Category: Technology

Apple’s iOS 19 update could include an AI-powered feature designed to conserve battery, according to a report from Bloomberg. The battery management tool will reportedly optimize your iPhone’s power consumption based on how you use your device. The new feature will use “battery data it has collected from users’ devices to understand trends and make…

The iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Apple has released iOS 18.5, and one of the most notable features is that it allows the iPhone 13 lineup to access satellite messaging features provided by carriers. With the change, T-Mobile users who have an iPhone 13, iPhone 13…

One of the most convenient USB-C cables around is back down to its lowest price ever, which we last saw in early March. Anker’s 2-in-1, braided USB-C cable that can charge two devices from one power source is down to $17.99 for the four-foot version at Amazon (it normally sells between $23 and $25.99). The…

The VMU Pro can play retro games on its tiny color screen, but it’s limited to older 8-bit titles. | Image: 8BitMods The Sega Dreamcast wasn’t the first home console to store game saves on a portable memory card, but its virtual memory unit (VMU) stood out with a built-in screen, controls, and playable mini…

Google’s old logo (left) vs. its new one (right) Google has updated its colorful “G” logo for the first time in almost a decade. An update to the Google app on iOS shows a new logo that blends the logo’s red, yellow, green, and blue colors into a gradient, as reported by 9to5Google. Google last…

If you’ve been wary after getting an email with the subject line “Lopez Voice Assistant Class Action Settlement,” that’s understandable — but it’s likely a notification that you’re owed part of a $95 million payout over allegations of Siri-enabled spying on private conversations. The settlement is related to Lopez v. Apple Inc, a 2019 class…

Peacock’s homepage will display live NBA games with some stats. | Image: Peacock The NBA is headed to Peacock this October, and with it a range of new features making the viewing experience distinct from watching basketball on cable and a flood of other sports-focused packages. For starters, Peacock is adding an optional “performance view”…

The team of nearly 200 Activision Blizzard developers behind the Overwatch franchise has unionized. Formed under the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the Overwatch Gamemakers Guild is the latest wall-to-wall Blizzard union to be recognized by parent company Microsoft since the World of Warcraft development team announced its own union last July. The CWA announced…

We’re doing something a little different on today’s episode of Decoder. I asked my friend John Gruber, of the website Daring Fireball, to come on the show and talk about the future of Apple — and, importantly, the App Store. Gruber and I have been friends for over a decade now. Daring Fireball was one…

I did not expect a TV show called Murderbot to be quite so relatable. On the surface, the Apple TV Plus sci-fi comedy is a somewhat generic futuristic story about a group of humans exploring a dangerous planet with the help of a security bot that’s designed to protect them. The key is the perspective:…