Month: July 2024
How to stream the Olympics like a champ
For once, the answer for how to stream sports is simple: if you want to watch the 2024 Paris Olympics, you need only open up Peacock. This is the third time the Peacock team has streamed the Olympics, but it’s the company’s biggest undertaking yet: 5,000 hours of content over…
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Samsung Buds 3 Pro’s new AirPods-like design turns out to be very repairable, leaving Apple no excuse
Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 3 Pro earbuds changed their design this year in a way that strongly mimics Apple‘s AirPods Pro 2. But they differ from Apple’s pro earbuds in one crucial respect: they’re “extremely easy” to take apart and potentially repair, according to a repair specialist. As iFixit put it,…
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The Best Android Phones of 2024, Tested and Reviewed
Shopping for a phone can be an ordeal. That’s why we’ve tested almost every Android phone, from the smartest to the cheapest—even phones that fold—to find those worth your money. Source
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The Morning After: OpenAI reveals its AI-powered search engine, SearchGPT
OpenAI announced a new AI-powered search engine prototype called SearchGPT. It’s described SearchGPT as “a temporary prototype of new AI search features that give you fast and timely answers with clear and relevant sources.” The company plans to test out the product with 10,000 initial users, then roll it into…
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Shock move by Microsoft: company actually makes Windows 11 better with taskbar improvements
Windows 11 users could be treated to a range of minor (but useful!) tweaks which have been spotted in recent preview builds, including some nifty taskbar-related changes. One notable change introduced with the latest preview of Windows 11 in the Beta channel (build 22635) is a taskbar tweak that means…
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Microsoft calls for Windows changes and resilience after CrowdStrike outage
Microsoft is still helping CrowdStrike clean up the mess that kicked off a week ago when 8.5 million PCs went offline due to a buggy CrowdStrike update. Now, the software giant is calling for changes to Windows, and has dropped some subtle hints that it’s prioritizing making Windows more resilient…
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