It’s just over a year since Apple first listed its Vision Pro headset for sale, and the device hasn’t exactly lit the world on fire since then. Yet after a year of reflection, there’s one thing that Apple very clearly needs to do if it’s going to get its mixed-reality headset back on track. That thing is to launch a more affordable model, pure and simple. It goes against Apple’s preferred way of doing things — the company is used to making the best, most premium devices it can and pricing them accordingly — but it’s the only way the…
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If you have AppleCare+ for iPhone, be aware of some recent changes, especially if you plan to make a new purchase soon. Effective immediately, you can only purchase an AppleCare+ for iPhone plan through monthly or annual subscriptions. This means that Apple is discontinuing the one-time upfront payment options or AppleCare+ in stores and on devices unless you buy your new phone through an online purchase. As Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman explains: “Now, users won’t be able to pay upfront for an AppleCare+ plan at retail stores or via the AppleCare menu on the iPhone itself. Instead, they’ll need to pay…
AMD announced its next graphics card, the RX 9070 XT, last month, but details about the GPU have been sparse. We might finally have some good news to share, though. According to VideoCardz, AMD is set to hold a press conference later this month that will detail the RDNA 4 architecture and the performance we can expect out of AMD’s next GPU. Although we’ve long known that AMD would concede the flagship battle to Nvidia in the face of the RTX 5090, Team Red was particularly light on details when it announced the RX 9070 XT. The company didn’t so…
It’s a new month, and that means a new lineup of games coming to Xbox Game Pass — including the long-awaited Avowed, Obsidian’s take on a fantasy RPG. Here are the titles and their respective release dates. If you’re a Game Pass Ultimate or PC subscriber, you might have already seen or even played a few of these games. If you are on the Standard plan, you’ll have to wait a little longer to play the new arrivals, but you will get the chance to play Starfield if you haven’t yet. Avowed Story Trailer – Xbox Games Showcase 2024 Sadly, a few…
Meta’s Threads is doubling down on support for custom feeds as it faces challenges from the growing social network Bluesky, now with over 30 million users, which also offers custom feeds as one of its key features. On Tuesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that users can now set their custom feeds to be public and follow custom feeds made by others. Meta thinks that its custom feeds are superior to others because they can be built without technical skills by anyone. With public feeds, people can now take advantage of feeds built by others and pin them to their…
But at the U.S. Air Force academy, his journey took a bit of a turn. There, his chemistry studies deepened his interest in liquid fuels. “As a product of September 11, seeing the spike in oil prices, I always thought, ‘how could we replace fossil fuels?’ I thought that it was important for national security.” Beaton’s passion took him to Oxford for a PhD then back to the U.S. where he had a string of posts with the U.S. Air Force, including leading research projects, monitoring the quality of the branch’s fossil fuels, and overseeing R&D investments in energy. After…
The Samsung Galaxy S25 has launched to a crowded arena, where it competes against multiple generations of iPhone. Don’t get me wrong — all are fantastic devices with specs that make expert guesses from a decade ago look wildly inaccurate — but with every new phone generation, there are objectively better picks. The Apple iPhone 15 may not be the latest version of Apple’s flagship, but it’s a strong smartphone, and if you’re using a iPhone 15, you may be wondering if it’s worth jumping ship when it’s time to upgrade. So which one of these two phones is the better…
Opera, the company behind one of the best web browsers we know, has released a new browser designed to escape the overwhelm of the limitless web. Called “Opera Air,” the browser arrives as another option from the company instead of replacing the primary Opera browser or the gaming-centric Opera GX. The browser, Opera says, is built around the principles of minimalism and will aid in managing stress, enhancing focus, and maintaining emotional clarity through tools built into the browser. Opera Air’s tools Opera sent me a pre-release build of Opera Air a few days before launch. So, I wouldn’t judge…
Today could see a new record for space flight, as five separate rocket launches are scheduled for one 24-hour period. The events involve four different providers and show the increasing pace of launches, covering missions including sending communications satellites into Earth orbit, creating short-duration microgravity environments for research purposes, and launching unknown payloads for governments. The five launches today, Tuesday, February 4, will be the highest number of launches in a single day if all go ahead as planned, as noted by Space.com. The first launch has already occurred, with SpaceX launching a Starlink mission from Space Launch Complex 40…
The trouble with Amazon Prime Video is that, in spite of its great roster of movies to watch, many of them are so buried that you might never even know they were 6. If you’re trying to find something to watch on the streamer and coming up blank, then you’re in luck. We’ve pulled together a list of 6 great Prime Video movies that are well worth checking out, including at least one you might have totally forgotten about. Between the three titles, there’s sure to be something for you to enjoy: Pop Culture Jeopardy! – 2024 Do you ever…
