Technology

Every year, one of the tentpole features of Apple’s new iPhones is a brand new A-series chip. But this year with A19, Apple is doing something it never has before with its iPhone lineup. A19 chip comes in three variants across iPhone 17, iPhone Air, and iPhone 17 Pro Unlike recent years, when iPhone updates seemed more iterative (some might …

Lossless audio, a format that Spotify says has been much-requested by subscribers over the years, is finally arriving on the streaming service. In a post, the company says that 24-bit/44.1kHz FLAC audio will now be an option for premium subscribers in select markets “across nearly every song available in Spotify.” Subscribers will have the option to adjust music quality as …

It’s been a while since Qualcomm launched an upgrade for Quick Charge, but ahead of the company’s annual Snapdragon refresh, it’s back with some big changes for its proprietary charging standard. First, some context. Qualcomm launched Quick Charge 5 back in 2020, bundling in support for 100W+ charging and support for powering up a 4,500mAh battery from 0% to 50% …

Microsoft is allowing developers to submit apps to its Windows store without having to pay any onboarding fees. Individual developers in nearly 200 countries can now sign up to publish apps on the Microsoft Store with just a personal Microsoft account, and no more one-time fees. Microsoft started cutting its $19 one-time fee to publish apps to its Windows store …

Apple’s latest iPhone 17 introduces a new layer of defense for crypto users with hardware-level memory protections that aim to prevent common attack vectors used to hijack signing operations. At the core of this upgrade is Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE), a feature enabled by default that uses Enhanced Memory Tagging Extension (EMTE)-style memory tagging to detect and block dangerous memory …

We first spotted that AirPods Live translation was coming a month before the announcement. Initial language support is listed as English, French, German, Portuguese (Brazil), and Spanish – with four more languages coming later this year. But while European languages are supported, you won’t necessarily be able to take advantage of that if you are within one of the countries …

PlayStation is launching a new PlayStation Family app for iOS and Android to help parents manage their child’s playtime on PS5 and PS4. Parents can already set parental control features directly on a console, but this app gives parents another way to set limits and keep track of what their kid is playing. “The app includes a number of new …

Borderlands 4 will be available across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC within the next 24 hours, and now we have a selection of reviews to work out whether it’s any good or not. As explained in our Where’s Our Borderlands 4 PS5 Review article, pre-launch code has only been available on PC. We expect to receive our PS5 keys …

Nothing shared the first full image of its next wireless earbuds today. The design of the new Ear 3 earbuds and their charging case appear very similar to the Ear 2 that debuted in 2023, but Nothing has revealed that the case is now partly made of 100 percent recycled anodized aluminum. For the first time, the Ear 3’s charging …

Make no mistake: Borderlands is absolutely massive. At nearly 100 million sales, the series is one of publisher Take-Two’s biggest and a genuine mainstream hit. Tiny Tina, the Psycho mask, and Claptrap are all part of the gaming furniture and even inspired a recent (though terrible) Hollywood movie. Which is why it’s so strange that, since Borderlands 2, pretty much …