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When you enter the building that houses Apple’s audio lab, venture just beyond reception and you’ll encounter a massive vintage stereo setup. The deck and accompanying speakers were a gift from Steve Jobs to the team of engineers who work in this office. The group sees the old-school tech as a source of inspiration, but also as a reminder of …

IN A NUTSHELL 📱 The Apple Watch Series 11 introduces a significant hypertension notification, offering a major step forward in wearable health technology. 💤 The new Sleep Score feature provides a quantifiable assessment of sleep quality, based on duration, bedtime, and interruptions. 🔋 With improved battery life and rapid charging, the Series 11 enhances usability and consistency in health tracking. …

Who’s excited for smart glasses? No, really, Mark Zuckerberg would like to know. The Meta CEO is kicking off Meta Connect 2025 with a poorly-timed keynote tonight, where we’ll likely hear more a ton more about his plans for smart frames. In particular, rumors point to Meta debuting its first smart glasses with built-in displays, codenamed “Hypernova.” That would be …

When will my Galaxy S24 get official One UI 8 (Android 16) update?  Sammy Fans You won’t like Samsung’s One UI 8 release timeline and schedule  SamMobile Samsung confirms list of Galaxy devices getting Android 16 update, mostly in October  9to5Google Samsung shares official One UI 8 stable update rollout schedule – GSMArena.com news  GSMArena.com Galaxy S25’s stable Android 16 update with One UI …

Did you know you can customize Google to filter out garbage? Take these steps for better search results, including adding Lifehacker as a preferred source for tech news. iOS 26 is here, and with it, Apple’s “Liquid Glass” design revamp. Yesterday, I covered how to quickly undo most of the harshest changes that come with Liquid Glass, but a complaint …

Google’s Discover feed will soon include more than just articles from around the web. In the coming weeks, Google plans on incorporating YouTube Shorts alongside posts from platforms like Instagram and X. The Discover feed lives on your homescreen in the Google app, serving up personalized content — and some AI-generated summaries — based on your activity on the web. …

Publishers Paradox Interactive and White Wolf, as well as developer The Chinese Room, have announced that the Lasombra and Toreador clans will be available in the base Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 experience following backlash from players. The team behind the long-in-development sequel revealed its launch shakeup today alongside two new story packs – Loose Cannon and The Flower …

As first noted by Games Fray last week, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company were granted a US patent earlier this month involving summoning characters and making them battle. Headlines popped up with similarly vague language as concern spread on social media: That’s a thing in tons of games! Can they do that? Is that even allowed? Well, no, because that’s …

The upcoming retro-inspired brawler Marvel Cosmic Invasion is one of the coolest-looking Marvel games in years. And now we know the identities of two more Marvel characters who will be joining the pixelated action when Cosmic Invasion launches later this year. One of them is a very popular character you are likely familiar with, and the other is Cosmic Ghost …

I’ve put over 100 hours into Donkey Kong Bananza since July. I reached 100% completion on my first playthrough, did a zero-banana run on my second, and I’ve been using a third to practice crazy speedrun techniques and push DK’s incredible movement in more extreme ways. Two months after giving Bananza a 10 in my original review, I remain in …