iOS 17.1, macOS 14.1, and other Apple updates arrive with a...
Enlarge / Apple's iOS 17.1 release includes updates to the Settings for StandBy on the iPhone.Apple/Ars Technica A plethora of point-one updates have arrived for Apple devices, adding a few features and some useful bug fixes to iPhones, iPads, MacBooks, Apple Watches, and Apple TVs and HomePods. It also addresses French regulators' concerns that the…
Nissan is making minivans cool again with a futuristic, rose-gold living...
Nissan unveiled a flashy minivan concept just in time for the Japan Mobility Show. The electric Hyper Tourer looks straight out of 2050 with its sharp angles and odd shape. It features swiveling seats, an LED screen in the floor, and mind-reading capabilities. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a…
Dealmaster: Save on Lenovo, Apple, tech essentials, and more
Enlarge / Touch ID is back, as you’d expect.Samuel Axon With the holiday shopping season quickly approaching, it's never too early to start looking for the best deals. From home sound bars to laptops, Apple gear, chargers, and charging cables, we found some great discounts on tech gear and essentials. Whether you're upgrading to the…
Motorola demos smartphone that can wrap around your wrist (again)
Smartphone turned wearable. Motorola updated the concept to support an arched form factor. The metal-looking things on the device's backside could be for attaching to a metal band worn on the wrist that would help keep the smartphone in place. When folded like this, the phone runs a scaled-down version of Android, and the screen…
Google falsely flags Samsung apps as “harmful,” tells users to remove...
Most Android users have probably never seen Google Play Protect in action. The malware-scanning service is built into every Android device and is supposed to flag malware that users have installed. Recently it flagged some popular apps that are very much not malware: Samsung Wallet and Samsung Messages. As spotted by 9to5Google, Samsung users have…
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 promises 30 percent faster CPU
Qualcomm Qualcomm's Nuvia-designed Arm chip for PCs is easily the company's most exciting announcement today, but it also announced a phone chip: the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. This will show up in most flagship Android devices in 2024 and promises around 30 percent performance improvements while picking from Arm's parts bin. First up is a…
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite looks like the Windows world’s answer to...
Enlarge / Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite could be the first Arm chip that can do for PCs what Apple Silicon did for Macs.Qualcomm For years, Qualcomm has been making Snapdragon chips for Windows PCs, and for years, those chips' performance have failed to dislodge Intel's or AMD's chips to any significant degree. Its latest Snapdragon…
I used a $28 mechanical keyboard for a month—maybe you should,...
Scharon Harding When I tell people I prefer using mechanical keyboards, I often hear that they're too expensive. Even people in tech circles have told me they can't find a quality mechanical keyboard for a decent price. Is $28 decent enough for you? That's how much the Keychron C3 Pro is going for on Amazon…
“Scary Fast”: Apple will stream a new product event on October...
Apple Apple is squeezing one more round of product announcements into October after all. The company announced today that it would be streaming a product event at 5 pm Pacific/8 pm Eastern on October 30, unusually late in the day (and in the month) for an Apple event. The "Scary Fast" tagline doesn't give away…
Apple’s “carbon neutral” claims are facing increased scrutiny
Enlarge / Apple last month put its "environmentally friendly" credentials at the center of its biggest annual product launch.Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Apple faces scrutiny from European environmental and consumer groups over its claims that its latest devices are “carbon neutral,” a term that Brussels proposes to ban in corporate marketing because it…
