The one keyboard feature I can’t live without
I’m a mechanical keyboard nut. You might have guessed that, given how I do most of the keyboard reviews around here, how I built a custom one-handed keyboard, or spent hours traveling to New York…
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Google finally made an Android feature even Apple won’t steal
With WWDC just about a month away, you’re going to read a lot of stories about how the newest features in iOS 18 are copies of something Google or Samsung already have in Android. But…
iOS 17.5 beta feature makes sending in your iPhone for repair a lot friendlier
Sending your iPhone in for repair was always a little nerve-wracking. Not just because you no longer have access to what may be the most important gadget in your life, but because you never know…
Forget the iPhone 16, Apple’s best new feature in 2024 will be for older iPhones too
The iPhone 16 lineup will bring in more money for Apple than anything else this year. As many other parts of the company (namely services) are growing, the overall fortunes of Apple still rise and…
Photoshop took my favorite feature and massively boosted it with AI
It’s probably fair to say that the Generative Fill feature within Adobe Photoshop has utterly transformed my photo-editing workflow. Today, Adobe just made it better — and spun off several additional features that complement Generative…
Windows’ AI-powered future could feature ‘Qualcomm Inside’
For years, AMD and especially Intel have dominated the PC industry, even after Qualcomm introduced its first Snapdragon processors for laptops. Now, Microsoft may be giving pride of place to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite processor…
iPadOS 17.5 references an unexpected new iPad feature as new models loom
It seems like we’ve been waiting forever for the new iPads, but they should be showing up within the next few weeks. And when they do, there’s a good chance they’ll be running iOS 17.5…
New Chrome feature blocks cookie-stealing hackers
Cookies aren’t just something sites have to annoy you about every single #$%&ing time you visit them because of the GDPR. They’re one of the most basic ways for sites to identify specific users, for…
Laptop formfactors: Your guide to every shape, use case and feature
Until about 15 years ago, the term “laptop” meant one thing: a portable PC that unfolds to reveal a screen on one half and a keyboard on the other. But with the launch of Apple’s…
WWDC24: One feature we want to Apple to announce for each OS
It’s official—WWDC will kick off on June 10 with Apple’s biggest keynote of the year. As always we’ll get a preview of what to expect from Apple’s OS updates coming this fall. That’s iOS, iPadOS,…