Month: August 2022
Apple’s new Home app in iOS 16 is better but still half-baked
Apple’s Home app has always felt like an afterthought. Probably because it was. Apple didn’t want to make an app to control its HomeKit home automation software framework; it didn’t release one until two years after HomeKit launched. Even when the Home app finally arrived with iOS 10 in 2016,…
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Microsoft made this WNBA court look like an Xbox loading screen
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the New York Liberty Women’s National Basketball Association (or WNBA) team will be playing against the Los Angeles Sparks on a basketball court that’s covered in Xbox logos and console-inspired designs. Microsoft says that it’s the league’s “first gaming-inspired basketball court,” with the area under the…
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Facebook is pushing a host of super-dangerous Android malware
Audio player loading… More than a dozen adware apps have been found being promoted on Facebook, resulting in a total of over seven million downloads, experts have warned. Researchers from McAfee discovered the malicious mobile apps and the aggressive advertising campaign on one of the world’s largest social media platforms,…
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Your next ultrafast SSD might be here sooner than you think
Audio player loading… The next generation of storage is about to get its biggest drop yet, the Samsung 990 Pro, at least if a recent regulatory filing is anything to go by. The Samsung 980 Pro remains one of the best SSDs available, but it still relies on the last-gen…
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Will TikTok Music be the next big podcast platform?
Selena Gomez is reportedly developing a Working Girl reboot, and I don’t know how to feel about it. As the daughter of a Staten Island girl who worked on Wall Street in the ’80s, the original is just too close to my heart. Anyway, let the river run — Audacy…
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Dell wants your laptop to wirelessly charge your phone
Audio player loading… Dell has patented a new technology that would allow users to charge their phones wirelessly using their laptop. Dell’s patent, number 20220239124, first spotted by Patently Apple (opens in new tab) involves using some of the unused space on a laptop to fit a detachable wireless charging…
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