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Everything Apple Tried to Kill at WWDC 2021

Apple's newest features may mean doom for some other companies.

Google Hit With $268 Million Fine Over Unfair Ad Practices

Google was fined a hefty 220 million euros (or roughly $268 million) on Monday after France’s competition authority found the company abusing its outsized role in the world of digital advertising. These fines come following a massive investigation from France’s Competition Authority (the Autorité de la concurrence) after multiple media companies from the EU and…

Tech News Shoshana Wodinsky

New Google Pixel Feature Lets You Lock Away Your Private Photos

The new Locked Folder in Google Photos, which the company debuted at its developer conference last month, is officially rolling out today. It’s part of the latest feature drop for Pixel users, which includes a new way to take a video of the night sky, plus better copy and paste in Gboard and a Digital…

Tech News Florence Ion

Fossil Will Launch a Premium Smartwatch That Runs on Google’s New Wear OS in the Fall

Fossil, the biggest Wear OS wearables maker, is planning to launch a new, premium Gen 6 smartwatch this fall that will run on Google’s revamped operating system for the devices. Fossil executives told CNET on Saturday that their upcoming Android smartwatches will be entirely new, featuring chips with faster performance, better battery life, and global…

Gadgets Jody Serrano

Apple Employees Ask Tim Cook to Support Those Who Want to Continue to Work Remotely

A group of Apple employees has written an internal letter to CEO Tim Cook and the company’s executive leadership team asking them to support employees that want to continue to work remotely or in location-flexible ways. The employees stated that many of them have thrived working outside the office and urged Apple leadership to understand…

Tech News Jody Serrano

TikTok Quietly Tweaks Privacy Policy to Collect Your Biometric Data

TikTok quietly updated its privacy policy earlier this week in a way that allows the company to automatically collect extensive data on users in the United States—including data about their faces and their voice. The policy change, first spotted by TechCrunch, specifically states that TikTok “may collect biometric identifiers and biometric information as defined under…

Privacy & Security Shoshana Wodinsky

10 Tips to Get the Most Out of Android Auto

Google’s Android Auto is more than six years old now, and it’s changed a fair bit in that time. The latest version is baked into Android, if you’re running Android 10 or later, but you can download the stand-alone app if you don’t already have it. More and more automobiles and car stereos now support…

Gadgets David Nield

Google Will Let You Opt Out of Being Tracked by Apps in Android 12

With Apple’s developer conference just around the corner, Google is reportedly planning to follow in its rivals footsteps by letting Android users opt out of being tracked by the apps they download from the Google Play store. A Google support page detailing how users can opt out of third-party tracking has generated a bit of…

Tech News Florence Ion

Nanoleaf’s New Smart Lights Are Less Sci-Fi, More HGTV

With their vibrant hues and designs inspired by science fiction, it’s often hard to make smart lights fit in with more traditional furniture. That’s exactly what Nanoleaf is trying to fix with its new line of Elements smart lights. Nanoleaf is expanding upon previous products, like its range of Shapes and Canvas light panels, except…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford

Google’s New Pixel Buds Are a Perfect Example of What It Does Best

A pair of affordable wireless earbuds from Google.

Headphones Sam Rutherford

Huawei Sure Picked an Odd Time to Launch a New Smartwatch

The Huawei Watch 3 is here, and as far as smartwatches go, it looks pretty good on paper. It’s just that, on the heels of Samsung giving up on Tizen and partnering with Google for a unified wearable platform, this doesn’t feel like an auspicious time to launch a flagship smartwatch running a proprietary OS.…

Gadgets Victoria Song

This Little Security Cam Gives Nest and Ring a Run for Their Money

The Eufy SoloCam E40 packs quite a few features in its small package

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Florence Ion

The Apple TV App Is Now Available on Nvidia Shield TV Devices

After Google and Apple reached a deal to bring the Apple TV app to Android TV devices late last year, this week Nvidia has now added support for Apple TV to its Shield TV devices. Previously, Apple TV was one of the last remaining major streaming services not available on Google TV/Android TV devices. However,…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford

Clever Maker With Hand Tremors Turned a Smartphone Gimbal Into a Soldering Iron Stabilizer

