Smartphone manufacturers still want to make foldables a thing
Enlarge / A Huawei Technologies Co. Mate X5 smartphone arranged in Hong Kong, China, on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. (credit: Bloomberg via Getty ) Every large smart…
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Showing posts from December, 2023
2023 was the year that GPUs stood still
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge (credit: Andrew Cunningham) In many ways, 2023 was a long-awaited return to normalcy for people who build their own gaming and/or workstation PCs. For the …
Read moreApple appeals trade commission ban of Apple Watch 9, Apple Watch Ultra 2
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / The Apple Watch Series 9 released in September 2023. (credit: Apple) Just before Christmas, Apple pulled two of its latest smartwatches from stores . Th…
Read moreMatter, set to fix smart home standards in 2023, stumbled in the real market
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / The Matter standard's illustration of how the standard should align a home and all its smart devices. (credit: CSA) Matter, as a smart home standar…
Read moreLaptops’ 2023 quantum leap: 5 computers we’ll still be talking about in 2024
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge (credit: Getty ) You'll never uncover The Next Great Thing if you don't deviate from the norm. When looking back at 2023's laptops, we can see …
Read moreDebt-laden Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount consider merger
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / Media firms are looking for allies to help them take the coveted media throne. (credit: Warner Bros. Discovery ) The CEOs of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD…
Read moreGoogle might already be replacing some Ad sales jobs with AI
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge (credit: Sean Gallup | Getty Images ) Google is wrapping its head around the idea of being a generative AI company. The " code red " called in re…
Read moreLian Li has discovered a new frontier for LCD screens: $47 PC case fans
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / The UNI FAN TL LCD series puts screens where there were no screens before. (credit: Lian Li) If you're trying to add lights to a PC case, you have l…
Read moreWireless TVs use built-in cameras, NFC readers to sell you stuff you see on TV
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / A closeup of the webcam on the Displace TV announced in January. (credit: Dislace) It's no secret that TV makers are seriously invested in pushing a…
Read moreFirst wave of AAA iPhone games sees a big new release—and a notable delay
Harsh Dhankhar
The trailer for Resident Evil 4 on iOS Apple's AAA gaming ambitions for the iPhone 15 Pro saw both a release and a delay this week. When Apple unveiled the i…
Read moreMicrosoft releases downloadable tool to fix phantom HP printer installations
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / The HP LaserJet M106w is one of the printer models that is mysteriously appearing for some users in Windows 10 and 11. (credit: HP) Earlier this month, …
Read moreThe Play Store preps remote app uninstall feature
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge (credit: Google Play ) One of the neatest features of the Play Store is remote app installation. If you have multiple devices signed in to the same Google …
Read moreGoogle’s Stadia Controller salvage operation will run for another year
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / Like it never even happened. (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Stadia might be dead, but the controllers for Google's cloud-based gaming platfo…
Read moreMarketer sparks panic with claims it uses smart devices to eavesdrop on people
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge (credit: Getty ) We've all experienced it or heard about it happening: Someone has a conversation about wanting a red jacket, and then suddenly, it see…
Read moreThe Pixel 9 might come with exclusive “Pixie” AI assistant
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge (credit: Andrej Sokolow/picture alliance ) Move over Google Assistant, Google is apparently working on a new AI. The Information reports that Google is wo…
Read moreThese AI-generated news anchors are freaking me out
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / Max Headroom as prophecy. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Channel 1) Here at Ars, we've long covered the interesting potential and significant peril (a…
Read moreFour years after Apple, Google will finally kill third-party cookies in 2024
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images ) Chrome has finally announced plans to kill third-party cookies. It's been almost four years since third-party cookies have bee…
Read moreApple partly halts Beeper’s iMessage app again, suggesting a long fight ahead
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / The dream of everybody having blue bubbles, and epic photos of perfectly digestible meals, as proffered by Beeper. (credit: Beeper) A friend of mine had…
Read moreGuidemaster: A cheat sheet for comparing the iPhone 15 lineup’s cameras
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / The iPhone 15 lineup. Over the past couple of years of reviewing the iPhone, we've often jokingly called them "smartcameras" rather than s…
Read moreYou can now access Apple’s official diagnostics tool online for DIY repairs
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge / The iPhone 15 is part of Apple's self-repair program now. (credit: Samuel Axon) Apple today expanded the Self Service Repair program it launched in …
Read moreGoogle’s confusing new location settings hide data in two different places
Harsh Dhankhar
Enlarge Google announced big changes to its most legally fraught set of user settings: your location data. Google's misleading Location History descriptions in …
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