Joanna Nelius, Author at Gizmodo

How to Watch Apple’s Event Today

Apple’s WWDC 2020 event seems like it happened only yesterday, but that was just the beginning of Apple’s usual slew of announcements leading into fall. Today the Cupertino company is holding the first of what could be a handful of fall events to reveal its latest lineup of devices. Historically, September is when Apple announces…

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Xbox All Access Is Deeply Confusing, but I Think I Figured It Out

Xbox All Access is a relatively new program from Microsoft that lets you make monthly payments on a new console over the course of two years.

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Microsoft Is Taking a Gamble By Releasing Two Xbox Consoles at the Same Time

A $300 Xbox is nothing new; Microsoft has priced consoles that low before (except for the Xbox One and the One X). The difference now is that Microsoft is releasing two consoles at the same time, which it’s never done before. That’s why the $300 Xbox Series S seems so cheap compared to the beefier,…

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Gateway Is Back and Making Laptops

Gateway, the famous cow-spotted PC brand of the ‘90s and early 2000s, is reentering the modern computer world with a brand-new line of laptops. According to an announcement released this morning, the new laptops will be sold exclusively at Walmart and will feature Intel and AMD processors and Nvidia RTX graphics cards. The idea of…

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Apple Says ‘Epic’s Conduct Threatens the Very Existence of the iOS Ecosystem’ in Countersuit

The showdown between Apple and Epic Games shows no signs of being over. Apple filed its countersuit today against the Fortnite maker, seeking compensatory and punitive damages in addition to asking the court to hold Epic accountable for its contractual obligations with Apple. “Epic’s actions have caused Apple to suffer reputational harm and loss of…

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Literally Pause the Internet With This Built-in Browser Tool

If your Internet habits resemble anything like mine, you probably have 20-plus tabs open at once, maybe multiple windows too, because you want to keep that YouTube playlist or Gmail inbox separate for quicker access. But all that overwhelming digital clutter can keep us glued to our screens anyway. Sometimes the best thing to do…

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Every Laptop Coming This Fall

Just when it feels like the deluge of new laptops with Intel’s 10th-gen processors and Nvidia’s RTX Super graphics cards have finally trickled to a stop, Intel goes ahead and announces the launch of its 11th-gen Tiger Lake processor. You know, the one that’s actually a system-on-chip (SoC) with integrated RAM and Intel’s latest integrated…

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Asus ROG Strix Scar G15 Review: Fast, Loud, and Expensive as Hell

There’s a race starting in the gaming laptop space—or rather a race that started a while ago, but its been moving at the pace of a baby’s first steps. That race is to make the thinnest, lightest gaming laptops without sacrificing performance. As of now, that seems nigh impossible for the most part, even with…

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Amazon’s Alexa for Landlords Is a Privacy Nightmare Waiting to Happen

You know that clip of Steve Carell from The Office where he’s shouting “No, God! No, God, please no! No! No! Nooooooooo!” That’s how I feel about Amazon’s announcement that it’s adding a new service to Alexa for landlords. It’s called Alexa for Residential that, according to Amazon, “makes it easy for property managers to…

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Intel’s 11th-Gen Laptop CPUs Will Make Laptops a Whole Lot Lighter, and Last a Whole Lot Longer

During a press event this morning, Intel officially announced the launch of its 11th-gen mobile processors, Tiger Lake, with Iris Xe Graphics that will be in “more than 150 designs” from several major manufacturers over the coming months. Intel says its new processors make it possible to have the thinnest and lightest laptops around, like…

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This is the Ray Tracing We’ve Been Waiting For

Today, Nvidia showed us the true promise and vision of ray tracing—making virtual environments look as real as possible based on how light is cast and reflected off surfaces and objects. It’s not a new concept. Animation studios like Pixar have been working with ray traced effects for years. But it’s always been easier to…

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Nvidia Announces the Next Generation of GPUs That Really Matter—And They’re Beasts

Nvidia has consistently maintained its status as the lead creator of graphics cards, pioneering the transition to fancy lighting effects like ray tracing in games. Now that Nvidia’s officially announced its next-gen GPUs and the rumor mill is put to rest, we know just how much fancier its GPUs are going to get from here.…

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Predicting Big Tech’s Antitrust Outcome With Oregon Trail Ended Miserably—But No One Died

I downloaded a Mac OS 8 emulator a few weeks ago—not just because it looked cool, but because I had a serious hankering for some classic Oregon Trail. The app itself is pretty neat. It’s made by the same Slack developer, Felix Rieseberg, who also made a Windows 95 emulator. It’s not a fully functioning…

