Month: March 2025
iPad Air M3 review roundup– should you buy Apple’s new mid-range tablet?
It was easy to miss in Apple‘s blast of launches last week – which also included the new MacBook Air M4 – but Apple recently launched a new iPad Air M3. Alongside a fresh processor, the mid-range tablet was given a new, Pro-level Magic Keyboard companion. For such a powerful…
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Roomba’s iRobot 205 robovac can go eight weeks without being emptied
iRobot just announced some new Roomba vacuums and they feature interesting capabilities. The Roomba 205 DustCompactor Combo Robot is being advertised as "the industry's first onboard mechanical debris-compacting system." In other words, it squeezes dust and debris together like, well, a garbage compactor. This allows users to go eight weeks…
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Apple Vision Pro goes off to never never land with Metallica concert footage
Metallica is coming to Vision Pro. The legendary thrash metal band known for their distinctive melodies and razor-sharp lyrics are now contained within Apple‘s $3,499 mixed-reality headset. Vision Pro‘s latest immersive music experience is Metallica performing hits for a crowd of 65,000 fans in Mexico City. Apple filmed the band…
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Now HP printers are being bricked following firmware update
Some HP laser printers are being blocked following a firmware update Affected models include LaserJet MFP M232-M237 HP says it is aware of a “limited” issue Already in trouble for blocking or reducing the performance of third-party ink cartridges, HP has now been accused of blocking legitimate HP-branded toner in…
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iRobot launches eight new Roombas and finally adds lidar mapping
After a tumultuous 2024, in which iRobot lost its founder and CEO, Colin Angle, Amazon abandoned its acquisition plans, and the company laid off a large portion of its staff, iRobot is back with a major shake-up of its robotic vacuum line. This week, the company that invented the robot…
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Pocket Casts makes its web player and desktop apps usable without a subscription
In a rare recent example of a product becoming more affordable (rather than moving full-speed in the opposite direction), the popular podcast service Pocket Casts no longer requires a subscription to access its web player and desktop apps. Although the premium tiers are still there for some paywalled features, the…
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