From The Verge: Google Maps on both iOS and Android has a new Air Quality layer that can be useful when planning your next hike or bike ride in good times, or to plan your escape from smog and smoke in bad.

The new layer displays an Air Quality Index (AQI) overlay directly onto the map grid using...

From PC Mag: Facebook parent company Meta has apparently shelved plans to release a smartwatch it spent at least two years developing.

As Bloomberg reports(Opens in a new window), the dual-camera smartwatch—originally targeted for release in spring 2023 with a $349 price tag—has experienced...

From CNET: In a welcome move, Microsoft announced just prior to Summer Game Fest that later this year it will expand the Xbox Cloud Gaming perk of its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate -- heading toward its first anniversary in beta -- to encompass games you already own. But it's also just a small step that...

From Patriot Press Release: PATRIOT is pleased to announce Patriot has merged ACPI, integrating the resources and strengths of both parties. The merger has been in effect since May 1, 2022. With this new partnership, both companies will work in tandem with the ultimate goal of making the newly...

From Thermaltake Press Release: Thermaltake unveiled The Tower 500 Mid-Tower Chassis, the first mid-tower form factor model in The Tower series. The Tower 500 is a vertically designed case with three 4mm tempered glass panels for panoramic viewing, which comes in two editions, black and snow. Not...

From The Verge: Nothing, the consumer tech startup led by OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei, will announce its first smartphone at an event on July 12th, the company has announced. The Nothing Phone 1 will be the company’s second device, following the release of its Ear 1 true wireless earbuds last year...

From PC Mag: Taco Bell is attempting to redefine fast food with its new Defy restaurant—a first-of-its-kind, app-focused, four-lane drive-thru in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.

The two-story eatery has been opened in partnership with Border Foods(Opens in a new window), and uses a vertical "food tube"...

From CNET: Apple has shown that the kind of chips that serve as the brains of its iPhones are also powerful enough to handle the company's Mac lineup, and it's stepped things up with the Worldwide Developers Conference debut of its second-generation M2 chip, which powers the newly redesigned MacBook...

From CNET: Apple broadened its processor ambitions on Monday with the new M2, a chip that improves core processing performance 18% over the M1 without hurting battery life in the company's new MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro laptops.

The 18% speed boost comes from the M2's redesigned central...

From PC Mag: Intel's 14th Gen Meteor Lake processors are expected to launch in 2023, and anyone planning to invest in one should also budget for a new motherboard.

Initially, hardware leaker Moore's Law Is Dead(Opens in a new window) stated that Meteor Lake chips will require the LGA 2551 socket as...