Tag: computing

This cool Mac app could transform the notch on your MacBook Pro or MacBook Air into an iPhone-style Dynamic Island

The Dynamic Island was one of the most anticipated features of the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 15 when it was originally announced, and it has become an incredibly helpful feature I now can’t live without. While I am waiting for Apple to introduce the Dynamic Island to Mac, NotchNook…

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Google may be planning a Gemini-powered rival to the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses

In our Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses review, we described the gadget as the best AI wearable on the market at the moment – and it seems Google is ready to get back into the smart specs market with its own pair of augmented reality (AR) glasses. According to The Financial…

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This is why Y2K24 was so much worse than the real Y2K

We stockpiled, considered building bunkers, and generally prepared for the first tech apocalypse on January 1, 2000, like it might be the end of the world. But the original Y2K came and went and was nothing compared to Y2K24.  That’s what many have come to call the CrowdStrike outage that…

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After the CloudStrike global Windows outage: Are we just one bad bit of code away from disaster?

We stockpiled, considered building bunkers, and generally prepared for the first tech apocalypse on January 1, 2000, like it might be the end of the world. But the original Y2K came and went and was nothing compared to Y2K24.  That’s what many have come to call the CrowdStrike outage that…

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I’ve demoed plenty of games on Apple devices – here’s why I believe the future of Mac gaming has never been brighter

As a dedicated Windows PC gamer who owns some of the best gaming PCs out there, I’ve extensively covered Apple’s recent attempts at finally capitalizing on its excellent M-series silicon and expanding its gaming platform for the best MacBooks and Macs. Progress seemed slower than molasses for a while, with…

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Experts are warning it could take ‘weeks’ to fix the global IT outage – here’s what we know

While some computers are starting to get back online after yesterday’s massive Windows outage took down numerous critical systems across the world, there’s still a lot of troubleshooting to do – and it could be weeks before everything gets back to normal, according to experts. The collapse was caused by…

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