The Apple AirTag and Moto Tag next to one another. | Image: MotorolaPromised way back in June 2024, the Moto Tag location tracker is finally rolling out UWB support via a firmware update. That makes it the first tracker on Google’s Find Hub network to support ultra-wideband tracking, which is superior to Bluetooth since it uses distance and directional arrows to guide owners with compatible phones to their lost tags.To update your Moto Tag you’ll need the 01.00.073.10-release of the Moto Tag app from the Play Store. You can then apply the 2.0.93 firmware with UWB support. You’ll also need a modern Android phone that supports UWB, which includes newer Galaxy and Pixel flagships.We can’t blame Motorola for the delay here, since Google’s Find Hub location app (previously called Find My Device) only recently lit up with UWB support. Samsung’s network for its SmartTags has supported UWB since launch in 2020, while Apple’s network for AirTags has supported it since launch in 2021. View LinkMy colleague Dom recently put Google’s location tracking network to the test, pitting a number of trackers, including the Moto Tag and Apple AirTag, against each other. It’s worth a read to understand the tradeoffs in privacy and precision.

The XE5 may be larger than its predecessor, but with the right lens it’s still quite compact.Fujifilm is announcing the X-E5, a new $1,699.95 mirrorless camera due out in August. It has a 40-megapixel sensor, a new control lever on its front, a classic EVF mode with old-school frame lines, and of course a bunch of analog-inspired film simulations. It’s yet another retro-looking mirrorless from Fujifilm, but it’s one of the more striking designs, with cleaner, straighter lines on its single-piece machined top plate that give it a bolder look than the still hard-to-get X100VI. The two share the same sensor, tilting rear screen, and in-body image stabilization system. And with the new 23mm f/2.8 lens announced alongside it, the X-E5 can even match the focal length of the X100’s built-in lens — but with a more pronounced, contoured grip. The lens is initially available only in a bundle with the camera for $1,899.95, but will be sold standalone for $499.95 in late 2025.The new X-E5 is slightly larger than the last-gen X-E4 to accommodate image stabilization, and at 445 grams it’s about 80 grams heavier. The new, flippy control lever on its front has five programmable functions for enabling things like Surround View, which lets you see beyond the frame when shooting in cropped aspect ratios. Fujifilm’s popular film simulations get a dedicated dial on the X-E5, with a viewing window on the top plate that’s reminiscent of frame counters on vintage cameras. There are 20 built-in film simulations in total, and the dial features six of the most popular presets, plus three user-customizable options.The X-E5 has another new feature inspired by retro cameras: a Classic Display Mode for its built-in 2.36-million dot electronic viewfinder. Enabling this mode gives the viewfinder a vintage heads-up interface, with simplified red electronic numerals showing exposure values, rangefinder-like frame lines with rounded corners, and a needle-style light meter on the side. The frame lines look similar to the ones found on a Leica M3, while the light meter takes me right back to my old Pentax K1000 and other 35mm film SLR cameras.Fujifilm is sticking to its playbook of updating its X-series cameras with its latest sensor, stabilization, and autofocus tech. The X-E5 isn’t as left-field as the quasi-toy X Half camera, but I wager it’s closer to what dedicated X-series fans actually want. And Fujifilm obviously isn’t done going to the well for more vintage vibes from classic cameras.

Rolling across rugged alien wilds, your circular base in The Alters offers a twinkling haven from the whipping winds and nauseating radiation. At least, that's how it feels for the first few hours. Gradually, as the in-game days stack up, my view of the vessel changes: protagonist Jan Dolski seems to be stuck on what is essentially a very expensive, very large hamster wheel, eking out an existence within modular rooms that look a lot like shipping containers. For the corporation funding this venture, Ally Corp (pah!), Jan and his crewmates are just like the resources they're seeking to extract: commodities. The hamster wheel stylings of your ship evoke the visual storytelling of filmmaker Bong Joon-ho: the speeding train in Snowpiercer, or the repetitive clone deaths of Mickey 17, each distilling class and the flow of capital into raw images. This should tell you something about how ambitious and frequently weird this sci-fi game is. In part, The Alters is a base-building survival experience of the kind that developer 11 Bit Studios received plaudits for with the Frostpunk series.But there's a wrinkle: in The Alters, you're directing Jan about the ship, getting him to interact …Read the full story at The Verge.

