Apple Maps is now showing ads for users in the US and Canada Currently, ads appear as the top result in search and Suggested Places Users are unsurprisingly unhappy about this change, with some saying they’ll switch to Google Maps We’ve known they were coming for a while, but now ads have started appearing in … Read more
Furious is a must-watch new crime series that’s streaming on Hulu (US) and Disney+ (internationally), and it’s female-led story is a huge part of why I love it. The series, created by Elizabeth Meriwether, centers around FBI agent Alice Black (Emmy Rossum) on the hunt for a calculating female serial killer, Catherine Grace (Lola Petticrew). … Read more
August’s celestial wonders aren’t done yet. Following the stunning total solar eclipse and the peak of the Perseid meteor shower a couple of weeks ago, we’re set for another extraordinary show this week — a lunar eclipse. On August 27-28, night sky observers in North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Western Asia are in … Read more
The PocketBook Q is a new ereader with a 5.84-inch screen It’s slimmer and lighter than most phone-sized rivals However, it doesn’t run Android, limiting your access to apps It seems like there’s a growing hunger for small ereaders, as following in the footsteps of the Boox Palma series, the Viwoods AiPaper Reader, and the … Read more
Report points to AirPods 5 launching in September, in two models A cheaper version and a pricier option with noise cancellation We’re expecting the big iPhone 18 Pro event to happen in early September Despite all these news stories about AirPods with cameras, we’ve been hearing that ‘normal’ AirPods are set to release before the … Read more
Microsoft used to tell you when a bot was in the lobby, now you can automatically block it Watch out, because legitimate add-ons like AI assistants could end up being blocked More protections are coming to Teams soon, too Microsoft is rolling out an important new security policy for Teams, and admins can now finally … Read more