No single event of the year delivers more tech news than CES. The annual trade show is the starting point for each year in tech, giving companies a chance to announce their next wave of products or tease the ambitious, far-out, and often strange new projects they’ve been working on behind the scenes. This year’s […]
At Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in 2022, the tech company teased a version of Apple CarPlay that would take over every screen in a vehicle — infotainment, digital gauge cluster, passenger display, you name it. A carmaker would work with Apple to create a brand-appropriate skin, a vehicle’s gauge cluster showing a series of gauges built […]
Xbox Game Pass might have had a rather slow 2022, but its value has really paid off in 2023. There are more than 400 games to choose from. For a monthly subscription fee of between $10.99 and $16.99, you get to play a wide range of games like Starfield, Sea of Stars, Tunic, and Inside. If you’ve just got […]
Epic Games plans to give away 17 free games during its annual holiday sale for the Epic Games Store, the company announced last week. As The Verge reports, the first free game you can snag is Destiny 2: Legacy Collection (2023), which includes three expansions: The Witch Queen, Beyond Light, and Shadowkeep. If you want to catch up on some older Destiny 2 content […]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned the public against scanning any old QR code in a consumer alerts blog last week. Naturally, the warning comes down to security and privacy — bad actors can put QR codes in inconspicuous places or send them via text or email, then just sit back and wait for a payday in […]
Epic has just released a trilogy of new games inside of Fortnite. As The Verge reports, it started with Lego Fortnite, continued with Rocket Racing, and is wrapping up with Fortnite Festival, developed by Guitar Hero studio Harmonix (which Epic acquired in 2021). It’s all part of an ambitious plan to turn Fortnite from a hit battle royale into a platform filled with all kinds […]
A few days after the team at Beeper proudly announced a way for users to send blue-bubble iMessages directly from their Android devices without any weird relay servers, and about 24 hours after it became clear Apple had taken steps to shut that down, Apple has shared its take on the issue. As The Verge reports, the company’s stance […]
It’s been 3 years since Amazon updated its Alexa app and in tech years, it feels like a hundred. But the wait is over. As The Verge reports, the revamp is rolling out fully this week to iOS and Android devices, but it started this summer with some small changes you may have already spotted. […]
Tesla is finally making it easier for Apple users to interact with their EV’s. It recently started introducing new Apple Shortcuts via a mobile app update. As The Verge reports, this feature will allow Apple users to access vehicle and climate controls from the Shortcuts feature, such as starting preconditioning, locking and unlocking the vehicle, and enabling dog […]
Sam Altman is back in the building at OpenAI for the final stretch of negotiations for his potential return as CEO after being unceremoniously fired by the four-member board on Friday. As The Verge reports, a source close to Altman stated on Sunday that he had once again set a 5PM PT deadline to resolve the situation, as he […]