If you’ve recently been confronted by the fearsome Blue Screen of Death (also known as BSOD… yes, it’s got its own acronym) when using Windows 11, Intel might have pinpointed the cause and is offering a fix. According to Intel, the recent BSOD is likely caused by a faulty Wi-Fi driver, for which it’s released […]

WhatsApp users on Android just got access to a feature that iPhone owners have been making use of for a while now: the ability to search through conversations by date, which makes it much easier to dig out old chats. The new feature was announced by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on his WhatsApp channel (via […]

The Apple Vision Pro’s home 3D movie revival continues with the IMAX streaming app now offering stereoscopic videos for you to rent and enjoy with immersive visuals. Currently, the selection is just three documentaries – Superpower Dogs, Pandas, and A Beautiful Planet – which you can rent for $5 a piece (around £4 / AU$7.70). […]

Meta Quest 3 and Oculus Quest 2 owners with a Meta Quest Plus subscription are about to get a lot more bang for their buck as the program is getting a Netflix-style catalogue of rotating software. Previously, Quest Plus owners got two free games a month that they could keep and use for as long […]

It looks like Microsoft is trying to unsubtly encourage Windows 10 users into upgrading to Windows 11, again. This isn’t the first instance of Microsoft trying to goad users into using Windows 11 or another of its products – recently, Microsoft’s been getting called out both by users and competitors for trying to push people […]

Apple is walking back some of its restrictive response to EU regulations that have forced it to make changes to the iPhone and iOS. When the EU said that Apple must allow third-party web browsers on the iPhone, the company responded by cutting off web apps for the EU. After developers and some users complained, […]

If you’re a Windows 11 user on a PC, you’ll soon be able to use your Android smartphone (or tablet) as a webcam. This feature is currently being made available to Windows Insiders, Microsoft’s official community for professionals and Windows enthusiasts who would like early access to new Windows versions and features to test and […]

Ever since its reveal and launch, Microsoft Copilot has been getting a steady stream of features and an upcoming update will add even more. The latest update, detailed in the official Windows blog, will arrive in late March 2024 and will introduce tons of new skills and tools.  For instance, you’ll be able to type […]

We could soon see a major rebranding of Apple ID, Apple’s name for the account users have to use in order to log in, link together, and manage their Apple devices and services.  According to some insiders, Apple is experimenting with changing “Apple ID” to “Apple Account,” and that we could see this come into […]

Google’s new family of artificial intelligence (AI) generative models, Gemini, will soon be able to access events scheduled in Google Calendar on Android phones. According to 9to5Google, Calendar events were on Gemini Experiences Senior Director of Product Management at Google Jack Krawczyk’s “things to fix ASAP” list for what Google would be working to add […]

Earlier this month, some Windows 11 users noticed that their taskbar was behaving strangely and disappearing following a recent update – and it looks like Microsoft has now released a fix for the annoying bug. A new preview build has been released in the Beta Channel of the Windows Insider Program this week that looks […]

YouTube Music’s browser app is giving Premium subscribers the ability to download songs for offline listening. Details of this upcoming change originate from a Reddit user who posted multiple screenshots of the altered service. There’s not much to go off at the moment. The images show there will be a new blue Download button in […]

Meta Quest Pro 2 rumored for 2025 release LG expected to make OLED displays for it OLED could provide visual boost next Quest Pros need The Apple Vision Pro might be the talk of the town in the high-end VR space right now, but not only will it have to contend with rivals like the […]

As part of a recent Android feature drop, the Fitbit app will now show data from third-party sources to provide users with a “more complete picture of [their] health”. Google stated in a recent announcement it’s effectively expanding Health Connect’s reach, allowing it to grab stats “from your favorite wearables and apps”. These sources include […]

The Google Pixel series has given us some of the best phones on the market, and one thing that sets it apart from other phones is the suite of built-in generative AI features, like Best Photo and Magic Eraser. Now, thanks to an upcoming tool coming to the Windows Photos App, you won’t need to […]

Google and Reddit have announced a huge content licensing deal, reportedly worth a whopping $60 million – but Reddit users are pissed. Why, you might ask? Well, the deal involves Google using content posted by users on Reddit to train its AI models, chiefly its newly launched Google Gemini AI suite. It makes sense; Reddit […]

The Oculus Quest 2 has been the most popular VR headset in the world for the past couple of years – dominating sales and usage charts with its blend of solid performance, amazing software library and, most importantly, affordability.  Now its successor – the Meta Quest 3 – is following in its footsteps.  Just four […]

