Windows 11 is getting a multi-monitor feature it’s been missing for years
I currently use an add-on program that lets me put my Windows 11 taskbar at the top of my monitor. It’s one of the many ways in which Windows 11 is a step back from…
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25 years later, Apple’s most infamous Mac can teach some valuable lessons
Apple is famous for its design sense, having produced a bewildering array of gorgeous gadgets over the years. But perhaps no device has embodied that sense as truly as the Power Mac G4 Cube, a…
Cyberpunk 2077 comes to Mac… 5 years later
You can finally play Cyberpunk 2077 on your MacBook! Later this week. In 2025. Five years after the game hit PC and consoles (in an admittedly problematic launch). Cyberpunk 2077, arguably the most-anticipated game ever…
Aging PNG image format gets refreshed with first update in over 20 years
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recently released an update to the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) image format, one of the most popular image formats for web content. Tom’s Hardware writes that this is the…
50 years ago, a single keystroke changed Apple and the world forever
One of the most consequential developments in the history of computing happened 50 years ago. It set Apple on course to becoming one of the most valuable companies on the planet and changed the face…
How 30 years of chip transitions paved the way for the spectacular Apple Silicon era
With the announcement that macOS Tahoe will be the last Mac OS version to support Intel Macs, Apple’s preparing to close the books on the third chip transition in Mac history. It doesn’t get a…
The full-screen no-notch iPhone might not happen for another five years
To notch or not to notch? That seems to be the question for the next few iPhone releases. But according to a new report, we might be waiting a while for a notchless iPhone, as…
I used folio cases on my phone for 10 years. This $28 accessory changed everything
About 10 years ago, I gave up on carrying a dedicated wallet and went for a folio phone case—the kind that opens and closes like a book—with slots for my cards and wrap-around protection for…
This time, next year’s iPhone really is the one to wait for
The iPhone rumors game can often have something of a bait-and-switch character. From afar, product releases are heralded as groundbreaking and radical (the iPhone 13 will be portless! The iPhone 15 will fold! The iPhone…
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…