Instead of giving up on hardware hacking after developing a hand tremor that hindered their ability to do precise soldering, Jonathan Gleich leveraged their maker skills to come up with a very clever solution: a re-purposed smartphone gimbal that now holds and stabilizes a soldering iron. Gleich has been a longtime maker and is probably…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

I Gave Up Fighting Incessant Spam Calls and Let Charizard Take the Wheel

No matter how many times you decline the call or add your number to Do Not Call lists, the spammers are ultimately going to find you. They will stop at nothing to remind you of your expiring car warranty. Even with the Google Pixel 5’s AI-driven auto-answering features, the bots persist. But rather than engage…

Gadgets Florence Ion

If You’re Reading This, You’re Not Welcome on the Elizabeth Holmes Jury

On Thursday, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes filed a 112-question survey for potential jurors for her fraud trial, which is set to begin in August. Presumably, it seeks to weed out people who would love to take time off work to watch this thing. As the Wall Street Journal first reported, the often multi-part questions probe…

Tech News Whitney Kimball

Amazon, MGM, and the Price of Entertainment

If all goes according to Amazon and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s plans, the web service giant will soon acquire the legacy film studio in an $8.45 billion deal that will add thousands of movies and television shows to the tech company’s portfolio of content available to stream to 200 million Prime subscribers. Taken at face value, Amazon’s move…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

Fitbit Is Reportedly Working on Snore and Noise Detection

Fitbit has been in the sleep tracking game longer than most, and it now appears the company is preparing a new snore and noise detection feature for its smartwatches. Matter-of-factly dubbed “Snore & Noise Detect”, the feature was spotted in today’s Fitbit 3.42 update by 9to5 Google. Once enabled, Fitbit smartwatches with built-in microphones—such as…

Gadgets Victoria Song

Google Is Ending Free Unlimited Photo Storage—Here’s What to Do

Big changes are coming to the way Google Photos stores your photos, and how much the company charges for storing your photos. If you’ve been taking advantage of Google’s free unlimited storage for pictures and videos in the cloud, that’s no longer going to be possible. Here’s what you need to know about what will…

Gadgets David Nield

OnePlus’s Wellpaper App Is a Stylish Way of Keeping Tabs on Your Smartphone Addiction

With the pandemic making people even more reliant on tech for work and education, OnePlus is hoping to improve our digital wellbeing with a clever (and free) new app for Android phones. Available on all phones running Android 7 and newer, OnePlus’ Wellpaper app follows similar endeavors by Apple and Google to better educate us…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford

Everything Apple Tried to Kill at WWDC 2021

Google Hit With $268 Million Fine Over Unfair Ad Practices

New Google Pixel Feature Lets You Lock Away Your Private Photos

Fossil Will Launch a Premium Smartwatch That Runs on Google’s New Wear OS in the Fall

Apple Employees Ask Tim Cook to Support Those Who Want to Continue to Work Remotely

TikTok Quietly Tweaks Privacy Policy to Collect Your Biometric Data

10 Tips to Get the Most Out of Android Auto

Google Will Let You Opt Out of Being Tracked by Apps in Android 12

Nanoleaf’s New Smart Lights Are Less Sci-Fi, More HGTV

Google’s New Pixel Buds Are a Perfect Example of What It Does Best

Huawei Sure Picked an Odd Time to Launch a New Smartwatch

This Little Security Cam Gives Nest and Ring a Run for Their Money

The Apple TV App Is Now Available on Nvidia Shield TV Devices

Clever Maker With Hand Tremors Turned a Smartphone Gimbal Into a Soldering Iron Stabilizer

I Gave Up Fighting Incessant Spam Calls and Let Charizard Take the Wheel

If You’re Reading This, You’re Not Welcome on the Elizabeth Holmes Jury

Amazon, MGM, and the Price of Entertainment

Fitbit Is Reportedly Working on Snore and Noise Detection

Google Is Ending Free Unlimited Photo Storage—Here’s What to Do

OnePlus’s Wellpaper App Is a Stylish Way of Keeping Tabs on Your Smartphone Addiction

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

Travelers Experiencing the Longest Security Lines in TSA History

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

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