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If you’re still on the fence about installing the iOS 26 public beta, you’re not alone. The next version of Apple’s mobile operating system looks exciting, but is it all that different from what’s currently on your iPhone? This comparison might help.  The latest version of Apple’s OS brings Liquid Glass to the table — an all new design language …

For all the new features the Pixel 9 brought, one of the most loved additions from last year’s flagship was the new Pixel Weather app, which Google launched alongside the phones. Even though the app dropped the beloved frog mascot, it introduced a much-improved UI, a customizable layout, and more recently, new data like pollen levels. Related Google’s Pixel Weather …

Microsoft has used a variety of tricks to convince people to keep using the defaults of Bing and Microsoft Edge in Windows over the years, including modifying Chrome download sites and using malware-like popups. Now, Opera is fed up of what it calls Microsoft’s “manipulative design tactics” and filed a competition complaint in Brazil today, alleging that Microsoft is using …

Female vibrator lush lovense on pink background with usb charging | Image Credits:Eugenia Shulim / Getty Images A security researcher says sex toy maker Lovense has failed to fully fix two security flaws that expose the private email addresses of its users and allow the takeover of any user’s account. The researcher, who goes by the handle BobDaHacker, published details …

In my latest Dungeons and Dragons campaign, I play the most annoying Bard you’ve ever imagined. No, even more annoying than that. I craft parody songs based on each session and bring my actual guitar out at regular intervals. I’m that guy in the pub who everyone hates. But then the mouth of my theatrical mask contorts into a foul …

Those keen to get their hands on Xbox’s recently announced handheld consoles ROG Ally and Ally X may be able to preorder the devices as of next month. According to the ever reliable Dealabs, preorders will go live on 20th August. That’s the day Gamescom kicks off, with the convention in Cologne running between 20th and 24th August. During this …

The latest Pixel 10 leak reveals the “Pixelsnap” charger and strongly suggests the presence of Qi2 magnets on the phone.  Evan Blass this afternoon shared an official-looking render of the Pixel 10 (in Indigo) with a charging puck attached to the back. (There’s no case, with the antenna lines and camera bump fully visible.) The charger has no branding, but …

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET I’ve worked from home for over a decade. Without Linux as my primary operating system, I’m not sure how I would be able to do the things I do with the level of simplicity and reliability that I’ve achieved with the open-source OS. Linux makes a lot of things possible for me that Windows and …

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s new Pixel Weather app launched last year with the Pixel 9 series. While Pixel Weather availability has since expanded to other Pixel models, that hasn’t included AI forecasts. Now Pixel 8 and Pixel 8a users with Gemini Nano report that AI forecasts have started working. Almost all of us rely on weather …

If you’ve been ready to see a significant change come to your iPhone’s OS, then get ready because a slew of new updates are coming to Apple’s operating system this fall. But don’t expect to see iOS 19 — it’ll be called iOS 26 instead. Included in the list is the new Liquid Glass design (think Windows Vista, but arguably …