Enlarge / Windows 11’s new taskbar overflow feature will handle things better when you have too many onscreen icons. (credit: Microsoft) Last month, Microsoft released the Windows 11 2022 Update to the public. Also known as Windows 11 22H2, the update came with several fixes and user interface enhancements for the year-old OS. Microsoft also…
Enlarge / The Pixel 7 Pro colors. The gold one on the end is called “hazel.” (credit: Google) The Google Pixel 7 and 7 Pro have been officially unveiled. While these phones were technically officially announced forever ago, Google came clean about all the details today. The big news is that the prices aren’t changing:…
The Pixel Watch colors, and their default bands. There are three watch body colors here: black, silver, and gold. Google is clawing its way back into wearable relevance. Today the company took the wraps off what is officially its first self-branded smartwatch: the Pixel Watch. Google started revamping its wearable platform, Wear OS, in partnership…
The Pixel Tablet in the magnetic dock. Today’s Google show saw the launch of the Pixel 7 and Pixel Watch, but Google really seems to wish its Pixel Tablet was also ready to go. The company spent a while talking about its upcoming tablet, which won’t ship until 2023. The big news is the unveiling…
Enlarge / It’s not specific to Framework, but a number of Framework-owning Linux enthusiasts saw a kernel quirk set their screens flickering this week, potentially with lasting damage. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) For desktop Linux users, updating to a new Linux kernel typically carries relatively small, contained risks: wonky drivers, GRUB pain, maybe a full wipe…
Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images / Contributor | LightRocket) When seven of the biggest banks in America saw that their customers liked using apps to send instant peer-to-peer payments, they rolled out Zelle through a jointly owned company called Early Warning Services in 2017 and quickly began processing billions in payments annually. By 2021, Zelle was…
Enlarge (credit: Nathan Stirk / Contributor | Getty Images News) On Wednesday, a jury found former Uber security chief Joe Sullivan guilty of hiding a massive data breach from federal regulators who were already investigating the ride-share company for a different breach. With that verdict, Sullivan has likely become the first executive to be criminally…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Chesnot ) Elon Musk could be the owner of Twitter by sometime next week, but the sides have to resolve a few disagreements first. Musk told Twitter this week he is willing to honor their original deal in an attempt to avoid a court trial he’s likely to lose. But as of…
Santa Claus (David Harbour) steps in to save a family from invading mercenaries in Violent Night. I’m a sucker for what might be termed “anti-holiday” films, whether it’s action classics like Die Hard and Lethal Weapon or foreign fare like Dial Code: Santa Claus, Elves, and Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale. We’re getting a new entry in this growing niche…
Enlarge / Overwatch 2 characters offer varied reactions based on whether or not they are now exempt from Blizzard’s “SMS Protect” system. Blizzard has partially walked back a controversial policy that required Overwatch 2 players to confirm a valid mobile phone number to play the game. Now, players “with a connected Battle.net account”—a group Blizzard…