Over the years, Rufus has been an excellent tool for Windows users who want to make quick and easy bootable USB media. It then gained another feature: installing Windows 11 on unsupported hardware. This allowed people to sneak past the TPM 2.0 CPU requirement, and even as Microsoft tries to close off the other loopholes that people are using to get Windows 11 on unsupported systems, the Rufus method has always worked.

The MS-DOS generation of gaming was an incredibly iconic one. Some of the greatest games came out during this time, and several of them developed into fantastic franchises that are still going strong today. The generation of gamers at the time was truly blessed, seeing fantastic games like Doom, Quake, King's Quest, Dune, Space Quest, and Master of Orion.

Purpose-built smart home tech is often extraordinarily lightweight, using minimal power and requiring little in the way of performance. Not everything can run on low-power hardware, however. Sometimes, you need a little extra juice, but it might not be immediately obvious what you'd need it for.

Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski has already used AI to replace himself during earnings reports, and now Klarna is using AI to clone him another way: through an AI-powered phone hotline.The hotline is now open for users to provide feedback to an interactive AI version of Siemiatkowski that’s trained on his “real voice, insights, and experiences,” according to a press release. “Customers, including consumers and merchants alike, can speak to it about product features, issues and suggestions for improvements,” Klarna says. “‘AI Sebastian’ can also answer questions about Klarna’s vision and mission, and speak about its founding story and journey so far, based on learnings from ‘real life Sebastian.’”After the hotline takes a call, a transcript and summary are generated that are “automatically analyzed by a large language model (LLM), populating an internal live feed and innovation dashboard.” Klarna says its product and engineering teams will then review the “actionable insights immediately” and assign “priority tasks.” The company claims that issues raised today could “translate into tangible product improvements already the following day.”Phone numbers for the hotline are available now in the US, +14246675385, and Sweden, +46852512594. I called the US hotline just to see what the experience was like. After a brief message telling me the call may be recorded, the AI version of Siemiatkowski prompted me to share feedback about using Klarna. No matter what I asked AI Siemiatkowski, even sillier questions, the AI generally tried to push me back to sharing feedback.When I asked if it had talked to Fortnite’s AI Darth Vader, for example, here’s what it said:That’s an interesting question. My focus is entirely on Klarna and gathering feedback to improve our services. I don’t have information or conversations with characters from games like Fortnite. I’m here to hear your thoughts on Klarna. Is there anything else about your experience with Klarna that you’d like to share, or any ideas you have for how we could make things even better?OpenAI also has a hotline to talk with an AI chatbot. You can call ChatGPT at 1-800-CHATGPT.

It's a lot of fun to revisit classic games from your childhood, especially when they're incredibly fun to play. This is very easy to do via emulation using RetroArch. The emulation tool has received a lot of praise from those who love playing older games on their various devices, especially ones they have fond memories of. Luckily, RetroArch has occasionally received updates to the program and gained new features to help make revisiting classic games even better, often adding things that make games run or look better overall. However, one feature takes things a step further by allowing retro games to be played online.

The Switch 2 is taking the world by storm, with the console finally getting into the hands of eager Nintendo fans, becoming the fastest-selling console so far with 3.5 million units sold over the four days. Of course, not everyone is looking to spend big money to upgrade to Nintendo's latest console, and will instead stick with their current Switch for the time being.

Some devices don't need to be connected to the internet with your home IP address publicly visible, and if you use OPNsense, it's actually very easy to automatically route designated traffic over a VPN while still allowing local access. I've been playing around with it, and all you need is a VPN that supports WireGuard and the configuration details required to connect to the provider using a regular WireGuard client.

In between all the AI tools that do the same thing as each other with slightly different interfaces, Google's AI-powered research assistant, NotebookLM, is one of the few that feels like it was built to solve a real problem. Ultimately, it stands out from the rest.

If you are tired of wrestling with expensive, subscription-based PDF editors or constantly uploading sensitive documents to online tools with questionable privacy policies, you are not alone. That’s why I decided to find a better way, and what I discovered has completely transformed my workflow. My month-long search led me to Stirling PDF, an all-in-one powerhouse that gives me the freedom to manipulate my documents on my terms, completely free of charge.