Tag Archives: Screens

By now, we’ve all heard it: Taking a “dopamine detox” from screens can do wonders to rest our brains by rebalancing our levels of dopamine, making us feel more in control of our psyches and reducing stress, anxiety, and even depression. But is it true? According to one new study, the so-called “dopamine detox” trend doesn’t have a whole lot …

Starting this week, Netflix subscribers can play games on their smart TV — a feature that has been in the works for some time. Reports about Netflix’s efforts to bring its mobile games to televisions began in early 2023. Later that year, the company launched a game controller app for iOS devices. However, there hadn’t been much word about gaming …

The Rubik’s Cube has been reinvented with more games and many more screens for much more money. What has long been cherished as a simple toy yet complex puzzle requiring nothing but a healthy amount of twisting, turning, and patience has been rebooted for the 21st century. Naturally, that calls for a few dashes of technology. Differing from the original …

One of the most iconic puzzle toys of the last 50 years has evolved to become a novel way to play mobile games. First announced earlier this year, the Rubik’s WOWCube is a simpler 2×2 version of the puzzle that trades colored squares for 24 tiny color LCD displays. It still rotates like a traditional Rubik’s Cube, but instead of …

Epic Games has claimed that Apple’s revised installation process for third-party app marketplaces in the EU demonstrates that the company was deliberately undermining competition through “deceptive design.” In a blog post published Wednesday, the Fortnite developer revealed that user drop-offs during Epic Games Store installations plummeted from 65% to 25% after Apple streamlined the process in iOS 18.6. Apple reduced …

It’s been a rough time for Peloton. Last year was marred by deep staff cuts, a change of CEO and a reckoning of where the home fitness company belonged, post-Pandemic boom. The answer is, unfortunately, AI-tinged, but that shouldn’t distract from some major hardware upgrades across its Bike, Tread and Row family of machines. It’s an almost-entire overhaul, with new …

Xiaomi 17 Pro Max’s back screen Ben Sin Just a few days after launching a smartphone series named the 15T, Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has already introduced a newer series, the 17 series. The new line consists of three phones: a standard 17, a 17 Pro, and a 17 Pro Max. I’ve been testing the largest one, the Pro Max, …

A critic might accuse Xiaomi of copying Apple a little too closely in its launch event for the Xiaomi 17 phones, while a fan might say the company is trying to beat Apple at its own game. Either way, it’s pretty clear that the Chinese giant had Cupertino in mind when announcing its new flagship line, even if the phones …

YouTube will finally let you dismiss the pop-ups that fill your screen with recommendations at the end of a video. Now, when you come across an end screen, you can select a new “hide” button in the top-right corner of the video so you can finish what you’re watching without distractions. YouTube says it’s making the change in response to …

“You have certain groups — the Amish, for example — that have essentially no autism,” declared President Donald Trump with trademark certainty yesterday. Stood next to his Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., he suggested that Amish people have low levels of autism because Amish women don’t take paracetamol (sold as Tylenol in the US) during pregnancy. Famously, they also …