ChatGPT maker OpenAI has now unveiled Sora, its artificial intelligence engine for converting text prompts into video. Think Dall-E (also developed by OpenAI), but for movies rather than static images. It’s still very early days for Sora, but the AI model is already generating a lot of buzz on social media, with multiple clips doing […]

Windows 11 could soon run updates without rebooting, if the rumor mill is right – and there’s already evidence this is the path Microsoft is taking in a preview build. This comes from a regular source of Microsoft-related leaks, namely Zac Bowden of Windows Central, who first of all spotted that Windows 11 preview build […]

Nvidia has announced plans to bring together the features of the Nvidia Control Panel, GeForce Experience, and RTX Experience apps all in a single piece of software. On February 22, Nvidia explained on its website that this new unified app is being made available as a public beta. This means that the app could still […]

If you’ve spent $3,500 or more on the Apple Vision Pro you’d be understandably frustrated if you damaged the outer screen and had to pay $799 (or $299 with Apple Care) to get it fixed. But imagine how much more annoyed you’d be if it cracked for seemingly no reason at all. That’s what some […]

Microsoft has revealed a new plug-in for Copilot, its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, named Power Automate that will enable users to (as the name suggests) automate repetitive and tedious tasks, such as creating and manipulating entries in Excel, handling PDFs, and file management.  This development is part of a bigger Copilot update package that will […]

Microsoft Paint received a plethora of new features late last year, introducing layers, a dark mode, and AI-powered image generation. These new updates brought Microsoft Paint up to speed with the rest of Windows 11’s modern layout (maybe a different word? Trying to say vibe)  after years of virtually no meaningful upgrades, and it looks […]

Google has unveiled Gemma, an open-source AI model that will allow people to create their own artificial intelligence chatbots and tools based on the same technology behind Google Gemini (the suite of AI tools formerly known as Bard and Duet AI). Gemma is a collection of open-source models curated from the same technology and research […]

Google Keep is a popular task management and note-taking tool integrated with Google Suite so you can create and tick off to-do lists as you work on your computer or phone. The mobile version of Google Keep could be about to get a new feature that may tempt people away from their other note-taking apps […]

Windows 11’s latest cumulative update comes with an odd bug, it seems, one that reportedly causes the taskbar to disappear – or rather, to become blank space. The February patch (KB5034765) for Windows 11 23H2 (and 22H2) has seen a number of complaints from users who have witnessed their desktop being affected by this apparent […]

Google Bard has hung up its virtual quill, in case you hadn’t realized. The ‘large language model’ AI was first revealed by Google back in February 2023 – in a scramble to compete with Microsoft’s ChatGPT-powered Bing, which had just been launched at the time – but now, Bard no longer exists. Bard has been […]

The Nintendo DS holds a special place in many of our hearts, and if you’re lucky enough to still have one today that may be collecting dust, we’ve found a fun little project you could try with the popular handheld console.  YouTuber Michael MJD specializes in vintage tech and often makes videos with older computers […]

We’ve officially passed the two-week return window for the Apple Vision Pro, which allowed people who purchased the headset on launch day to hand it back. Social media buzz has suggested that the Vision Pro was being returned in droves. However, inside sources suggest this may not be the case – and offer an interesting […]

Windows 11’s next feature update, known as Moment 5, does indeed appear to be coming imminently – as was recently rumored – as a test build of the upgrade has just arrived in the Release Preview channel. As you may be aware, that’s the final test channel before the release version of Windows 11 (as […]

If you think that Windows 11’s File Explorer could be better, you’re not alone – and there’s a popular third party alternative, the Files app. The Files app (which despite its name, has no relation to Microsoft’s own File Explorer) just got an upgrade that makes it an even better tool for navigating your file […]

We might not have heard much about it since it was announced in February 2023, but Samsung is apparently still working on the Samsung XR headset (XR being a catchall for VR, MR, and AR), and a new rumor suggests we’ll see it this year. We know for certain that the Samsung headset is being […]

TikTok has had a big impact on the world of music since it was launched back in 2016, and now it’s set to make its presence felt in the world of VR with a new native app for the Apple Vision Pro. Is there anything that TikTok can’t do? In January, Ahmad Zahran, Product Leader […]

YouTube is revamping the Remix feature on its ever popular Shorts by allowing users to integrate their favorite music videos into content. This update consists of four tools: Sound, Collab, Green Screen, and Cut. The first one lets you take a track from a video for use as background audio. Collab places a Short next […]

