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Google Maps just got a big AI update – here are the 5 best new features

Google has been busy injecting AI-powered features into all of its services this year, and some

Exclusive – Up close with Qualcomm Snapdragon AR2 smart glasses and why it’s taking so long to perfect them

Qualcomm believes in mixed reality. Its first new augmented reality chip, the Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1,

Windows 11 Pro users beware: Microsoft’s BitLocker encryption could be seriously slowing down your PC

Microsoft’s software encryption for SSDs, BitLocker, has been found to be slowing down SSD performance by

Google Photos can now make automatic highlight videos of your life – here’s how

Google Photos is already capable of some increasingly impressive photo and video tricks – and now it’s

iOS 17.1 finally fixes a three-year-old Private Wi-Fi Address security hole

Here’s another reason you should update to iOS 17.1: the Private Address feature actually works now.

Why Microsoft should buy Stardock to bolster its personalization options for Windows 12

Ever since Windows 11 debuted in 2021, I’ve been using an app that has made the

iOS 17.1 is out now with overdue fixes, new features, and critical security updates

More than a week after the release of iOS 17, Apple started public testing of the

How to manage critical notifications on your iPhone or iPad

Apple provides a number of interrelated controls in iOS and iPadOS to ensure that an iPhone

Apple’s latest updates patch Find My, Siri, Weather flaws

After about a month, the first major updates to iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and macOS Sonoma

Apple releases iOS 16.7.2 and iOS 15.8 to address security flaws

If your iPhone is too old to support iOS 17 (or you just don’t want to

Apple releases macOS Sonoma 14.2 beta

Apple on Thursday released the macOS Sonoma 14.2 beta to developers. The beta release comes after

Apple isn’t freaking out about AI, it’s rope-a-doping the competition

Everyone’s saying Apple was caught flat-footed in the AI race. While Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI are

Forget Windows 12, Windows 13 needs to set the stage for the next decade of tablets and laptops

It’s a safe bet to assume that Windows is going through a transition of sorts, which

Windows 11’s final major update before Windows 12 could drop soon – and here’s what it will look like

Keen-eyed observers have spotted ISOs of the next version of Windows 11, Windows 11 23H2, on

Hidden code points to Google reviving its AR glasses project

Google Glass was one of the first devices to build augmented reality tech into spectacles, but

macOS Sonoma 14.1 is available with new AppleCare Coverage System Setting, Favorites for Apple Music

Apple on Wednesday released macOS Sonoma 14.1. The update includes a new Coverage section in the

You can now take work calls from your couch with an Apple TV 4K

Cisco kicked off its WebexOne conference on Tuesday with some big news for Apple fans—you can

YouTube working on an AI music tool that’ll let you use the voices of famous musicians

YouTube is apparently working on a new AI tool that could give content creators the ability

Apple is doomed because it makes too many Pencils

Last week, Apple introduced a new Pencil and the reaction was what you’d expect if the

Photoshop Elements 2024 offers subscription-free access to Adobe AI tech

Adobe is rolling out the 2024 version of its lightweight Photoshop Elements app with several AI-powered

iOS 18 tipped to debut Apple’s new generative AI – and that’s good news for Siri

Rumors have been swirling for months that Apple is planning to introduce a ChatGPT rival into

Windows 11’s Microsoft Store gets slightly less annoying – but I still won’t use it

The Microsoft Store has received a new update that allows it to launch much faster. Users

Microsoft delays one of Windows 11’s most promising new features due to bugs

Microsoft has pulled back on an upcoming upgrade to the video casting feature in Windows 11

Google Search can help people learn English with new language tutor tool

Duolingo may have a new rival on its hands as Google Search on Android will soon

WhatsApp is testing a new self-destructing voice messages feature

WhatsApp is currently testing a View Once mode for voice messages as a “new layer of

Chrome just got 5 updates to speed up your web browsing – here’s how to use them

Google just announced five new updates to its predictive search, with some updates arriving this week.

Windows 11 gets a nifty change to make logging onto Wi-Fi easier

Windows 11 has a new preview version that makes a few marked improvements on the wireless

YouTube reveals grand plan to become a more trustworthy news destination

In an effort to combat misinformation, YouTube is implementing immersive news hubs that will pull together

Passkeys are the end of passwords, and, yes, you want them

Passkeys are the future. You may not be using them yet, but a world in which

Apple’s iCloud problem

If the bricks of Apple’s business are its hardware and software products–iPhones, iPads, Macs, and the