A free Windows app makes me use my standing desk
It’s been over ten years since I found out that my spinal vertebrae are smashing together like an anatomical ten-car pileup. Since then I’ve used standing desks to try to limit the amount of time…
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Apple will allow iPhone app downloads on the web in the EU–but there’s a catch
With Apple’s famous walled garden continuing to crumble, the company has made yet another concession to app developers. But it turns out that not everyone will benefit. For more than 15 years, Apple insisted that…
Watch us try out the awesome new Nvidia App
Last month Nvidia released a beta version of a new self-titled app, intended to completely replace GeForce Experience and incorporate at least some of the features of the long-running Nvidia Control Panel. PCWorld’s Will Smith…
How to move items between Mac apps using the App Switcher
You can always find some hidden magic in macOS’s Finder, even if you think you know all the tricks. It’s only recently that I realized I had been underutilizing what you could call “drag, tab,…
Apple terminates Epic’s iOS developer account in latest fight over App Store terms
After the DMA forced Apple to open up its app ecosystem in the EU, Epic Games announced that it would bring its own game store to iOS in Europe and bring Fortnite back to the…
iOS 17.4 has arrived with major App Store changes, new emoji, and more
If you live in the European Union, iOS 17.4 is a massive upgrade. Apple began beta-testing the update on January 25 and outlined many of the changes that affect the apps and App Store experience…
Apple faces mammoth $2 billion EU fine over Spotify App Store complaint
Apple has been fined an astonishing 1.8 billion euros (roughly $1.95 billion) by EU regulators. The news was reported Monday by The New York Times and follows a five-year investigation into alleged anticompetitive behavior. The…
Apple unveils curiously limited new Sports app
Apple today announced the launch of Apple Sports, a new free app dedicated to supplying sports fans with their favorite teams’ latest scores and stats. The app covers NHL, MLB, men’s and women’s basketball, and…
New app always points to the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy
Enlarge / A photo of Galactic Compass running on an iPhone. Matt Webb / Getty Images On Thursday, designer Matt Webb unveiled a new iPhone app called Galactic Compass, which always points to the center…
Nvidia’s “Chat With RTX” is a ChatGPT-style app that runs on your own GPU
On Tuesday, Nvidia released Chat With RTX, a free personalized AI chatbot similar to ChatGPT that can run locally on a PC with an Nvidia RTX graphics card. It uses Mistral or Llama open-weights LLMs…