louis Rossmann. Rossmann dug through the Google Store's "Service &...
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“Definitely cancel”: Max subs advise churn after 2nd price hike in 17 months
Enlarge / Some subscribers say they'll just cancel after watching Season 2 of House of the Dragon. (credit: Warner Bros. Discovery) Max's monthly ad-free streaming subscription costs $1 more than it...
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Microsoft to test “new features and more” for aging, stubbornly popular...
Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) In October 2025, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 10 for most PC users, which means no more technical support and (crucially) no more security updates unless you...
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The Motorola Edge 2024 comes to the US for $550
The Motorola Edge 2024. [credit: Motorola ] Motorola's newest phone is the Motorola Edge 2024. This is a mid-range phone with the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2. It costs $550 and will be in stores...
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Oral-B bricking Alexa toothbrush is cautionary tale against buzzy tech
Enlarge / Oral-B released the Guide in 2020, making promises of Alexa-powered convenience, which it ended in 2022. (credit: P&G) As we’re currently seeing with AI, when a new technology becomes...
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Apple will update iPhones for at least 5 years in rare public commitment
Enlarge (credit: Apple) Apple has taken a rare step and publicly committed to a software support timeline for one of its products, as pointed out by MacRumors. A public regulatory filing for the...
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What to expect at WWDC24: Big iOS changes, more Vision Pro, and so much AI
Enlarge / The logo for WWDC24. (credit: Apple) Apple's annual developer conference, WWDC, kicks off in Cupertino, California, next week. As always, it will start with a livestream keynote on Monday...
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How to build a DOA product: Humane AI Pin founders banned internal criticism
Enlarge / The Humane AI Pin. The Humane AI Pin has launched, crashed, and burned, with founders already looking to sell the company just one month after launch. The New York Times has an article...
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Watch a 6-axis motor solve a Rubik’s Cube in less than a third of a second
Enlarge / So much depends upon a red puzzle cube, pinned by servo motors, inside Mitsubishi. (credit: Mitsubishi) The last time a human set the world record for solving a Rubik's Cube, it was Max...
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Microsoft is reworking Recall after researchers point out its security problems
Enlarge / Microsoft's Recall feature is switching to be opt-in by default, and is adding new encryption protections in an effort to safeguard user data. (credit: Microsoft) Microsoft's upcoming Recall...
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Report: New “Apple Intelligence” AI features will be opt-in by default
Enlarge (credit: Apple) Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off on Monday, and per usual, the company is expected to detail most of the big new features in this year's updates to iOS,...
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Samsung Electronics is on strike as workers stage one-day walkout
Enlarge / A South Korean flag, left, and Samsung Electronics Co. flag fly outside the company's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. (credit: Jean Chung/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Samsung Electronics...
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New Steam Deck competitor lets you easily swap in more RAM, storage
Enlarge / A slide-up screen is just one of the novel features for Adata's Steam Deck clone. (credit: RetroHandhelds) For PC gamers used to the modular design of a desktop rig, there are pros and cons...
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Microsoft pulls release preview build of Windows 11 24H2 after Recall...
Enlarge / The Recall feature provides a timeline of screenshots and a searchable database of text, thoroughly tracking everything about a person's PC usage. (credit: Microsoft) On Friday, Microsoft...
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Apple’s new Vision Pro software offers an ultrawide virtual Mac monitor
Enlarge / A Mac virtual monitor in visionOS 2. (credit: Samuel Axon) CUPERTINO, Calif.—Apple kicked off the keynote for its annual developer conference by announcing a new version of visionOS, the...
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iOS 18 adds Apple Intelligence, customizations, and makes Android SMS nicer
Enlarge (credit: Apple) The biggest feature in iOS 18, the one that affects the most people, was a single item in a comma-stuffed sentence by Apple software boss Craig Federighi: "Support for RCS." As...
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Apple announces macOS 15 Sequoia with window tiling, iPhone mirroring, and more
Enlarge / Using macOS S15 Sequoia to stream an iPhone's screen to a Mac while the iPhone stays locked. (credit: Apple) Apple has formally announced macOS 15 at its Worldwide Developers Conference....
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iPadOS 18 adds machine-learning wizardry with handwriting, math features
The Calculator app is finally coming to iPad. [credit: Samuel Axon ] CUPERTINO, Calif.—After going into detail about iOS 18, Apple took a few moments in its WWDC 2024 keynote to walk through some...
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Here are all the Intel and Apple Silicon Macs that will run macOS 15 Sequoia
Enlarge / A grab bag of new features in macOS 15 Sequoia. (credit: Apple) Most owners of aging Intel Macs got a bit of a reprieve today when Apple announced macOS 15 Sequoia—this new macOS release...
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Apple integrates ChatGPT into Siri, iOS, and macOS
The AIs are learning to cooperate! Siri talks to ChatGPT. [credit: Apple ] Reports of Apple signing a deal with OpenAI are true: ChatGPT is coming to your Apple gear. First up is Siri, which can tap...
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