OpenAI breaks new ground as the AI giant has revealed its first text-to-video model called Sora, capable of creating shockingly realistic content. We’ve been wondering when the company was finally going to release its own video engine as so many of its rivals, from Stability AI to Google, have beaten them to the punch. Perhaps […]

Google’s Gemini AI has only been around for two months at the time of this writing, and already, the company is launching its next-generation model dubbed Gemini 1.5. The announcement post gets into the nitty-gritty explaining all the AI’s improvements in detail. It’s all rather technical, but the main takeaway is that Gemini 1.5 will […]

There’s a new pair of AR smart glasses on the scene, in the form of the TCL Nxtwear S Plus specs – a follow-up to the TCL Nxtwear S, which we reviewed in the middle of last year – priced at $399 / £399 / AU$699. Much like their predecessors, these glasses can be connected […]

Mark Zuckerberg has tried the Apple Vision Pro, and he wants you to know that the Meta Quest 3 is “the better product, period”. This is unsurprising given that his company makes the Quest 3, but having gone through all of his arguments he does have a point – in many respects, the Quest 3 […]

Windows 11 just got a new cumulative update that applies a bunch of security fixes, and makes a small number of changes to the OS, although they include some important tweaks. The most interesting change here is that Microsoft has decided to give the Copilot button a new home on the taskbar. As previously seen […]

ChatGPT is becoming more like your most trusted assistant, remembering not just what you’ve told it about yourself, your interests, and preferences, but applying those memories in future chats. It’s a seemingly small change that may make the generative AI appear more human and, perhaps, pave the way for General AI, which is where an […]

Android devices and ChromeOS may become best friends in the near future as Google is reportedly working on better integrating the two platforms. Hints of this move were discovered by industry expert AssembleDebug on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) who recently dove into the files of Google Play Services version 24.06.12. After activating […]

Last week, Google rebranded its Bard AI bot as Gemini (matching the name of the model it runs on), and pushed out an Android app in the US; and while the new app has brought a few frustrations with it, Google is now busy trying to fix the major ones. You can, if you want, […]

Google has been busy revamping its AI offerings, renaming Bard to Gemini, pushing out a dedicated Android app, and lots more besides. There’s also now a paid tier for Google’s generative AI engine for the first time, which means another digital subscription for you to weigh up. You can read our Google Gemini explained explainer […]

Google has been a sleeping AI giant, but this week it finally woke up. Google Gemini is here and it’s the tech giant’s most powerful range of AI tools so far. But Gemini is also, in true Google style, really confusing, so we’re here to quickly break it all down for you. Gemini is the […]

The FaceTime video reactions Apple introduced in iOS 17 are kind of cool – fireworks when you show two thumbs up, and so on – but you don’t necessarily want them going off on every call. Now it looks as though Apple is about to make the feature less prominent. As per MacRumors, with the […]

It looks like Apple’s enclosed ecosystem is slowly opening up—in the EU, at least. On January 25th, 2024, the Big Tech giant revealed changes to its App Store and business model given new requirements under the Digital Market Act (DMA) due to come into force in March. Apple’s announcement was met with controversies, though. Many […]

It was only a matter of time before someone added generative AI to an AR headset and taking the plunge is start-up company Brilliant Labs with their recently revealed Frame smart glasses. Looking like a pair of Where’s Waldo glasses (or Where’s Wally to our UK readers), the Frame houses a multimodal digital assistant called […]

Microsoft is trying out some interesting new changes in testing for Windows 11, including bolstering a pair of core apps for the OS – with one of them getting supercharged by AI. Those two apps are Notepad and Snipping Tool, with new versions rolling out to testers who are in the Dev and Canary channels. […]

Apple says it plans on introducing generative AI features to iPhones later this year. It’s unknown what they are, however, a recently published research paper indicates one of them may be a new type of editing software that can alter images via text prompts. It’s called MGIE, or MLLM-Guided (multimodal large language model) Image Editing. […]

It’s been one year since Bing Chat received its generative AI power-up and we’ve seen it change a lot since including a rebranding into Copilot. To celebrate the first anniversary, Microsoft decided to redesign Copilot’s homepage as well as introduce a new editing feature. The company states when you visit the AI’s engine desktop website, […]

The Microsoft Store in Windows 11 is about to get a handy new feature that lets you try games without having to download and install them – but will this innovative feature make the unloved app store more popular? The Microsoft Store has a pretty large library of games on offer, both for sale and […]

The Apple Vision Pro has finally launched, and if you were thinking you may have to upgrade your Mac or MacBook to use the new headset (piling on another expensive purchase onto an already very pricey device) there is some good news, as it seems like the Vision Pro headset is compatible with Intel-based Macs, […]

