Month: November 2023
The Morning After: Apple will adopt RCS in 2024
Apple has announced it will begin supporting the RCS messaging standard at some point next year. RCS, or Rich Communication Services, was developed by the mobile industry as an upgrade on SMS and MMS. But Apple has been resistant to adopt it both because it prefers its home-grown iMessage platform,…
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Discord is shutting down its AI chatbot Clyde
Discord is shutting down Clyde, its experimental AI chatbot. In a support note, Discord says the chatbot will be “deactivated” at the end of the month, and that by December 1st “users will no longer be able to invoke Clyde in DMs, Group DMs or server chats.” Discord first started…
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Bellroy’s iPhone 15 Pro case has a proper Action Button now
Two months after some case makers were wrong-footed by Apple’s decision to replace the mute switch with an Action Button on the iPhone 15 Pro lineup, Bellroy has released an updated range of cases. Unlike the first run, which had a cutout over the Action Button that could make it…
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11 Best Black Friday Sonos Deals (2023): Soundbars, Subwoofers, Bluetooth Speakers
With discounts on all our favorite audio devices, there’s no better time to upgrade your at-home setup. Source
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A huge stable Steam Deck update gives the Dock a brand-new feature
Some of the biggest are ones we’ve already seen in a September beta, like support for VRR and HDR external displays, the ability to tweak your screen’s color and undervolt your processor with new firmware, and a graphics driver update with a big performance improvement for Starfield (though it still…
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Fortnite is blocking some outfits in experiences made for kids
Fortnite just started showing age ratings for every experience you can play in the game, but as a result of those changes, some in-game outfits can’t be used in experiences that are rated Everyone or Everyone 10 Plus, according to a blog post from the Fortnite team. For example, while…
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