The US gets the worst phones
…Together with Google, they’ve shaped our sense of what a smartphone is and what it can do, pushing the boundaries of mobile photography, software, and processing power. But over the last…
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Microsoft’s Office and LinkedIn chief now runs Teams in latest reshuffle
…This includes Microsoft technical fellow Charles Simonyi, who founded Intentional Software in 2002. Prior to that Simonyi had spent more than 20 years at Microsoft, overseeing the creation of Excel and Word…
Some of Xteink’s credit card-sized e-readers are losing their best feature
…Both devices come with stock firmware that’s clunky, limited, and occasionally confusing, but that can be easily fixed by plugging them into a PC to install alternative software called CrossPoint Reader…
Microsoft’s next-gen quantum chip cuts timeline to useful quantum computing
…While physicists were immediately skeptical of Microsoft’s claims, the software giant is announcing Majorana 2 today, the next generation of its topological quantum chip. Majorana 2 contains qubits, a unit of…
Apple is using AI to fix Safari’s extension problem
…With the update, Apple’s Passwords app uses Safari and Apple Intelligence to navigate to a website, sign in, and update your account’s passwords. It’s a feature Google first announced…
A million baby monitors and security cameras were easily viewable by hackers
…Meari has not told us how many of those devices can actually get a new firmware update, or whether Meari’s partners have actually passed along so much as a warning to…
I’m not giving up my Steam Deck for MSI’s new Claw
…But the Windows handheld software experience on the Claw is just awful compared to the straightforwardness of SteamOS on the Steam Deck. When I first booted the Claw, I had to go…
Rivian’s AI-powered voice assistant is ready to roll
…The assistant will be available through a software update to all compatible Rivian Gen 1 and Gen 2 vehicle owners who subscribe to the company’s Connect Plus cellular service, which costs…
Great news, the Moto G Stylus is no longer teeming with bloatware
…But software support doesn’t look as good: only two major OS upgrades and three years of security updates offered, and Motorola has a reputation for delivering those pretty slowly. …
Apple’s Screen Time updates are too little, too late
…My issue with Screen Time is that the world’s most powerful technology company, with reams of expertise in hardware and software, has half-assed its “parental controls” for years and is…