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Developers Can Now Formally Challenge Apple’s App Store Rejections

Apple has followed through with its word to give developers a formal appeals process, which will allow them to fight back if Apple’s App Store reviewers find that an app violates its guidelines. The company originally announced it would be giving developers a way to challenge its decisions at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June,…

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Lenovo Is Making a Gaming Laptop That Weighs Less Than 4 Pounds

Lenovo is shrinking the chassis of the Legion 7i from 0.79 in. to 0.7 in., and the weight from 4.6 lbs to 3.9 lbs., making the up-coming Legion Slim 7i the lightest and slimmest gaming laptop it’s ever made. The company is attempting to tackle the holy-grail of laptop design: a laptop that is light,…

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The Tech My Dad Banned From Our House

Where technology was concerned, my dad liked things that were cheap. He liked things that did what they supposed to do. And he didn’t like being hassled. Anything else, and he’d excommunicate an entire company it forever, even if the quality improved down the road. His victims were marked by derisive nicknames: Internet Exploder; Packard-Hell;…

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Portland’s Most Famous Bookstore Will No Longer Sell Books on Amazon

One of Portland’s most beloved bookworm attractions, Powell’s Books, will stop selling books on Amazon this weekend, Aug. 29, Oregon Livereports. Aug. 29 is also Independent Bookstore Day. Fitting, no? CEO Emily Powell released a statement to customers yesterday announcing the move, citing concerns over the future survival of independent bookstores. “So many independent booksellers…

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You Can Now Pre-Register for the Chance to Pre-Order the Sony PS5

Yes, you read that correctly. Sony announced yesterday that some lucky individuals who pre-register on the PlayStation website will be the first to pre-order one PS5 Console or one PS5 Digital Edition at some undisclosed date in the future. Sony has yet to announce the price of the PS5, and hopefully, it will before it…

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Microsoft Word’s New Transcribe Feature Could Convince Me to Give Up Google

Microsoft just added an extremely useful feature to Word on the web: transcription! Sure, Google Docs and apps like Otter.aiare free and let you type with your voice, like Word’s Dictation feature. However, Word on the web now allows you to upload entire audio files in addition to live transcription, merging the best of what…

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Tomorrow’s Fortnite Update Won’t Be Coming for Apple Users, Epic Says It’s a ‘Matter of Principle’

In its first statement since Monday’s captivating hearing, this morning Epic Games sought to further clarify its position against Apple while also admitting that the latest chapter of Fortnite would not be appearing on either iOS or macOS when it launches August 27. If you listened in on Monday’s trial, Epic’s latest statement will sound…

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How to Watch Apple’s Event Today

Xbox All Access Is Deeply Confusing, but I Think I Figured It Out

Microsoft Is Taking a Gamble By Releasing Two Xbox Consoles at the Same Time

Gateway Is Back and Making Laptops

Apple Says ‘Epic’s Conduct Threatens the Very Existence of the iOS Ecosystem’ in Countersuit

Literally Pause the Internet With This Built-in Browser Tool

Every Laptop Coming This Fall

Asus ROG Strix Scar G15 Review: Fast, Loud, and Expensive as Hell

Amazon’s Alexa for Landlords Is a Privacy Nightmare Waiting to Happen

Intel’s 11th-Gen Laptop CPUs Will Make Laptops a Whole Lot Lighter, and Last a Whole Lot Longer

This is the Ray Tracing We’ve Been Waiting For

Nvidia Announces the Next Generation of GPUs That Really Matter—And They’re Beasts

Predicting Big Tech’s Antitrust Outcome With Oregon Trail Ended Miserably—But No One Died

Developers Can Now Formally Challenge Apple’s App Store Rejections

Lenovo Is Making a Gaming Laptop That Weighs Less Than 4 Pounds

The Tech My Dad Banned From Our House

Portland’s Most Famous Bookstore Will No Longer Sell Books on Amazon

You Can Now Pre-Register for the Chance to Pre-Order the Sony PS5

Microsoft Word’s New Transcribe Feature Could Convince Me to Give Up Google

Tomorrow’s Fortnite Update Won’t Be Coming for Apple Users, Epic Says It’s a ‘Matter of Principle’

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Amazon Slashes 50% Off Keurig K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker, Now a Budget Alternative to Breville and Nespresso Espresso Machines

Sun’s Latest Outburst Complicates Planned Launch of Artemis 2

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets