Month: July 2024
Threads is one, and it may be the best social media platform you’re still not using
Threads, the social media platform from Meta I didn’t know I wanted or needed, is officially one year old – and I’m still using it. That’s quite an accomplishment. Threads arrived on July 5, 2023, like an amiable social media savior. It didn’t do a lot, and owed much of…
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Meta’s Threads is thriving one year in, but X is still in the fight
Threads, Meta’s X competitor, is officially one year old. While the site was rushed into existence with a bare-bones set of features, Meta has steadily improved upon the app to make it a decent place for people looking to post on a platform that isn’t X. The site arrived at…
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The Morning After: OpenAI’s week of security issues
Perhaps unsurprisingly, July 4th was a quiet day for news, but we’ve still got editorials on e-ink writing, the most-delayed video game ever and more bad news from the makers of ChatGPT. Earlier this week, engineer and Swift developer Pedro José Pereira Vieito dug into OpenAI's Mac ChatGPT app and…
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Huge Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro leak may have revealed earbuds in first real-world photos
The successors to Samsung‘s best wireless earbuds so far are expected to land soon at Galaxy Unpacked 2024 – and a new leak appears to have given us our first real-world look at the Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro‘s fancy new charging case and so-called ‘blade lights’. A Redditor called ‘Plastic_Development1’ shared…
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The latest Samsung Galaxy Ring leak hints at an eye-watering price – and the next model could get a display
Having been teased in January and again in February, the Samsung Galaxy Ring will get its full launch on July 10, when we’ll hear all the details about it. Those details should include a price – and it could be on the steep side, if a new rumor is to…
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The Polar Grit X2 Pro is a smartwatch that feels adrift
Polar makes good multisport watches. They’re just not particularly smart. That wasn’t always a problem because there used to be a clear line. Athletes went for Garmins and Polars. Casual users went for an Apple Watch, Fitbit, or Samsung smartwatch. Things are less clear now. There are more casual, stylish…
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