After years of rumors and speculation, Apple launched its first mixed-reality headset last month and saw a varied reception to the new product. Apple Vision Pro certainly felt like it was a taste of the future, but like the first-generation Apple products that have come before it, the headset also felt incomplete. The hope of reviewers like myself was that Apple could fix some of these bugs and limitations through software updates; however, that wasn't a guarantee. Now, about a month and a half later, Apple publicly released visionOS 1.1. It's likely the first of many software improvements that will hit Vision Pro over the coming months and years, and it's already a significant improvement.

I've been waiting for the Snapdragon X Elite for seven years. Ever since Qualcomm and Microsoft announced Windows running on Arm processors with emulated x86 apps in 2016, I've been hyped for it. Finally, we were going to have some real competition to Intel and x86.

Nvidia's new companion software is not ready to fully replace the Control Panel and GeForce Experience yet, but it's definitely a good start to what could potentially be a one-stop solution to all your graphics needs in the future. There are plenty of ways Nvidia can improve the software experience for its users, but there's one feature in particular that I would like to see it borrowing from AMD's software — GPU tuning.

Even if you're a PC-building beginner, you probably know the importance of choosing the best CPUs and GPUs for your build. Essential components of a PC, such as the motherboard, storage, RAM, PSU, and case, can greatly impact its performance and appearance. However, some PC parts, although not absolutely needed, can have a huge impact on how your PC looks and feels.

The home screen is the central hub for all of your apps, and different systems give you different levels of control over how your apps are arranged. When it comes to iOS, the system doesn't give you quite as much freedom to move your icons around as some may like. Fortunately, an insider has revealed that Apple is planning to change this with iOS 18, giving the user more freedom over how they arrange their home screen.

The production line of Easy Mac Macaroni & Cheese Cups on March 27, 2020, at the Kraft Heinz plant in Champaign, Ill. | Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images The Biden administration today announced the largest investment in cleaning up industrial greenhouse gas emissions to date. The Department of Energy (DOE) selected 33 projects across more than 20 states to receive up to $6 billion in federal funding for clean energy technologies. It’s a diverse cohort spanning from mac-and-cheese maker Kraft Heinz to manufacturers of chemicals, paper, and construction materials. Industrial emissions account for almost a quarter of the nation’s planet-heating pollution. It’s also widely considered the most difficult kind of climate pollution to prevent. Alternatives to fossil fuel-fired furnaces and industrial processes have lagged behind other clean energy technologies. The Biden administration thinks... Continue reading…

DDR5 is the next generation of system memory for desktop and laptop computers and the best motherboard with the necessary DIMM slots is required to use it. We've put together a list of only the best DDR5 motherboards for AMD and Intel processors, allowing you to enjoy faster RAM speeds and other new features over DDR4. You'll find a mix of budget-friendly, affordable motherboards as well as some more premium and enthusiast-grade options in this collection.

Cath Virginia / The Verge The European Commission is opening five non-compliance investigations into how Apple, Google, and Meta are complying with its new Digital Markets Act antitrust rules, the regulator announced today. “We suspect that the suggested solutions put forward by the three companies do not fully comply with the DMA,” the EU’s antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said in a statement. “We will now investigate the companies’ compliance with the DMA, to ensure open and contestable digital markets in Europe.”In particular, the Commission plans to investigate Google and Apple’s anti-steering rules in their app stores and whether Google is guilty of self-preferencing its own services within its search engine. Apple’s browser choice screen for iOS is also... Continue reading…

It's 2024, and the operating system wars are all but over. Windows dominates the global desktop OS market share, with macOS coming in at a distant second, bringing along a few key advantages. There's Linux, too, which is still gaining market share marginally even today. But it wasn't always this way. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, companies like Apple, Microsoft, and others were competing to create the desktop operating system of the future. And Apple was falling behind, at least until it launched its game-changing Mac OS X on this day 23 years ago.

Have you noticed that the fonts in Chrome look a little funny on Windows 10 and 11 systems? It's not just you; it's a known issue that has been going on for a little while now. Fortunately, Microsoft knows of the issue, and it's working on a way to get strange-looking fonts on Chrome fixed.

Courses cover a range of subject matter like learning music or building a business. | Image: Spotify Spotify’s UK users are getting access to a fourth category of content to sit alongside its existing library of songs, podcasts and audiobooks: online courses. The company is today launching a new experiment that’ll see video-based lessons from BBC Maestro, Skillshare, Thinkific, and PlayVirtuoso made available via Spotify’s apps on mobile and desktop. The experiment is running in just the UK, and there are currently no guarantees that it’ll get a wider more permanent launch.Online courses, particularly video-based ones, might feel like an odd fit for a service best known as a source of music and other audio content like podcasts and audiobooks. But product director Mohit Jitani tells me that people are already coming to Spotify for... Continue reading…

If you're spending the money on a gaming laptop, you want it to give you a distinct advantage while gaming or have the functionality to be used for other reasons. Gaming laptops are packed with some of the best CPUs and GPUs and offer some of the best refresh rates on crystal-clear displays you're going to find. Because of all they can do, many of the best gaming laptops can also be considered the best laptops for creators. The power and versatility of the Razer Blade 16 and Lenovo Legion Pro 7i make them both of the best laptops for users. If you're trying to decide which is better, we've got you covered. Here is our breakdown of the two.