MSI’s new Claw gaming handheld switches to AMD guts
The MSI Claw series of Steam Deck-style handheld gaming PCs is the only one from a major manufacturer that goes with Intel chips instead of the much more popular (at least in this segment) AMD…
May 2025
May 2025
iPadOS 17.7.8 update now available for older iPads
Apple on Monday released iPadOS 17.7.8, an update for older iPads that cannot run iPadOS 18. The 17.7.8 update is for the first-generation 10.5-inch iPad Pro, the second-generation 12.9-inch iPad Pro, and the sixth-generation iPad.…
This Asus gaming keyboard splits apart for comfort
Gaming keyboard or ergonomic keyboard? You typically have to choose. But in the wise words of Old El Paso Tacos, “Por qué no los dos?” That’s the thinking behind the Asus ROG Falcata, a wireless gaming board that splits…
Apple plans to offer AI alternatives as it works to overhaul Siri
Mark Gurman and Dave Bennett have an interesting feature at Bloomberg about Apple’s AI struggles. It is primarily a summary of the last several months’ reporting on how Apple fell behind in AI, why it…
Microsoft used AI to invent a safer coolant — and dunked a PC in it
Microsoft says it used its own agentic reasoning AI model to help develop and synthesize a new immersion fluid for PC cooling—and then confirmed that it worked by dunking a PC motherboard into a vat…
GE Cync Reveal Smart LED Undercabinet Bar Light review: Superb task lighting
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Bright, high-quality lighting (in white or in color) You can daisy-chain up to 10 light bars Easy to install and configure Excellent app Cons You lose all the great…
Cocospy stalkerware apps go offline after data breach
A trio of phone surveillance apps, which was caught spying on millions of people’s phones earlier this year, has gone offline. Cocospy, Spyic, and Spyzie were three near-identical but differently branded stalkerware apps that allowed…
The Microsoft Store eliminates publishing fees for Windows apps
Microsoft is waiving the fee to sign up and publish to the Microsoft Store beginning in June, as the company tries to appeal to Windows app developers and their pocketbooks. It would make the Microsoft…
Microsoft Edge will conveniently translate entire PDFs at once
The Edge browser is gaining a nifty little feature, Microsoft said at its Build conference: the ability to simply translate entire PDFs, wholesale. Today, translation works across entire webpages rather fluidly. If you open a…
Meet Windows Edit, a new command line app for power users
A new command-line application, Windows Edit, is coming to Windows 11 as part of a bevy of tools aimed at developers and enthusiasts. But is a new tweak to WinGet the real star of the…