It wouldn’t be a new iPhone launch without some drama. While the iPhone Air has impressed in all bend and scratch tests, some users have raised concerns over the durability of the iPhone 17 Pro’s aluminum body. I spoke to Apple about these concerns, and here’s what it said. The “scratchgate” narrative first materialized in a Bloomberg story published on …
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A new name in the Steam community has appeared, and it’s turning heads for all the right reasons. A user by the name SonixLegend from China has managed to do something no one else has ever done before: build a Steam library with over 40,000 games. The milestone is so huge that even Valve had to award them a special …
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Windows 10 is 10 years old, and it’s still popular — even though support for the operating system is scheduled to end next month. Nearly 43% PC owners are still running Windows 10. These people must now either upgrade their devices or continue using the outdated software if their device doesn’t support Windows 11. To give its users more time to upgrade …
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I keep accidentally ruining regular things for myself. I already can’t use a standard keyboard layout, and now I think I have to buy a really nice monitor. I’ve spent the last few months living with the Alienware AW2725Q, a 27-inch gaming monitor with a 240Hz 4K resolution QD-OLED panel. It’s one of a spate of gaming monitors that came …
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YouTube doesn’t charge a cent for hosting all of your uploaded videos, showing them to the wider world, or letting you spend all day streaming content made by others. What it does do is show you a whole lot of advertising in an attempt to make back some of its data storage costs—which, based on the flood of ads we …
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Google already refreshed the Pixel Watch app on Android phones with some M3 Expressive earlier this month, but the latest update brings more tweaks and a new homescreen icon. Previously, there was a generic representation of a watch in the four Google colors of blue, red, yellow, and green. It felt a bit busy, and wasn’t the nicest Google icon. …
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Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon told the assembled crowd at its Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii (full disclosure: travel and lodging were paid by Qualcomm, and Gizmodo did not guarantee any coverage as a condition of accepting the trip), that the world can set its watch and clear its calendar for the next generation of wireless connectivity. You’ll just have to …
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With Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2, Microsoft is introducing a fundamentally revised Start Menu that runs on all devices with the same code base. The new functions are activated by an enablement package. This enables the new features without a complete reinstallation and makes the switch to Windows 11’s big 25H2 update as quick as a single restart. Windows …
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When Hades II first launched in early access, I had to force myself to stop playing after around 30 hours. I didn’t want to burn out on what was already an excellent, jam-packed Hades sequel before it hit 1.0, when the final polish and story would be in place. I made the right choice; the 1.0 milestone is now here, …
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Samsung started testing the One UI 8 Watch beta for the Galaxy Watch5 series in July, and today, the brand announced the One UI 8 Watch beta program for the Galaxy Watch6 and Galaxy Watch6 Classic. Samsung Galaxy Watch6 Classic The One UI 8 Watch beta program for the Samsung Galaxy Watch6 and Watch6 Classic is currently available in South …
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