From PC Mag: X, formerly known as Twitter, is seeing user growth slow to a crawl since Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk bought the social media platform for a staggering $44 billion in mid-2022.
X's daily active user growth has plummeted from roughly 30% annually just a few years ago in 2020 to less...
From The Verge: Microsoft is finally rolling out spellcheck and autocorrect for its Notepad app in Windows 11, more than 40 years after the simple text editor was first introduced in Windows in 1983. The software giant started testing both features in March, and has now quietly started enabling them...
From ComputerWorld: In a step that perhaps symbolizes the steady erosion of bridges between nations, Microsoft is ordering its staff in China to abandon Android phones to exclusively use iPhones.
The ban begins in September, when staff will be required to use iPhones for work — specifically for...
From PC World: As someone who’s drowning in gaming keyboards, I think I have the authority to say that most Windows apps created by manufacturers for programming RGB lights suck—especially Armoury Crate from Asus.
Which is why it’s great that Dynamic Lighting is making such apps unnecessary for...
From PC Mag: WhatsApp is testing a tool that lets Meta AI respond to and edit photos.
The feature, spotted by WABetaInfo in the latest WhatsApp beta for Android, will enable Meta AI to analyze and answer questions about uploaded photos. For instance, users can ask Meta AI to identify the objects in...
From TechCrunch: A police officer pulled over a self-driving Waymo vehicle in Phoenix after it ran a red light and pulled into a lane of oncoming traffic, according to dispatch records.
The incident took place on June 19, but local media including Arizona Republic released bodycam footage of the...
From PC Mag: Google Fiber already offers 20 Gig internet speeds, but it's preparing to push that to 50Gbps.
The company partnered with Nokia to successfully test the 50Gbps technology on a live network at a Google Fiber hub in Kansas City.
In a video, Google Fiber—now known as GFiber—delivers an...
New designs always require a certain amount of fine tuning. No matter what you are talking about, whether it is a piece of writing or the first go at a product, there always needs to be some sort of review. In writing, the first draft is never the final product, as it often requires multiple revisions before it is ready to be published. Similarly, with different products, the first in a new line or design may have unforeseen problems that only...
I have never been a fan of buying sports jerseys with player names on the back. Part of this stems from the fact that players do not usually stay with the same team for their entire careers. Even if they are known for their tenure with one team, it still seems a bit strange to wear their jersey from one of their teams until they have retired. I also would not even consider putting my own name on the back, as I think it is a bit obnoxious. I am...
From TechCrunch: On July 4, YouTube released an updated eraser tool for creators so they can easily remove any copyrighted music from their videos without affecting any other audio such as dialog or sound effects.
YouTube chief Neal Mohan posted about the tool on X and said, “Good news, creators...
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