Inflation, tariffs, RAM and chip shortages: there are many reasons why finding a solid desktop computer for less than $1,000 seems increasingly difficult. This is especially true if you are a gamer and need a certain level of performance. PC gaming may have many advantages over consoles, but price isn’t one of them. With almost every component, from CPUs and GPUs to storage and RAM, currently experiencing wild price fluctuations (and trending toward the more expensive end of the spectrum), getting decent hardware that fits your budget can seem impossible. That said, there are still ways to get a reasonably…
Author: Amelia Scott
In the last episode of The edgeIt is Decoder podcast, Wassym Bensaid, Rivian’s head of software, explained why the electric vehicle maker still refuses to offer Apple CarPlay. In short, Bensaid said Rivian didn’t want CarPlay to fully take over the software experience. “The challenge with screen mirroring solutions is that they take care of every pixel in the car,” he said. Instead, Rivian prefers to offer its own interface with “end-to-end integration”. Bensaid added that “the deep integration of AI into the car” will eventually make the debate over offering CarPlay in vehicles “completely obsolete.” He believes Rivian owners…
Proton claims that managing your Gmail messages through its service offers greater privacy. Some people are looking to abandon Google altogether as the company further embraces AI, including by transforming search into an AI-driven experience. It will not necessarily be easy for everyone to disassociate from Google services, but some competitors offer alternatives. DuckDuckGo, for example, said it saw “a sustained increase” in installs after Google announced its search overhaul. Proton, meanwhile, is looking to help people ditch Gmail. It was already possible to check your Gmail inbox from Proton Mail using the Easy Switch tool (which also supports importing…
Apple reportedly plans to use next month’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) to highlight its on-device AI capabilities as a competitive advantage, drawing on 15 years of custom silicon expertise to make the case for running AI models locally rather than in the cloud. People familiar with Apple’s plans speak to The information say the company should show how chips designed for iPhones, Apple Watches and Macs give it an edge in processing AI queries directly on devices. Although cloud-based processing will still be necessary for complex queries, Apple will position local inference as a cost-effective, privacy-preserving alternative to the massive…
Apple plans sweeping AI-driven upgrades to its Camera and Photos apps in iOS 27, Bloomberg» reports Mark Gurman. The report offers a first look at the appearance of several major iOS 27 features that Apple plans to announce at its Worldwide Developers Conference on June 8. Bloomberg and people say they know Apple’s plans. The Camera app is set to benefit from a dedicated Siri mode, positioned alongside existing options such as Photo and Video. Gurman reports that this feature would replace the current visual intelligence experience, allowing users to photograph objects and have them analyzed by a third-party AI…
HDMI cables connect devices like game consoles and Blu-ray players to TVs, computers, and projectors. They transfer images from one source to another, allowing viewers to access content from another source. There are plenty of options to choose from, including the best HDMI cables on the market. If you need to display the same image from one source on multiple displays, you will also need an HDMI splitter and an additional HDMI cable for each additional display. It’s important to understand that HDMI splitters serve a very specific purpose and cannot help you if you are trying to open multiple…
The Apple Watch Ultra 2 is my favorite companion for strength training and, above all, for outdoor running workouts. I’ve worn an Apple Watch for years now and have become very fond of the many features Apple offers runners to get the most out of their exercise. On top of that, the AI models give me additional information about my training by analyzing my run, in addition to the very useful information I get from apps like Gentler Streak and The Outsiders. That said, if you own an Apple Watch, you probably use or could use several features on a…
iOS 27 camera app to get “Siri” mode with nutrition label scanning Apple plans to integrate Apple Intelligence and Siri into more of its iOS 27 apps, including the Camera app, Bloomberg reports. The iOS 27 Camera app will include a dedicated Siri mode, available alongside the existing Photo, Video, Portrait, and Panorama modes. In Siri mode, the existing Camera app’s shutter button will feature the Apple Intelligence logo, letting users know… Apple to pay $250 million to settle class-action lawsuit over Siri feature delay Apple will pay $250 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing it of false advertising…
This is part of Amazon’s efforts to achieve net-zero carbon across its operations in the coming years. Amazon Japan has started using the country’s iconic bullet trains to move packages between facilities in different regions. The company said its partnership with Japan Railway was part of its efforts to reduce both delivery times and carbon dioxide emissions. Japan’s Shinkansen can reach speeds of up to 200 mph and can cut travel times, for example, from Tokyo to Osaka, from about 8 hours to two and a half hours. They also run on electricity supplied by an overhead electrical system. In 2019,…
A headphone jack is the female connector into which the male headphone plug fits. It’s the circular hole you’ll notice on the side of your laptop or tablet, on the front or back of your AV receiver or gaming console, and even on your musical instrument or video camera. The old headphone jack is less common on smartphones these days, as very few of them still have it. Instead, we encourage you to use USB-C wireless or wired headphones (or with an adapter). But a headphone cable is still widely used with laptops, tablets, and other devices, most commonly…