Meta will begin flagging AI-generated images on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads in an effort to uphold online transparency. The tech giant already labels content made by its Imagine AI engine with a visible watermark. Moving forward, it’s going to do something similar for pictures coming from third-party sources like OpenAI, Google, and Midjourney just to […]

Some Windows 10 users are apparently being treated (ahem) to a multi-panel pop-up that takes over the whole screen, and consists of three pages of persuading those with eligible PCs to get the upgrade to Windows 11. This kind of effectively long-winded nag – three full screens of selling the upgrade to Windows 11 – […]

Microsoft’s on fire recently with the addition of some super-useful features thanks to its artificial intelligence assistant Copilot, and it looks like OneDrive is finally getting a much-needed AI boost. Soon, you’ll be able to search through your files without having to open them to find the relevant info simply by asking Copilot the question […]

It’s beginning to look like we’re getting another Windows 11 update in the second half of 2024 which could bring even more artificial intelligence (AI) features to the operating system.  Windows Latest spotted references to the update, dubbed “Hudson Valley” and also known as Windows 11 24H2, in a support document – and it looks […]

There’s been a lot of chatter this week about just how many apps are available inside the Apple Vision Pro, and it seems third-party developers are taking up the challenge of filling in any notable gaps in the app selection. As per MacRumors, developer Christian Selig has released a dedicated YouTube app for the Vision […]

The AI chatbot Google Bard is one of the fastest evolving apps in the Google collection at the moment – and it looks as though its branding is about to evolve too, with Google set to rename it as Gemini. This comes from developer Dylan Roussel (via Engadget), who has apparently found a list of […]

Apple Vision Pro is finally out in the real world, at physical Apple Stores across the US, giving most people their first opportunity to touch, feel, and experience what Apple likes to call Spatial Computing. It felt almost odd to be standing in the rain outside of Apple’s glassy Fifth Avenue flagship store on Groundhog […]

Windows 11 might be getting ads for Copilot Pro, or at least this possibility is being explored in testing right now it seems. Copilot Pro, for those who missed it, was recently revealed as Microsoft’s powered-up version of the AI assistant that you have to pay for (via a monthly subscription). And if you haven’t […]

For the past year or two, the world has watched as a string of incredible artificial intelligence (AI) tools have appeared, and everyone has been wondering one thing: when will Apple join the party? Now, we finally have an answer. On a recent earnings call (via The Verge), Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that AI […]

It’s a big day for Google AI as the tech giant has launched a new image-generation engine aimed at fostering people’s creativity. The tool is called ImageFX and it runs on Imagen 2,  Google’s “latest text-to-image model” that Google claims can deliver the company’s “highest-quality images yet.” Like so many other generative AIs before, it […]

Considering how popular image generating is right now, Google Bard’s recent update that adds AI image generation seems all but inevitable. According to the official Google Bard update page, using the tool is quite simple. You can activate the AI image generator by simply entering “a few words” into the search bar, “starting with English […]

Improvements are being made to YouTube TV ensuring sports fans can watch multiple games with little to no interruptions. The annoying thing about watching sports online is there can sometimes be broadcast delays. This results in laggy streams and it’s awful. Back in December 2023, YouTube introduced a way to temporarily reduce latency for up […]

Whatever you’ve heard or read about Apple’s new Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset, nothing quite prepares you for seeing it in person, putting it on, and experiencing for the first time Apple’s vision for spatial computing. You realize quite quickly that this is more than a marketing term, it’s a new approach to the […]

We might have just caught our first glimpse of Windows 12, although we can’t be sure about that – but what we do know is that Microsoft is making a big change with test builds of Windows. XenoPanther on X (formerly Twitter) noticed that the internal Canary versions of Windows 11 – those in the […]

New footage has leaked for Google’s Assistant with Bard demonstrating how the digital AI helper could work at launch. Nail Sadykov posted the video on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) after discovering the feature on the Pixel Tips app. Apparently, Google accidentally spilled the beans on its tech, so it’s probably safe to […]

Microsoft is an old (in tech terms, at least) company – and a very successful one at that, but not every product it makes is a success. For every Windows 7, there’s a Games for Windows Live. Every Microsoft Office, there’s a Clippy. To help people reminisce and revisit memories of Microsoft products gone by, […]

Sick of struggling to find the answers to your search queries in Safari, Chrome, or any of the other best browsers on iOS? A new alternative has just emerged that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to do the searching for you, potentially helping you find accurate results much more quickly. Called Arc Search, the app is […]

