Month: June 2024
The next Siri will make it look like you’re squishing your phone and other secrets of Apple Intelligence you may have missed
Was I imagining things or did it look like the iPhone 15 Pro screen was distorting every time someone summoned the new Siri? Nope. It’s a clever bit of screen animation that’s part of Apple‘s upcoming iOS 18 Apple Intelligence integration, which spans everything from the Notes and Messaging apps…
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It’s time to BeAcquired for €500 million
BeReal, the app known for its fleeting photo sharing window, has been acquired. On Tuesday, the French app developer Voodoo announced that it purchased the company for €500 million (about $537.23 million). Launched by French developers Alexis Barreyat and Kévin Perreau in 2020, BeReal started gaining traction in 2022 when…
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iPadOS 18 is so underwhelming it makes the iPad M4 look seriously overpowered – and maybe a waste of money
The Merriam-Webster dictionary describes a ‘damp squib’ as “something that is disappointing because it is not as exciting or effective as expected.” And that’s how I’d describe Apple’s reveal of iPadOS 18 at WWDC 2024. While the iPad-centric operating system will get a lot of the slick features of iOS…
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Best Buy is laying off more employees as it reckons with falling sales
Best Buy carried out another round of layoffs and job restructurings last week, with the company cutting some of its sales staff and reducing the pay for others, according to current and former employees who spoke with The Verge. Multiple people said their new pay will be much lower due…
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Asus releases a dual-screen OLED monitor that can be rotated 360 degrees — shame that the ZenScreen Duo OLED MQ149CD doesn’t offer the only feature we really, really care about
Anyone looking for the best portable monitors will have come across Asus and its range of external monitors that are perfect for on-the-go work, as while big laptops are more common, some of us still need a big screen wherever they are. At Computex 2024, Asus took the wraps off…
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Netgear is releasing more affordable versions of its Orbi and Nighthawk routers
Netgear is releasing more affordable versions of its flagship Orbi and Nighthawk router systems. The recently-released Orbi 970 starts at a jaw-dropping $1,700, so this is a welcome bit of news. The Orbi 770, on the other hand, starts at $700. It’s still a tri-band mesh router system that supports…
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