New Apple Patent Hints at Bigger Satellite Ambitions

From PC Mag: Apple has secured a new patent that hints at its ambitions to roll out more robust satellite communications for future iPhones.

The patent, granted on Wednesday, focuses on one of the challenges facing satellite communications: A device like a smartphone can struggle to maintain a...

Update: Windows 11’s free upgrade path isn’t going away

From PC World: Microsoft representatives said Wednesday that the Tech Community blog post was in error: “Apologies for the confusion from the Tech Community post. The free Windows 11 upgrade path remains unchanged. We’re working on getting it corrected!“

Yesterday, Microsoft posted on the Tech...

The Nintendo Switch 2 Has Been Revealed. More Details Coming on April 2

From CNET: Nintendo has been promising a follow-up to the company's popular Switch handheld for over a year, and it's here at last. The Switch 2 has been revealed, and it's coming this year. But Nintendo's not telling us more until April 2. For now, here's the trailer: Yes, there's a new Mario Kart...

Meta Laying Off Thousands to Prep for 'Intense' Year Ahead

From PC Mag: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is laying off about 5% of the company, or roughly 3,600 people, according to an internal memo shared with multiple news outlets this week.

"This is going to be an intense year, and I want to make sure we have the best people on our teams," Zuckerberg wrote in...

Office 365 will officially lose support on Windows 10 come October

From PC World: Microsoft really, really, really wants you to ditch Windows 10 and upgrade to Windows 11 already. (Better yet, just buy a new PC!) The company says that 2025 is “the year of the Windows 11 PC refresh,” and they’re trying their best to will that slogan into reality.

Case in point: A...

Samsung announces more flexible trade-in program, no purchase required

From The Verge: Samsung has announced a change to its Galaxy Trade-In program that allows consumers to trade in select Galaxy smartphone models to the company year-round, without the need to make a new purchase at the same time.

The new program is set to start today in South Korea and France, with...

Adobe Brings Live Co-Editing to Photoshop

From PC Mag: What blew people away about Google Docs was that multiple people could be editing the same document live in real-time. It’s one thing to do this for simple text input, but drawing and image editing are a different story. So, Adobe is bringing that same gee-whiz capability to its...

Google Drive now synchronizes files faster and uses less data to do it

From PC World: Google recently announced a new update to its Google Drive cloud storage service that will make it much faster to synchronize your local copy of files on your computer with those stored in the cloud.

To understand how this works, consider one really huge text document that’s maybe...

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