Enlarge / The Slim 9i is the flagship. (credit: Scharon Harding) On Thursday, Lenovo introduced a series of laptops with various options and designs. The Slim laptops, formerly called IdeaPad Slim, are a new lineup of clamshell designs that will look to compete in June with thin and light builds, high-end components, high-res OLED displays, […]
Enlarge / A special 100th-version splash page appears on the first launch of a new Firefox installation. (credit: Samuel Axon) Firefox released its 100th update, and some fanfare accompanied the release on Mozilla’s blog about the web browser. Firefox 100 is available this week for both desktop and mobile versions. To celebrate, Mozilla says it […]
Enlarge / Sonos Beam soundbar. (credit: Sonos) According to a report from The Verge on Wednesday, Sonos is launching a voice assistant on June 1. The publication cited “people familiar with the company’s plans” who claim the feature will bring voice control to Sonos’ home audio products. A Sonos rep told Ars Technica that the […]
Enlarge (credit: YouTube) YouTube Go is probably not an app that many of our US readers are familiar with, given its singular focus on the developing world, but it scored more than 500 million downloads in its six years of existence. It’s also dead. YouTube recently announced the app will be shutting down this August. […]
Enlarge / Razer Blade 15. (credit: Razer) The portability of laptop displays means they often come with compromises in speed, color, or sharpness. For those who want a screen with the deepest contrast and darkest blacks without sacrificing speed, Razer is hoping to have the answer. The upcoming configuration of the Razer Blade 15 announced […]
You, too, can make PS1-caliber 3D movies using nothing but 3D Movie Maker and your Windows 95 PC. (credit: Microsoft) Back in 1995, the Microsoft Kids division of the company} released a program called Microsoft 3D Movie Maker . The same year that the original Toy Story proved that feature-length 3D computer animation was feasible, […]
Enlarge / The Pixel 6 Pro. (credit: Google) Android’s May security update is out, and that means the Pixel 6 is finally getting a patch for the Dirty Pipe vulnerability. The update comes one month after Samsung shipped Google’s patch to the Galaxy S22, but at least it’s finally arriving. Dirty Pipe, aka CVE-2022-0847, is one […]
Enlarge / Kindles still won’t directly open ePub files, but there’s one less hoop to jump through now. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Amazon’s Kindles are some of the best dedicated e-readers you can buy, but a longstanding criticism from users of DRM-free books from non-Amazon sources is that they don’t support the open ePub standard. That […]
Enlarge / Apps on an iPhone. (credit: Wiyre Media / Flickr) Last month, an email sent by Apple to many app and game developers led to confusion and frustration about the role in the App Store of apps that aren’t intended to be long-term services. Now Apple has published a news release targeted at developers to […]
Enlarge (credit: Fitbit) Google and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recalled 1.7 million Fitbit Ionic smartwatches earlier this year, citing “78 reports of burn injuries in the United States, including two reports of third-degree burns and four reports of second-degree burns.” A new lawsuit claims the recall was not enough, and that “the same […]