The operating system update integrates Gemini Intelligence and adds a new widget system. Alongside a series of new AI-focused announcements at I/O 2026, Google also announced Wear OS 7, the latest update to its wearable operating system. The software update carries over some of the design changes the company plans to introduce in Android 17,…
Last year at Google I/O we got a promising, if frustrating, glimpse of Android XR. At this year’s event, the company confirmed that the first Warby Parker and Gentle Monster glasses would finally arrive later this year. These images are still under wraps, although we got a little sneak peek during the keynote/release. But Google’s…
Media platform Plex announced today that it is increasing the price of its Lifetime Plex Pass option to $750, an increase of $500 from the current price of $250. Plex said the updated price reflects the “real and ongoing value” of the software it plans to create and maintain. The company considered removing the Lifetime…
In the early days of publicly available computers, desktops were the only devices you needed…or could afford. These were less crucial elements in people’s lives and more status symbols. However, as the years passed and technology improved, computers became more powerful and, importantly, smaller. The days when computers needed…
Photologie1971/Getty Images Although the general image of the Apple brand today emphasizes elegant and smooth curves, this was not always the case. In the early 1980s, gear was just as boxy and beige as everyone else, with a softer, more colorful image gradually surfacing over…
As Comcast-owned Sky prepares to lock down its F1 media rights in the UK and Italy, Apple could face an even more competitive path to expanding its Formula 1 deal beyond the US. Here are the details. Apple has made no secret of its intention to expand its F1 streaming rights beyond the United States….
Three new features will be available in the Gemini for Science collection. As society watches helplessly as tech giants infuse AI into everything, Google has at least introduced new AI-based tools that could ease the arduous work associated with scientific discovery. At Google I/O 2026, the tech giant announced Gemini for Science, a collection of…
Apple has quietly agreed to hire employees and license intellectual property from Animato, a small California-based company that developed software to create virtual avatars used in video chats and tutoring, according to a European Commission filing spotted by Woozad. The acquisition was filed under the EU Digital Markets Act in January 2026 and appears to…
Google announced today that its first “smart glasses” product is expected to launch this fall. It is teaming up with Samsung and glasses makers Gentle Monster and Warby Parker to launch new AI audio glasses. The glasses will run Android XR, Google’s platform for smart glasses and AR/VR headsets. There are cameras, speakers and microphones…
Azeez Photography/Shutterstock Apple’s convenient MagSafe system arrived in 2020 with the launch of the iPhone 12. The magnetic technology, with its iconic MagSafe circle, was launched primarily as a convenient way to charge your Apple handset and also carry compatible accessories like wallets that attach…