Google’s experimental AI chatbot Bard may be coming to the Google Messages app in the near future – and it promises to bring some major upgrades to your phone-based chats.  Tipster Assembler Debug uncovered the feature in the beta code of the Google Messages app. The AI-enhanced features are not yet available, and Assembler Debug […]

Shazam’s latest update added a feature you may be surprised to learn wasn’t already present: the ability to identify music through your headphones. The way it works, according to the patch notes on the App Store, is you first launch the app whenever you find a song on YouTube, TikTok, or wherever. Tap the headphone […]

The first preorders for the Apple Vision Pro will very soon be making their way into the hands of users, but it seems that Apple is making plans to have headsets like the Vision Pro respond to the posture of the person wearing them. A newly published patent (via Patently Apple) refers to “tiered posture […]

Windows 11 has a new preview build out that improves audio quality for your video chats and more besides. Windows 11 preview build 26040 has been released in the Canary channel (the earliest test builds) complete with the Voice Clarity feature which was previously exclusive to owners of Surface devices. Voice Clarity leverages AI to […]

Google is taking another crack at text-to-video generation with Lumiere, a new AI model capable of creating surprisingly high-quality content.  The tech giant has certainly come a long way from the days of Imagen Video. Subjects in Lumiere videos are no longer these nightmarish creatures with melting faces. Now things look much more realistic. Sea […]

Pre-orders of Apple’s Vision Pro are supposed to ship out on February 2; however several reports have appeared online claiming there’s going to be a sizable delay. People have flocked to Reddit and X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) with screenshots of their orders now having an arrival period of February 29 to March […]

The latest in a long line of Ayaneo PC gaming handhelds, dubbed the Ayaneo Next Lite, will not only be an incredibly affordable portable option but will also be changing course on its OS. According to a statement posted on the official Ayaneo Twitter/X account, the handheld will come with Windows 11 64-bit Home Edition […]

A recent ChatGPT beta is giving a select group of users the ability to turn the AI into their device’s new default voice assistant on Android. This information comes from industry insider Mishaal Rahman on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) who posted a video of himself trying out the feature live. According to […]

When the Apple Vision Pro was first announced, we were told that it would run at least one million apps right out of the box. However, it’s beginning to look like that might not be the case. Now Apple may have effectively alienated and irritated app developers, making them less likely to produce bespoke apps […]

Windows 11’s latest patch, the cumulative update for January, is failing to install for some users, and compounding the misery is that the reason for this spanner in the works can’t be discerned. This is update KB5034123 and the trouble is that the installation process is failing, in some cases repeatedly, with the usual unhelpful […]

WhatsApp may receive its own version of Apple’s AirDrop as a recent Android beta shows hints that a file-sharing feature is in the works. A post on WABetaInfo offers insight into the potential update. Like AirDrop, the feature only works between two people. Both users will need to have the software open to the tool […]

Getting a handle on just how many Vision Pro mixed reality headsets Apple sold in its first weekend isn’t easy but finding out if everyone legitimately bought one is even harder. Estimates put the weekend Vision Pro sales haul at somewhere around 180,000 units, and while Apple hasn’t confirmed there are some indications that the […]

You can now virtually run Windows 11 on the newest Apple Mac devices (those with Apple’s own ARM-based M1, M2, or M3 chips) using Microsoft-authorized methods. The MacBook maker switched from Intel processors in its devices to its own new line of Apple silicon ARM  processors in 2020, and that change meant Mac users who […]

Apple’s been clear since the start that its Vision Pro mixed reality headset is launching in the US first and there are still no details about an international launch. Now, with Vision Pro preorders live, people are wondering if they can order in the US and then bring the spatial computing platform to their home […]

Microsoft’s major update for 2024 will be Windows 11 24H2, we’ve again heard, but it’ll be a big old drop of multiple features – plus foundational changes – that’s expected to arrive in September. That’s the latest from Microsoft rumor-monger Zac Bowden of Windows Central fame, a generally reliable source for all things Windows. Bowden […]

Now that Apple Vision Pro preorders have gone live, we’re learning more about Apple’s expensive mixed reality headset – including the ways in which it will interact with other Apple devices such as iPhones, iPads, and Macs. As per the Vision Pro tech specs page (via MacRumors), the device supports Apple’s AirPlay standard for wirelessly […]

Pre-orders for Apple’s Vision Pro have officially opened, and with it, the company has released information on how much it’ll cost to repair the headset.  Be prepared to shell a ton out of pocket because prices are astronomical if you don’t have an AppleCare Plus insurance plan. According to the official support page, repairs fall […]

