charnsitr/Shutterstock Are you tired of paying continuous high subscription fees to use your activity tracker? An app called Noop aims to rectify this, at least in the case of the Whoop Band (or you can skip the Whoop altogether for one of these Whoop alternatives). For the uninitiated, Whoop is a fitness band that’s been gaining a lot of traction recently, largely due to its fresh approach to health monitoring (and the fact that it’s one of the best wearables for sleep tracking). Entering a space dominated by Apple, Oura…
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Safari is one of the apps Apple focused on in iOS 27 and includes several new Apple Intelligence features. From automatic tab group organization to custom extensions, Safari is getting some useful new features. Automatic tab organization Safari uses Apple Intelligence to organize your open tabs into relevant topics, grouping similar concepts together to make your open tabs easier to navigate. If you’re looking for a new sofa while planning a weekend getaway, the websites you open for each topic are grouped together. Auto-sorting can be enabled by tapping the three-line icon at the top right of the screen when…
Photography Primestock/Shutterstock In April 2026, Amazon announced that it would end support for older Kindle devices released in 2012 and earlier, including the Kindle DX, Kindle Keyboard, and more. This understandably upset several longtime fans of the e-reader series. However, the company appears to be offering an offer to some of the customers affected by the forced shutdown. Based on the reports we’ve seen so far, Amazon appears to be offering a targeted upgrade option for some users who have one of the affected Kindle devices registered to their account.…
Apple is phasing out support for Rosetta 2, a feature that allows Intel-based applications to run on Apple Silicon Macs. Rosetta will stop working for most apps in macOS 28, and when that happens, apps that use it will stop working. Apple began warning customers and businesses about Rosetta’s impending demise with macOS Tahoe, and the warnings go even further in macOS Golden Gate. If you have applications that still use Rosetta, you will receive a warning every time you restart your Mac or open an Intel application. macOS Golden Gate also adds a new list where you can check…
Erman Gunes/Shutterstock Back in May, Google gave us our first look at Wear OS 7 and the various improvements it will bring to Android smartwatches like the Pixel Watch 4. Chief among these changes are additions like Wear Widgets, which are similar to the tiles already available on your Android watch but offer more flexibility. Over-the-air updates are also coming to Android watches with Wear OS 7, as well as the ability to use Gemini Intelligence on select devices running the operating system. Of course, Google’s Pixel watch lineup is…
Erman Gunes/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Mini-LED TVs are, as the name suggests, panels with many smaller LED lights rather than the larger ones on a standard LED panel. With this advanced backlight, they can achieve higher maximum brightness, deeper blacks and even more vivid images. Samsung’s latest lineup of Mini-LED TVs has an emphasis on value, which could make these bright displays seem “cheap” compared to other innovative panels on the market today. With that in mind, how long can you actually expect…
macOS 27 Golden Gate is in beta ahead of a fall release, and we thought we’d review what’s new for those who don’t want to risk a beta on their Mac. macOS Golden Gate adds Siri AI, Liquid Glass updates, and several new Apple Intelligence features. Siri on Mac resides in Spotlight. Command + Space brings up a new Find or Ask interface to search for files on Mac or ask Siri a question. Siri is able to access data on the Mac and can answer the same general questions that any chatbot can answer. The combination of personal context…
The upcoming iOS 27 and macOS 27 Golden Gate updates expand drawing tools to more of Apple’s built-in apps on iPhone and Mac. In the Messages app on iOS 27, there is a new “Draw” option in the app drawer, which can be opened by tapping the plus sign in the bottom left corner. On older versions of iOS, the Messages app once had a very basic drawing tool accessible by pressing a button on the keyboard in landscape orientation, but Apple’s full set of markup tools are now available within the app. On Mac, macOS 27 adds markup tools…
Kittyfly/Shutterstock Amazon may have recently upset consumers by ending software support for several older Kindle models, which could limit the basic functionality of these e-readers, but the company also has some good news for its Kindle users. Amazon has rolled out a new feature that users who read multiple books at once might appreciate. Called Story So Far, and announced at the end of September 2025, the feature allows users to catch up on what they have already read in a book after a long break. The feature uses AI…
Frédéric Doerschem/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Residential solar systems can lose functionality without a battery backup for several reasons. For starters, most grid-connected solar panels will be offline when the grid goes down during a major outage. Even if they continue to generate electricity, you will still lose electricity in your home. Additionally, they actively produce electricity but have no way to store it to compensate for efficiency losses or for use at night, when they are not producing electricity at all. You…