Apple Watch buying guide: Which wearable is best for you?
Enlarge Broadly speaking, recommending an Apple Watch is simple: If you use an iPhone and want a smartwatch, staying in-house with Apple will usually be your best b…
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Showing posts from July, 2022
VMware Fusion beta joins Parallels in supporting Windows VMs on Apple Silicon
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / VMWare Fusion running on a Mac Studio. The transition from Intel to Apple Silicon Macs has gone smoothly for most software, thanks to the Rosetta 2 comp…
Read moreSamsung’s “repair mode” lets technicians look at your phone, not your data
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / A smartphone gets repaired. (credit: Getty Images / krisanapong detraphiphat) Samsung is introducing an interesting new feature for people sending in th…
Read moreRazer’s latest wireless mechanical keyboard has a low profile and a high price
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / Razer DeathStalker V2 Pro. (credit: Razer ) Peripherals and PC maker Razer this week introduced a new wireless mechanical keyboard that resurrects one o…
Read moreApple reports only slight growth in Q3 2022 earnings report
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / Apple HQ in Cupertino, California. (credit: Anadolu Agency | Financial Times ) Apple reported its earnings for the third fiscal quarter of 2022 on Thur…
Read morePixel 6a gift card deal effectively takes $50 off Google’s new phone
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / The back. (credit: Ron Amadeo) Google's budget-friendly juggernaut , the Pixel 6a, officially released on Thursday, but you can already snag a $50 d…
Read moreNew PS5 system software beta adds two of users’ most-requested features
Harsh Dhankhar
Folders of a sort are finally hitting the PS5 system software later this year. [credit: Sony ] Sony has begun testing a software update that adds some key feat…
Read moreAs Intel gets into discrete GPUs, it scales back support for many integrated GPUs
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge Intel is slowly moving into the dedicated graphics market , and its graphics driver releases are looking a lot more like Nvidia's and AMD's than the…
Read moreGoogle delays death of tracking cookies again, wants more time for “testing”
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images ) Chrome's browser competitors Safari and Firefox have both been blocking third-party tracking cookies used by ad…
Read moreEarbud review: Google Pixel Buds Pro fall well short of their $200 price
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / All four new color variants of Google's Pixel Buds Pro. (credit: Google) Google announced the Pixel Buds Pro earlier this year as an apparent upgra…
Read moreManchester City wants to collect fans’ physiological data with smart scarves
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge (credit: Manchester City ) England's Manchester City soccer club wants to know how its fans really feel, and it has gone so far as to pilot The Conne…
Read moreZuckerberg: Apple, Meta are in “deep, philosophical competition”
Harsh Dhankhar
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. (credit: Facebook ) Meta and Apple are entering a period of "very deep, philosophical competition" that will define the future o…
Read moreGoogle Maps is getting 3D imagery on mobile, detailed biking info, and more
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / Left: Google Maps bike info shows detailed information about hill size and bike lane quality. Right: A location-sharing notification. (credit: Google) G…
Read moreSpotify is no longer making its Car Thing music player
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge (credit: Spotify ) Spotify is no longer making Car Thing. The $90 device that connects to a car's auxiliary power outlet, docks to the dashboard, and e…
Read moreApple’s Virtualization framework is a great, free way to test new macOS betas
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / Virtualizing macOS versions like the Ventura beta is a good way to experiment without blowing away your main OS install. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) One…
Read moreLogitech G715 hands-on: A strong typist with a polarizing look
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / Logitech G713 keyboard. (credit: Scharon Harding) In an explosion of color, Logitech today announced a bunch of PC peripherals draped in light shades, w…
Read moreHow to check a Chromebook’s specs, CPU usage, and more
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge (credit: Scharon Harding) If you're not a frequent ChromeOS user, determining an in-hand Chromebook's specs can be tricky. Many Chromebook users ar…
Read morePixel 6a teardown shows off bendy, plastic back, soldered-in USB-C port
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / The Pixel 6a back is very flexible. (credit: PBK Review) What's in the Pixel 6a ? PBK Reviews has gotten ahold of the device and ripped it apart . I…
Read moreNFL+ is here, but it’s probably not what you’re looking for
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / The NFL is hugely popular in the US, but the streaming and broadcast rights are uniquely complicated. (credit: velo_city ) After months of rumors and te…
Read moreMotherboards are already supporting unreleased, unannounced 13th-gen Intel CPUs
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / A Core i5-12400 CPU based on the Alder Lake architecture. Intel's next-gen desktop CPUs will be compatible with almost all of the same motherboards as …
Read moreReport: YouTube is in the running for NFL Sunday Ticket
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge (credit: NFL) A report this weekend from The New York Times says that YouTube is the latest bidder for the NFL's flagship content package, NFL Sunday …
Read moreReview: Framework’s next-gen Laptop follows through on its upgradeable promises
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / The Framework Laptop is back with internal and external upgrades. It largely follows through on its promises of repairability and upgradeability. (credit: …
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