A new feature is coming to Windows 11 that will make transferring screenshots from your phone to your PC much easier. Thanks to testing being done by Microsoft, you should soon have the ability to access and edit your screenshots from your phone directly on your PC. The Windows Insider Program for Developers is a […]

Amazon is reportedly testing a new AI assistant on its mobile app that can answer customer questions about specific products. This feature appears to have been initially discovered by e-commerce research firm Marketplace Pulse. According to the firm, the AI can be found under the “Looking for specific info?” section on product pages. The LLM […]

It looks like Microsoft’s penchant for collecting its users’ data may get it in more trouble, with a worrying new report suggesting that it’s sharing more information from emails sent by the new Outlook for Windows app than people may know. This is particularly concerning as most people check their emails daily, to keep up […]

The long-simmering dispute over Apple’s App Store commissions and practices has just resulted in some pretty substantial alterations to the ways you’ll now be able to pay for apps. But in some respects, not a whole lot has changed – and you might not end up saving any money at all. Recently, a judge dismissed […]

Apple’s Vision Pro may be overweight as a group of reporters complained about experiencing discomfort while wearing the headset in a recent hands-on demo. On January 16, the company gave tech news sites Engadget and The Verge an opportunity to try out their upcoming device ahead of its release on February 2. The preview was […]

LG has announced that it’s bringing its OLED TV expertise to the XR (extended reality) space, and plans to launch some kind of device next year. The report comes via South Korean news outlet The Guru (translated to English) in which LG Electronics CEO Cho Joo-wan told a reporter at CES 2024 that “[LG] will […]

Apple has revealed more information about what watching movie and TV shows will be like on the Apple Vision Pro, including confirmation of which of the best streaming services will have full native support when it launches. We already knew Disney Plus would be there – that was announced at the start – and obviously […]

Microsoft is taking Windows Copilot to the next level with Windows Copilot Pro and bringing Microsoft 365 Copilot to businesses of all sizes.  Windows Copilot and 365 Copilot are Microsoft’s newest AI digital assistants to help users with all kinds of tasks and projects that we were introduced to last year, and they’re getting a […]

Microsoft has spent billions on integrating ChatGPT into its Copilot AI assistant for Edge, Bing and Windows 11 – and a new code leak suggests it could be planning to claw back some of that investment very soon. As spotted by Android Authority, some new Edge browser updates for Android contain several code references to a […]

Remember when Microsoft said Windows 10 wouldn’t get any more features, and was effectively on ice, with the exception of minor tweaks? Well, the reversal of that policy is clear enough now, as another inbound feature for Windows 11 is also coming to its predecessor OS. Namely a ‘richer weather experience’ – including dynamic, interactive […]

We now know that the Apple Vision Pro is going to be available to buy from February 2, with preorders opening on January 19, but a newly discovered patent suggests that Apple engineers are busy looking to the future of the mixed reality headset. The patent, spotted by Patently Apple, shows what looks like a […]

Every January, the Las Vegas convention centers are full to the brim with exciting new tech for CES, and that’s no different for CES 2024. And what tech is more exciting than the best VR headsets and AR glasses? We scoured CES 2024 for the best VR and AR tech announcements. We drove in AR-powered […]

We were first introduced to the Rabbit R1 in January 2024, at CES 2024, but what exactly is it? The charming sidekick (co-designed by Teenage Engineering) is promising to take pocket gadgets to the next level – offering something like a smartphone, but with an intuitive, unified, AI-driven interface that means you (theoretically, at least) […]

It looks like Microsoft is going to make Copilot, its new AI assistant, start up automatically on PCs with ‘wide screens’ running suitable versions of Windows 11. As it happens, most PC screens are wide, so it seems like Microsoft wants to get Copilot in front of as many users as possible.  This potential development […]

Windows 11 could soon benefit from super-fast USB devices, as Microsoft is currently testing support of a new 80Gbps USB standard. This will be the successor to USB4, capable of delivering data transfer speeds of up to 80 Gbps (doubling USB4’s speed) and is known as USB4 Version 2.0. The preview was released through Microsoft’s […]

Google Assistant is going to be shedding some weight as at least 17 “underutilized” features will be removed in the coming weeks. In a recent announcement post, the tech giant says it wants to focus on the parts of its digital assistant that people actually use, so it will be getting rid of the ones […]

Google announced around this time last year that it was working on the addition of Live Activities support to the Google Maps app for iPhone and iPads, and slated it for release later in 2023, but so far it still hasn’t been released. However, new assets found in the latest version in the app indicate […]

