IFixit Tears Down… Apple’s FineWoven Cases
“The new FineWoven iPhone cases are very bad,” according to my colleague Allison Johnson, so you probably shouldn’t buy one. Still, I’ve been curious to learn more about them, and...
Apple IPhone 15 Pro And Pro Max Review: By The Numbers
There are very few surprises from new smartphones these days. Breakthrough new features? Astounding new camera hardware? Get out of here. That’s the stuff of early 2010 mobile technology. The...
How To Turn Off NameDrop In IOS 17
/ If you don’t want to exchange contact info every time your iPhone comes in contact with another, you can turn the feature off. By Barbara Krasnoff, a reviews editor...
Amazon’s Rumored Home projector Can Turn Anything Into A Screen
Amazon is reportedly working on a projector that would turn any surface in your home into a screen, as reported by Reuters. People familiar with the matter told the news...
Amazon Leaders Were ‘okay’ With People Being Secretly Signed Up For Prime, Lawsuit Alleges
Amazon executives were “okay” with people being secretly signed up for its Amazon Prime membership program, the FTC said in an amended lawsuit on Wednesday (as reported by The Wall...
The New Echo Show 8 Is Smarter, Speedier, And Knows When You Get Close
And Echo Show 8 makes three! Amazon now has three smart home hubs, with the Echo Show 8 (third-gen) joining the newly announced Echo Hub and existing fourth-gen Echo smart...
Microsoft’s New Xbox Controller Borrows Great Ideas From Stadia, Steam, And Sony
New Xbox for 2024! New hybrid Xbox for 2028! But can we just appreciate Microsoft’s leaked Sebile controller for a sec? The $70 pad could arrive in 2024 chock-full of...
WhatsApp Appears To Be About To Launch Its Long-Overdue IPad App
A few lucky WhatsApp beta testers got a surprising treat this week: the company appears to be testing a version of its iOS app that is also optimized for the...
Meta Is Shutting Down Three Oculus Games Without Explanation
Hope you didn’t enjoy playing Dead and Buried, Dead and Buried II, or Bogo on your Rift or Quest headsets — because Meta’s shutting them all down with no explanation,...
Apple’s USB-C Shift Could Bring Back The MagSafe Duo And Battery Pack
Mark Gurman writes in the subscriber edition of his Power On newsletter for Bloomberg from this morning that he expects Apple to finish its transition to USB-C by 2025. Gurman...