Month: August 2024
44 Best Cheap Gear Under $30 (2024): Phone Cases, Bags, and More
Clever products don’t have to cost the earth. For your convenience, WIRED has put our top value picks into one useful spot. Source
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Microsoft improves Windows 11 Start menu, with no new ads in sight – and there’s a bonus for the lock screen in latest preview
Windows 11 has a new preview build, and it comes with a few notable changes to the interface – for the better, thankfully, with no new adverts or promos anywhere to be seen. Microsoft just introduced Windows 11 build 22635 (KB5041876) in the Beta channel, and the most interesting change…
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The Morning After: The iPhone 16 launches September 9
Apple pretty much always announces the year’s iPhone in the first chunk of September, so no surprise here. It’ll announce the iPhones 16 on September 9 with the usual pomp and show at Apple’s campus, complete with global live stream. Dubbed It’s Glowtime, the event name hints at the new…
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LG says next-gen “dream OLED” panel is finally real – but it might not come to TVs first
One of the most exciting technologies in TV land is blue phosphor OLED technology, or blue PHOLED for short. As we reported earlier this month, PHOLED is more efficient and provides much more brightness without also requiring more power. It’s used in the red and green pixels on OLED TV,…
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Microsoft’s next big Windows 11 update significantly improves Ryzen gaming performance
AMD promised that Microsoft’s upcoming 24H2 update to Windows 11 would improve performance for its new Ryzen 9000 series CPUs, but it’s also giving a significant boost to some older Ryzen CPUs. Hardware Unboxed has tested the Zen 4-based Ryzen 7 7700X and the new Ryzen 7 9700X (Zen 5)…
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Garmin adds a bunch of features to make the Fenix 8 smarter
Garmin’s back with two new rugged smartwatches: the all-new Fenix 8 and Enduro 3. The $999.99 Fenix 8, one of Garmin’s top-of-line flagships, will get a built-in speaker and microphone, along with several new training features. Meanwhile, the $899.99 Enduro 3 will feature an LED flashlight plus solar charging to…
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