Apple unveiled its iPhone 17 lineup, including the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max. Pre-orders begin Friday, with release on September 19th. The standard iPhone 17 boasts a 6.3" display and A19 chip, starting at $799, while the iPhone 17 Air...
Nintendo surprised fans by announcing a physical Virtual Boy replica accessory for its Switch Online + Expansion Pack. Available in $100 plastic and $25 cardboard versions (US & Canada only), it lets players enjoy 14 classic Virtual Boy games launching February 17th. This includes titles like Mario's Tennis...
YouTube Music is rolling out a redesigned Now Playing experience on Android and iOS. The update features a rearranged control layout, a new boxy scrubber, and a carousel for additional controls like lyrics and sharing. The "Up Next" section now includes a drag handle and a dual-pane view...
Asus launched a high-end ProArt P16 laptop featuring an Nvidia RTX 5090 GPU, a 16-inch 3840 x 2400 tandem OLED touchscreen with 1600 nits brightness, and a 120Hz refresh rate. Other specs include an AMD Ryzen 9 HX 370 CPU, 64GB RAM, 4TB SSD, Wi-Fi 7, and Bluetooth 5.4....
Jef Raskin, the originator of the Macintosh project, envisioned a radically different computer interface prioritizing functionality and human needs. His "Swyft" concept, later realized in the Canon Cat, featured a unified workspace accessed via "leaping" keys, eliminating applications and modes. Despite commercial failure, Raskin's humane interface philosophy, emphasizing consistency...
Apple's online store is temporarily down in anticipation of iPhone 17, iPhone Air, and iPhone 17 Pro pre-orders starting at 5:00 a.m. PDT. Pre-orders will be available in over 40 countries. The iPhone 17 starts at $799, the iPhone Air at $999, the iPhone 17 Pro at $1099,...
Gmail introduces a new "Purchases" tab, aggregating all purchase-related emails for easy access to order and shipping information. This builds on existing package tracking, streamlining holiday shopping management. The update, rolling out globally on mobile and web, also includes a "most relevant" sorting option for promotional emails, prioritizing...
Learn how to disable autoplaying videos and GIFs on Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), and Bluesky. Facebook offers a direct "Never" autoplay setting in its media preferences. Instagram's "Use less cellular data" option reduces autoplay. X allows disabling video autoplay and media previews in its settings. Bluesky provides a...
Apple's new Apple Watch Series 11, Ultra 3, and SE 3 boast upgraded 5G modems, but availability is geographically limited. 5G connectivity is confirmed in the US, UK, several European and Asian countries, and others. However, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and numerous other nations lack 5G support...
Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab, backed by $2 billion in seed funding, aims to create AI models with reproducible responses. Their research focuses on eliminating randomness in AI model outputs, a problem addressed in a recent blog post. The lab believes controlling GPU kernel orchestration during inference processing...
