Summary Microsoft is correcting the missteps of 2025, prioritizing quality over rapid deployment of AI. Satya Nadella is committed to “winning back fans” by focusing on core Windows, Xbox, Bing and Edge. Windows updates target performance gains on low-memory devices and fixes to core features. If 2025 was the year of Copilot for Microsoft, then 2026 is shaping up to be the year for Microsoft to clean up the mess it made in 2025. Between numerous AI integrations and buggy Windows updates, Microsoft has eroded user trust over the last year, and it knows it. Fortunately, the company is already…
Author: Noah Hayes
Tanja Esser/Shutterstock Having a Ring camera provides a sense of security when you’re away from home. You can check on your home, family, and pets to make sure everything is okay while you’re shopping, at work, or on vacation. If you have one, you might notice the blue light on the front, near the camera lens. This light works in several different ways, letting you know if it’s working and what the camera is doing at the time. From software updates to recording, blue light is a guide to what…
Özgurdonmaz/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Trends always come back, especially fashion trends. This is not just an anecdote; There is mathematics behind this phenomenon, and the trends seem to recur on a 20-year cycle. So it’s probably no surprise that your old film cameras are popular again. There’s a really interesting reason behind this, according to those who are looking for the old technology. This moves away from the instant gratification of today’s hyper-digital world, where phones and digital cameras can instantly show…
Dikouchine/Getty Images Chances are you’ve already made one of the biggest mistakes you should ever make on your iPhone: giving your apps full access to your camera and camera roll. According to a 2021 analysis by Jamf, an Apple device management and security company, these are the two main permissions requested by iOS applications. This means you’ve probably been asked to grant access more times than you can count. When you were first asked to do this, you probably didn’t think twice about it, especially since it’s so common and…
Apple Towson employees. Credit: AIMTA Maryland lawmakers wrote a delegation letter to Apple, asking the tech giant to inquire whether there were any paths forward other than closing Apple Towson.Apple’s battle over its Towson location continues, with Maryland lawmakers stepping in to “express serious concerns” about Apple’s choice to close the store. On May 4, lawmakers drafted a congressional delegation to Apple, which reads:“We urge Apple to reconsider whether there are viable pathways that would preserve jobs and maintain a commercial presence in the region,” the signing members said in a letter to Apple.“Maryland residents appreciate employers who invest in…
If you have purchased a laptop in the past few years or even explored the options available, you must have noticed how all the companies like Apple, Dell, Lenovo, and Asus are offering slimmer laptops. Marketed as sleek, slim, ultra-thin, or lightweight, these models are suddenly getting all the attention, whether on the official website or at third-party retailers. While they offer convenience and comfort, especially for frequent travelers, these laptops fall short in some critical areas. These are aspects that really matter to the vast majority, but most people often don’t realize it. The reason, I believe, is that…
Some customers are throwing their Oura smart rings for scrap as concerns grow over the company’s military partnerships. The trend, which has spread across social networks like TikTok, Instagram and Reddit, stems from an August 2025 press release in which the smart clothing maker touted its deep relationship with the U.S. military, citing a future factory in Fort Worth, Texas, and its deployment of programs created by controversial big data broker Palantir Technologies. The Finnish company’s connection to Palantir, whose technology is linked to the Trump administration’s controversial surveillance and mass deportation efforts, has…
With watchOS 26.5, Apple introduces a Pride Luminance watch face, and it’s one of the most versatile and customizable watch faces. There are pre-configured color options, but the face also supports custom colors. You can select 1 to 12 colors from a palette that includes all the colors of the rainbow, some shades in between, as well as black, white, brown, and gray. The colors you choose are distributed across the watch face in a gradient, available in radial or linear styles. The first style looks like a star, while the second style is a series of rectangular lines. The…
Summary Someone used an e-ink display inside a PC as a live system monitor, updating every 5 seconds. ReTerminal e-ink with partial refresh displays temperature, usage and clocks while consuming little power. The matte white e-ink blends into the housing when turned off, preserving the pleasing aesthetic. It’s no surprise that I’m a big fan of e-ink displays. Usually I check out ESP32 and Raspberry Pi projects that use the technology in some way. They don’t update very often, but that makes them great for status displays and dashboards. And they use so little energy that you barely notice them…
We expect to see an Apple Glasses product launch at some point next year, and a sketchy rumor suggests they could borrow a key feature from Vision Pro. Specifically, it’s said that they might be able to recognize hand gestures as a way to interact with the wearable device – but there’s good reason to doubt this claim… The Hand Gesture Claim Early VR headsets relied on hardware such as handheld controllers as input devices. Vision Pro has significantly streamlined the way users interact with the device by giving it the ability to recognize hand gestures without the need for…