Whenever Apple rolls out a major new version of iOS, iPhone owners hurry to check whether their handset (particularly if it’s an older model) will be able to run the update and benefit from its…
Your IP address is a lot like your home address on the internet. A lot of information can be gleaned from it. Information like your location, your ISP, and even what you like to do…
I’ve had Starlink at home for over a month now and I’m impressed. It feels like magical space age tech, with a small white dish on my roof giving me high-speed internet even though I’m…
SSDs offer noticeable speed advantages when booting, loading programs, and games. However, anyone storing or archiving large amounts of data will quickly hit their capacity and budget limits. Very inexpensive SSDs often only have 256…
Apple has been strengthening the ecosystem ties between iOS and tvOS in recent years. In 2023, the company introduced the FaceTime app on Apple TV, letting users video call their loved ones on the big…
Last fall, Google launched the Audio Overview feature for its AI tool NotebookLM, which allows you to AI-generate a podcast where two AI voices “discuss” the content of your documents. Now Engadget reports that Google…
A local AI for your own documents can be really useful: Your own chatbot reads all important documents once and then provides the right answers to questions such as: “What is the excess for my…
Now is the WWDC of our discontent. As the Macalope detailed last week, Apple’s been having a bit of a year of it. It’s been a bad enough year for the company that it seemingly…
When buying a PC, it’s not just one single component that counts, like the best graphics card or the most powerful CPU. Instead, you need to consider many individual parts when making your decision. One…
The alphabet begins with the letter A, but the first drive on a reasonably up-to-date Windows computer is labeled “C:”. Why is that? First of all, the naming of the first Windows drive is not…