Apple, Indonesia Reportedly Reach Deal to Lift iPhone 16 Ban

From PC Mag: Apple and Indonesia have reportedly reached a deal to allow the company to sell the iPhone 16 in the country.

As Bloomberg reports, Apple has pledged to invest $1 billion in Indonesia and will give locals research and development training. There are no plans to build iPhones in the...

Microsoft’s free, ad-supported Office was just a ‘test’

From PC World: If you’ve messed around with Microsoft’s “free” Office web app, you’ve quickly discovered that it stinks, for one important reason: You can’t actually create documents. A new, free, ad-supported local version of Office changes all that, according to a report.

(Update: The ad...

Humane AI Pins Will Stop Working at the End of This Week

From CNET: If you were one of the few artificial intelligence enthusiasts who bought a Humane AI pin, the time has come to say goodbye. The wearable device, which CNET principal writer Scott Stein said was like having "an AI-powered Star Trek communicator pinned to your shirt," is being killed off...

Sigma’s BF is a minimalist full-frame camera with no memory card slot

From The Verge: Sigma has announced a new compact 24.6-megapixel full-frame camera called the BF with a clean, minimalist design featuring just four button controls and a dial. The BF’s body is milled from a single block of aluminum, its user interface has been redesigned with a “completely new...

M4 Apple MacBook Air Expected in Early March

From PC Mag: Apple is reportedly preparing to release 13- and 15-inch M4 MacBook Airs next month.

According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is readying its marketing, sales, and retail teams for the launch while clearing out inventory of its existing MacBook Air models. Both these developments...

Windows tests long-awaited changes to Start, Share, and Search

From PC World: On Friday, Microsoft released a pair of new builds to test new Windows 11 features, offering improved cloud search to Copilot+ PC owners, alongside a nifty new sharing and Start menu interface for Windows users in general.

Sometimes, Windows builds are a bit like a railyard, with...

BLUETTI Elite 200 V2 Review (Page 1 of 5)

What is power? When it comes to cars, there is absolute power, and there is relative power. The way I see it, absolute power is the amount of horsepower your engine generates, while relative power is how your car performs against another model. These two factors are often directly related, but in the real world, things are more nuanced. My winter car is a 2008 Acura TL Type-S, which I have mentioned in a number of review introductions here at APH...

Coinbase says the SEC has agreed to drop its crypto lawsuit

From The Verge: On Friday morning Coinbase announced that SEC staff have “agreed in principle to dismiss its unlawful enforcement case against Coinbase, subject to Commissioner approval.” CEO Brian Armstrong called it “great news” in a post on X, saying it would be a full dismissal with no fines...

Canon PowerShot V1 Signals the Rebirth of the Compact Camera

From PC Mag: Canon is jumping back into the compact camera space feet first. Its first premium compact camera in years, the PowerShot V1, is set to make its public debut next week at the CP+ camera show in Yokohama, Japan, but the company has meted out some early details.

Compact cameras are...

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