“He wanted to make more usable and friendly to people who weren’t geeks.” Consider the cul-de-sac. It leads off the main street past buildings of might-have-been to a dead-end disconnected from the beaten path. Computing history, of course, is filled with such terminal diversions, most never to be…
Gmail reorganizes its order-tracking and promotion filters ahead of the holiday season. An update to Gmail begins rolling out soon, readying Google’s premier email app for all your upcoming holiday purchases. Gmail has been surfacing shipment tracking for some time now, but Google will now add a separate view…
People used to pay $55 a month for TV, Zaslav recalls. Someone might want to tell David Zaslav to read the room. Despite people’s ongoing frustration with the rising prices of streaming services—and just about everything else—the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) thinks that there is reason for…
The Pixel 10 Daily Hub has vanished, but Google says it will come back when it’s ready. Google is one of the most ardent proponents of generative AI technology, as evidenced by the recent launch of the Pixel 10 series. The phones were announced with more than 20 new…
Not Apple’s first custom Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip, but the first in an iPhone. Apple’s most famous chips are the A- and M-series processors that power its iPhones, iPads, and Macs, but this year, its effort to build its own wireless chips is starting to bear fruit. Earlier this…
Users feared Reddit used generative AI to rewrite user-created content. Reddit has addressed a problem where the description of subreddits originally written by moderators appeared differently—and, often, inaccurately—on Reddit’s Android app. For weeks, the problem was largely suspected to be caused by Reddit clumsily using generative AI to create…
A new form-vs.-function spectrum emerges as Apple’s phone designs diverge. CUPERTINO, Calif.—We’re a long way from the days when a new iPhone launch just meant one new phone. It shifted to “basically the same phone in two sizes” a decade or so ago, and then to a version of…
It’s not revolutionary, but it’s hypertargeted at one type of customer. An incoming new iPhone model called the iPhone Air has been one of the worst-kept secrets in tech lately, and now Apple has confirmed it at its annual iPhone reveal event. The 6.5-inch iPhone 17 Air combines the…
If your device is supported, it’s getting Liquid Glass-ier later this month. CUPERTINO, Calif.—If you’re buying one of the new iPhones or the other hardware that Apple announced today, your new devices will ship with Apple’s latest operating system updates already installed. But if you’re not looking to spend…
Aluminum unibody and three-lens “camera plateau” give the phone a new look. CUPERTINO, Calif.—Apple’s basic iPhone 17 is the one most people will use, and the new iPhone Air will get attention for its thin design and novelty. But the iPhone Pro series is still the absolute best the…