OpenAI has officially launched its GPT Store, allowing a select group of users and official partners to share customized chatbots with the community. The platform won’t be available to the wider public, according to the company You must have a subscription to ChatGPT Plus ($20 / £16 a month), Enterprise, or the newly formed Teams […]

Do you think the iconic Windows Notepad app lacks flashy features? Then don’t worry – Microsoft is integrating ChatGPT AI into Notepad for Windows 11.  Microsoft’s newest all-purpose digital AI assistant, Windows Copilot, has been around for a little while now, and it’s currently fairly limited in what it can actually do. Microsoft is no […]

The Vision Pro will go on sale next month, and we’ve just learned that Apple has requested that app developers for visionOS (the operating system that runs on the headset) don’t allude to visionOS apps as “AR” or “VR”.  We first heard about Apple’s newest innovation in June 2023 – where it was marketed as […]

Windows 11 might soon witness Copilot coming to File Explorer, or in other words, the folders on your desktop that you use to interact with files on a daily basis. The theory is that Microsoft could be planning to bring the Copilot AI to these folders based on a line of code uncovered by a […]

Microsoft is dropping two of the core apps which are installed with Windows 11 by default. As of Windows 11 preview build 26020 (which has just been unleashed in the Canary channel), the WordPad and People apps have been given the elbow. Although technically, while the People app itself is being dispensed with, that’s because […]

The release of Google Bard’s Advanced tier may be coming sooner than people expected, according to a recent leak, and what’s more, it won’t be free. Well, it’s not a “leak” per se; the company left a bunch of clues on its website that anybody could find if you know where to look. That’s how […]

2024 is set to see AI playing an increasingly prominent role in all kinds of tech devices and services, and Google is getting the ball rolling by enhancing Google Assistant with Google Bard features, having launched its AI chatbot last year.  During its Made by Google event in October, Google announced that the new Assistant […]

The Apple Vision Pro headset is potentially just weeks from launching, if the latest rumors are to be believed, but a few new details about the external display may have been leaked via an Apple patent.  According to the document (first reported on by Patently Apple) the headset’s external display won’t just be able to […]

If you’re an Apple fan and your new year’s resolution is to save your money this January, we’ve got some bad news: a new rumor says Apple’s Vision Pro headset will go on sale in just a few weeks’ time. However – and perhaps fortunately for your finances – there are some serious questions floating […]

PC gamers, it’s time to bring in the new year by finally retiring that old Windows OS. Valve announced in an official blog post that Steam would no longer support Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 after January 1, 2024. According to the official Steam blog post, after that date current Steam Client installations on those […]

To ring in 2024 Meta has announced permanent price cuts for the Oculus Quest 2 VR headset and its accessories. The 128GB model now costs $249.99 / £249.99 / AU$439.99, while the 256GB version is $299.99 / $299.99 /AU$499.99 – saving you $50 / £50 on either model in the UK and US, or AU$70 […]

An AI just mastered Labyrinth in six hours, and I am questioning my own existence. I started playing Labyrinth in the 1970s. While it may look deceptively simple and is fully analog, Labyrinth is an incredibly difficult, nearly 60-year-old physical board game that challenges you to navigate a metal ball through a hole-riddled maze by […]

It’s time for AR aficionados to start saving, if you haven’t been already, because Apple is getting everything ready to launch the Apple Vision Pro headset in February according to a new report. This follows rumors that it might be delayed until March. Unnamed sources have told Bloomberg (article behind a paywall) that if things […]

If you’re a K-Pop fan who owns a Meta Quest headset or gets one for Christmas, Meta has a gift for you; free front-row seats to a BlackPink concert in virtual reality taking place on December 26 at 5pm PT / Wednesday 1am GMT / Wednesday 12am ACT. The recording is from the group’s finale […]

That didn’t take long: just days after launching a dedicated Copilot app for Android, Microsoft has restored balance to the universe again by making the same app available for those users who prefer iPhones and iPads. As initially spotted by The Verge, the Copilot app for iOS and iPadOS seems to be an exact replica […]

Didn’t get the VR headset you were hoping to get this Christmas? Or decided you want to start 2024 off right by going on some VR adventures? Well, you’re in luck as the Oculus Quest 2 – Meta’s excellent standalone VR device – is $50/£50-off right now as part of this year’s after-Christmas sales. This […]

Passwords are a pain, let’s be honest – a necessary evil to keep us secure. None of us wants to have to deal with these cumbersome little beasties, but they’re an inescapable part of online life. In the future, things will change – as a new passwordless reality comes to fruition and passkeys evolve. But […]

