From CNET: Things are not looking great for Apple's smartwatch line. Market research company Counterpoint has released its latest report on Apple Watch performance, and it found that Apple Watch shipments, after dropping by 10% in 2023, fell sharply by almost 20% year-over-year in 2024.

The drop in...

From PC Mag: Sonos is refocusing on the core of its business after a tumultuous 12 months, including the disastrous rollout of its buggy app in May 2024. Part of that refocus appears to be the end of its partnership with Ikea where it had inventive ways of hiding speaker tech in everyday furniture...

From PC World: Yesterday, Microsoft announced in a blog post a “new generation of Windows experiences” that includes a brand-new Start menu for Windows 11. The first traces of this new Start menu appeared last month in an early preview version of the operating system.

The new Start menu is...

From CNET: Ever wonder what it'd be like to open your Netflix phone app and summon very specific title recommendations by saying "martial arts musicals" or "I like barbecue"? It's on the horizon: The streaming service is running beta tests for artificial intelligence-powered search on iOS. The...

From PC Mag: Facing lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny, OpenAI is backing off plans for a for-profit structure.

“We made the decision for the nonprofit to stay in control after hearing from civic leaders and having discussions with the offices of the Attorneys General of California and Delaware,”...

From PC World: Smaller Surfaces have finally arrived. Microsoft is announcing smaller, less powerful revisions of the Microsoft Surface Pro tablet and Surface Laptop, all built around a more conservative version of Qualcomm’s battery-sipping Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus chip.

Smaller doesn’t...

From CNET: Ahead of its planned announcement this month, Google apparently accidentally published a blog post on Tuesday with details about the thinking behind the development of Material 3 Expressive, its open-source design system.

The post shared research behind the design of the interface, as...

From CNET: Apple will be sourcing almost its entire line of iPhones sold in the US -- about 60 million phones a year -- from assembly facilities in India, CEO Tim Cook said Thursday. The planned move comes against the backdrop of the Trump administration imposing tariffs against China of up to 145%...

From The Verge: After a stinging rebuke in the lower courts over its legal battle with Epic, Apple filed a notice of appeal to the Ninth Circuit on Monday. The appeal will challenge last week’s ruling that prevents the company from charging developers fees on purchases made outside the App Store...

From PC World: According to a Windows 10 support page (spotted by Windows Latest), the removal of “recent files” app jump lists in Windows 10’s Start menu was confirmed to be a bug caused by the integration of account control experiences in the Start menu.

The bug was fixed with a service change...