macOS Tahoe finally puts the Spotlight where it belongs
Twenty years ago, Mac OS X Tiger introduced us to a search feature that would stand the test of time: Spotlight. And while at the time I found myself ambivalent about its many quirks, some…
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Windows 11 finally overtakes Windows 10 in users
Have you heard? Windows 10 will stop getting updates in October as it finally goes out of service… except it won’t, because Microsoft relented and decided to give everyone an extra year of coverage. Maybe…
With visionOS 26, the wonder of Apple’s AR is finally real
I have long complained that, for all its impressive hardware and software technology, the Apple Vision Pro is thus far a failure mostly because Apple doesn’t understand AR. Or Spatial Computing, or whatever it wants…
Begone, passwords! Facebook and Messenger finally add passkey support
Meta is now starting to roll out support for passkeys to all Facebook users on Android and IOS. Passkeys are a password-free authentication standard that is stored locally on your device, be it a smartphone,…
iOS 26 will finally stop annoying misdials once and for all
Ever since I’ve been using an iPhone to make calls, I’ve been accidentally calling people. Sometimes my fingers just fumble on the call list, sometimes I’m trying to view someone’s contact card and miss, other times…
Is 2025 finally the year of Linux? We asked shoppers at Micro Center
Ah, the perennial question: Is this the year of Linux? That magical tipping point for mainstream adoption has always hovered as a hope in Linux fans’ minds. And indeed, 2025 seems ripe with opportunity, especially…
AMD’s powerful AI chips can finally be unleashed on Windows PCs
AMD’s hardware teams have tried to redefine AI inferencing with powerful chips like the Ryzen AI Max and Threadripper. But in software, the company has been largely absent where PCs are concerned. That’s changing, AMD…
iOS 26 finally makes it super simple to assign a custom iPhone ringtone
Earlier this week, Apple officially previewed iOS 26, featuring a Liquid Glass UI, handy AI tools, and support for deeper system customizations. Like all major OS updates, the upcoming release also packs plenty of smaller…
Meta’s Threads finally gets direct messages. It only took two years
In a recent Threads post, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote that the company’s microblogging platform has started testing out a new feature: direct messages. Confirmed in another Threads post by Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri, DMs…
YouTube finally offers NFL Sunday Ticket month-to-month. It’s pricey
YouTube has just announced its Sunday Ticket pricing for the upcoming NFL season, and along with the typical eye-watering subscription rates comes a long-awaited option—the ability to sign up for just a single month of…