With the Apple Vision Pro due to go on sale in the coming weeks, we’re looking forward to properly testing it – but the rumors and leaks have already started around what Apple might do for a follow-up to the mixed reality headset. As per market research firm Omdia (via The Elec and MacRumors), the […]

If you’re keen to play around with some generative AI tech on your phone, you now have another option: Microsoft has launched an Android app for its Copilot chatbot, and like Copilot in Windows 11, it’s free to use and powered by GPT-4 and DALL-E 3. As spotted by @techosarusrex (via Neowin), the Copilot for […]

Let’s face it, almost everyone could use a bit of help saving money these days, with the cost-of-living crisis and various inflationary pressures still kicking around globally, alongside other factors that can make finances a struggle. I’ve certainly been counting the pennies here and there, but one area where I’ve slacked off is with web […]

Google has suddenly changed the name of its file-sharing tool from Nearby Share to Quick Share which is what Samsung calls its own tool. It’s a random move that has people scratching their heads wondering what it could mean for Android in the future. This update appears to have been discovered by industry insider Kamila […]

We know the Apple Vision Pro will be available to buy soon, but we don’t know when exactly that’s going to happen – though a new tip from a well-placed source suggests we’ve not got all that much longer to wait. Well-respected Apple tipster Ming-Chi Kuo (via 9to5Mac) suggests that the headset is going to […]

Apple researchers have apparently discovered a method that’ll allow iPhones to host and run their own large language models (LLMs). With this tech, future iPhone models may finally have the generative AI features people have been eagerly waiting for. This information comes from a pair of papers published on arXiv, a research-sharing platform owned by […]

AI is growing faster than we ever imagined and some worry it might soon be smarter than us and out of control. It turns out, though, that the Godfathers of AI disagree on at least one of these points. On one side, we have former Google scientist Dr. Geoffrey Hinton warning that we’re going too […]

Apple may be lagging behind when it comes to generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Google Bard, but it seems determined to catch up as soon as possible – and we just got a better idea of exactly how it’s going to do that. According to The New York Times, Apple is hoping to […]

Windows 11 could be getting its next feature drop early in 2024, courtesy of what will be the fifth ‘Moment’ update for the operating system. As you’re likely aware by now, a Moment is the name given to smaller feature updates that arrive outside of the big annual upgrade Microsoft pushes out for Windows 11 […]

Holiday shipping deadlines are zipping by, leaving those of us who are last-minute shoppers to scramble to find gifts for our loved ones that can be delivered before the holidays are on our doorsteps. Thankfully, digital products exist, and a bit of that procrastination may even be rewarded when you get to take advantage of […]

Software designers Oliur and Shane Levine have released a series of wallpapers that convert the lock screen on your iPhone into an iPod Classic. It’s a real blast from the past. The collection is known as the iPod Wallpaper Pack, consisting of “12 high-definition wallpapers” sporting a multitude of colors. Just to name a few […]

Windows 10 running out of road for support is going to be something of an environmental disaster in terms of old PCs going into landfills, an analyst firm has warned. Canalys wrote an article on the state of the PC market and Windows 10’s end-of-support date, which rolls around in October 2025 – still some […]

Google has released yet another year-end list, and this time, the tech giant goes over what it thinks are the best Chrome extensions for 2023. It’s similar to the 10 best Android app awards from last month; however instead of highlighting different kinds of software, the company is focusing on extensions that help you with […]

Thanks to a newfound partnership with music creation platform Suno, Microsoft Copilot can now generate short-form songs with a single text prompt. The content it creates not only consists of instrumentals but also fleshed-out lyrics and actual singing voices. Microsoft states in the announcement that you don’t need to have any pre-existing music-making skills. All […]

The Meta Quest Pro has received an unexpected update – its face tracking can now follow your tongue movements. One of the main hardware upgrades featured in the Meta Quest Pro is face and eye tracking. Thanks to inbuilt cameras, the headset can track your facial features and translate your real-life movements onto a virtual […]

After facing pressure from EU regulators, Adobe and design app Figma have agreed to mutually break up, costing the former a lucrative $20 billion deal. Adobe said in a recent statement that the companies are doing this because they cannot find a “clear path to receive [the] necessary regulatory approvals from the European Commission and […]

Windows 11 just received a new cumulative update, but apparently Microsoft’s round of patching for December introduces a big problem for some students. Windows Latest highlights reports from a number of students who are readers of the tech site – and universities themselves – about patch KB5033375 breaking Wi-Fi networks on campus. Apparently, this isn’t […]