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Back to Top / Saturday, November 1, 2025, 12:20 am / permalink 15585 / 2 stories in 4 months

Apple Expands Self Service Repair Program to iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone Air

Nehal Malik / iphoneincanada - Apple's Self Service Repair program now covers the iPhone 17 family and the iPhone Air, giving customers access to genuine Apple parts and tools for repairsThe post Apple Expands Self Service Repair Program to iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone Air firs…

Back to Top / Thursday, October 30, 2025, 2:22 pm / permalink 15553 / 3 stories in 4 months

Apple releases iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, and macOS Tahoe 26.1 release candidates to developers

Imran Hussain / ithinkdiff - Apple has released the iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, and macOS Tahoe 26.1 release candidate (RC) builds to developers. These updates mark the final testing stage before the public rollout and are available now through the Apple Developer Center and over...Read m…

Back to Top / Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 7:20 am / permalink 15510 / 5 stories in 4 months

Apple Maps will start showing ads from local businesses next year

Kerem Gülen / dataconomy - Apple plans to introduce advertisements in Apple Maps as early as next year, according to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman. The ads will enable restaurants and other brick-and-mortar businesses to pay for promotion within search results, mirroring features …

Back to Top / Monday, October 27, 2025, 7:20 am / permalink 15439 / 6 stories in 4 months

Shuttered robot vacuum maker Neato is ending cloud services sooner than planned

engadget - Starting soon, Neato robovac owners will no longer be able to control their devices using the app. Neato Robotics, which shut down in 2023 due to declining sales, has notified customers that "cloud services are being phased out during Q4 2025," according …

Back to Top / Saturday, October 25, 2025, 1:20 pm / permalink 15409 / 2 stories in 4 months

Instagram adds a watch history for Reels

Will Shanklin / engadget - Instagram's latest feature should make it easier to resurface videos you've viewed. On Friday, Adam Mosseri revealed a new watch history for Reels. "Hopefully, now you can find that thing that you were trying to find that you couldn't find before," the In…

Back to Top / Friday, October 24, 2025, 1:20 pm / permalink 15382 / 2 stories in 4 months

Apple Vision Pro (M5) Review: The Crown of the Dorks

Kyle Barr / gizmodo - The headset is faster, comfier, and better for gaming, but sorry, you'll still look awkward.

Back to Top / Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 4:20 pm / permalink 15292 / 7 stories in 4 months

X will soon let you buy inactive usernames

Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - X (Twitter) will soon launch a marketplace in which you can buy inactive usernames. In the appropriately named X Handle Marketplace, X Premium Plus and Premium Business users will be able to browse and request ownership of inactive usernames. Some will be…

Back to Top / Monday, October 20, 2025, 1:20 pm / permalink 15228 / 4 stories in 4 months

X is changing how it handles links to try and keep you in the app

Terrence O’Brien / theverge - X is testing a change to the way it handles links on iOS so that the buttons to like, reply, and repost will always be visible. Normally, when you click a link on X the page opens up and completely covers the original post. Apparently, this leads to fewer…

Back to Top / Sunday, October 19, 2025, 10:53 pm / permalink 15203 / 2 stories in 4 months

YouTube gets a UI refresh and a host of handy new features

Sofia Elizabella Wyciślik-Wilson / betanews - Google has announced a series of updates and changes for YouTube, kicking off with a new-look user interface. The updated UI sees various buttons and control elements getting a visual refresh, but there are changes beyond the aesthetic. An addition that w…

Back to Top / Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 5:20 am / permalink 15138 / 3 stories in 4 months

Microsoft's October Windows 11 update adds AI shortcuts, tighter security, and a more unified Settings app

techspot - Microsoft began rolling out its October 2025 Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 today, bringing a broad mix of new features and routine security fixes. The update applies to both the 24H2 and 25H2 releases, which share the same system architecture, and i…

Back to Top / Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 1:21 pm / permalink 15121 / 7 stories in 4 months

Facebook brings back job listings in the US

Lauren Forristal / techcrunch - Facebook is reintroducing job listings to users in the U.S., focusing on entry-level, trade, and service jobs.

Back to Top / Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 12:21 pm / permalink 15119 / 4 stories in 4 months

Google is making search ads more and less avoidable

engadget - Google is tweaking how sponsored results will appear in Search. Going forward, it will group any text ads on the Search page into a "Sponsored results" section that will appear at the top of the screen. The size of the ads is unchanged and Google says the…

Back to Top / Monday, October 13, 2025, 5:20 pm / permalink 15103 / 5 stories in 4 months

Google Chrome to revoke notification access for inactive sites

Sergiu Gatlan / bleepingcomputer - Google is updating the Chrome web browser to automatically revoke notification permissions for websites that haven't been visited recently, to reduce alert overload. [...]

Back to Top / Friday, October 10, 2025, 1:22 pm / permalink 15072 / 5 stories in 4 months

The Google Pixel Watch 4 is the Android watch to beat

Victoria Song / theverge - Five years ago, I used to groan when it came time to review an Android smartwatch. Back then, anything that wasn't a Samsung watch was disappointing at best. The space was fragmented, battery life was dismal, and interest just didn't seem to be there. But…

Back to Top / Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 1:21 pm / permalink 15032 / 9 stories in 4 months

Mastodon snags Bluesky’s starter packs feature and includes the ability to opt out

Emma Roth / theverge - Mastodon is introducing “Packs” to help you quickly find accounts to follow and fill up your feed. The decentralized social network announced the feature as part of the FediForum event on Tuesday. It will work similarly to Starter Packs on Bluesky, which …

Back to Top / Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 2:20 pm / permalink 15009 / 4 stories in 4 months

Rivian CEO defends skipping CarPlay, says its own software will do better

Asma Hussain / ithinkdiff - Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe has made it clear that Apple’s CarPlay will not be coming to Rivian vehicles anytime soon. Speaking on The Verge’s Decoder podcast, Scaringe defended the company’s stance, saying Rivian wants to build a deeply connected, intelligent…

Back to Top / Monday, October 6, 2025, 4:21 pm / permalink 14994 / 3 stories in 5 months