Day: March 7, 2023

YouTube is finally getting rid of a “legacy” feature that has most likely been annoying users for quite some time now. According to the official YouTube forum post and reported on by Ars Technica, YouTube will finally be retiring the overlay ad starting on April 6, 2023. The overlay ads, or ‘legacy ad format’ as […]

I'm a little disappointed that Apple didn't give a name to the yellow it splashed on its iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus. It's just yellow, or Yellow iPhone 14. At least the really deep blue got 'Midnight' but Apple clearly had no interest in something like “Banana Yellow,” “Sunflower Yellow,” or “Merengue Yellow.” Look, […]

Nothing CEO Carl Pei drew quite the crowd at Mobile World Congress 2023 when taking to the stage to announce that his company’s next phone, the Nothing Phone 2, will come packing a high-end Snapdragon 8 series chipset.  In truth, that wasn’t quite the revelation we were hoping for – the prospect of a sneak […]

If you've dreamt of having an E Ink laptop that lets you write in peace away from the noise of the internet fairground, the ReMarkable 2 tablet and its new keyboard could be for you. We've long been fans of the ReMarkable 2, calling it “the best digital handwriting and sketching experience you can get […]

Star Wars Eclipse is a narrative-driven action-adventure game from Quantic Dream.  The title is still in the early stages of development, but we know that the game will focus on an ensemble of characters and will be set in the High Republic era of the Star Wars setting. If Eclipse is anything like Quantic's previous […]

Sonos and Apple Music are partnering up to bring Dolby Atmos support to some of the best wireless speakers and best soundbars on the market right now. Sonos' announcement means that the Sonos Arc soundbar, the more budget-friendly Sonos Beam (Gen 2), and the newly unveiled Sonos Era 300 speaker will all support spatial audio […]

Slack has released a beta build of its messaging service with ChatGPT as an integrated app.  In a joint announcement by Salesforce and OpenAI, the teams behind the online collaboration tool and AI writer revealed the new feature will bring AI-powered messaging and assistance tools to the platform to help streamline workflows.  Citing research conducted […]

One of the best VPN services around, ExpressVPN has been showing some serious commitment to users' privacy and security lately.    The provider called in two independent auditing firms between spring and summer last year to check the reliability of its desktop apps in three security audits. Right after this, a separate check also proved […]

Website builder company Wix has extended its partnership with Stripe to enable US-based Wix merchants to use Tap to Pay on iPhone. Tap to Pay on iPhone is available on compatible devices to Wix Payments merchants using the ecommerce, bookings and events solutions.  In its latest bid to broaden its POS capabilities, Wix says that […]

The iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus are rumored to inherit a handful of high-end features from the iPhone 14 Pro, but the latter’s ProMotion technology and always-on display functionality are unlikely to be among that number.  While Apple’s Dynamic Island is set to trickle down to the standard iPhone 15 and its larger sibling, […]