The Google Home app is finally getting garage door controls

From The Verge: Controls for smart garage doors are coming to the Google Home app. The feature has already started to roll out to some users, with one Reddit user (spotted by 9to5Google) posting an image of the large pill-shaped open / close toggle controls that have silently appeared on the app...

Everyone has to change their Discord name

From PC World: Discord is a mess. That’s not just one fuddy-duddy tech writer’s opinion, it’s effectively the official word from Discord itself. As part of an effort to be more straightforward and user-friendly, the chat and VOIP platform is reworking its username system and ditching “discriminators...

CORSAIR launches MP700 PCIe Gen5 M.2 SSDs

From Corsair Press Release: CORSAIR today announced the launch of the MP700, its first PCIe Gen5 M.2 SSD. Available in capacities up to 2TB, the MP700 sets a new standard for next-generation storage, with sequential read and write performance topping out an incredible 10,000MB/sec and 10,000MB/sec...

Motorola’s Edge 40 is a little less Pro, and a lot more affordable

From The Verge: Exactly one month after announcing the Edge 40 Pro, Motorola is introducing a more affordable, non-Pro variant called the Motorola Edge 40. It’s available from today in Europe for €599.99 (£529.99, around $664), €300 less than the €899.99 (around $995) Edge 40 Pro. Motorola’s press...

Slack GPT will bring AI chatbots to your conversations

From PC World: Slack has become the latest developer to commit to integrating AI inside of its platform, with a new Slack GPT integration that will use chatbots as your own personal business assistants. But Slack GPT also highlights another AI quirk that may fly under the radar: its short-term...

Fortnite arrives on Amazon Luna today

From The Verge: Fortnite, one of the world’s most popular games, has also become a de facto test of the public’s interest in streaming games like they stream YouTube or Netflix. It’s been completely free to stream from Nvidia’s GeForce Now or Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming to almost any device you...

Microsoft Decides Outlook, Teams Will Open Links Using Edge by Default

From PC Mag: Not content with forcing all Windows 11 users to have the Edge browser installed, Microsoft is now going to open all links clicked in Outlook or Teams using Edge by default.

As The Verge reports, it doesn't matter what your default browser is set to, Outlook and Teams will soon ignore...

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