May 2024

Fairbuds are Fairphone’s proof that we really could make better tiny gadgets

Fairphone has spent years showing us that it could do what major phone manufacturers suggest is impossible: make a modern-looking phone, make it br…

Google Cloud rolls out self-designed Arm chips in its data centers

Google is joining the custom Arm data center chip trend. Google Cloud, the cloud platform division that competes with Amazon Web Services and Micro…

Android’s Bluetooth trackers are finally shipping in late May

After an announcement that ended up being a year early, Android’s version of Tile/AirTags is ready to launch. Google has been gearing up on the sof…

Apple now allows retro game emulators on its App Store—but with big caveats

When Apple posted its latest update to the App Store’s app review and submission policies for developers, it included language that appears to expl…

Roku patent invents a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TV

Roku TV sets come with ads. Generally, these are restricted to Roku’s home and menu screens, its screensavers, and its first-party video channels, …

Copilot key is based on a button you probably haven’t seen since IBM’s Model M

In January, Microsoft introduced a new key to Windows PC keyboards for the first time in 30 years. The Copilot key, dedicated to launching Microsof…

What I learned when I replaced my cheap Pi 5 PC with a no-name Amazon mini desktop

I recently tried to use a Raspberry Pi 5 as a regular desktop PC. The experiment wasn’t a failure—I was able to use a Pi to get most of my work don…

8BitDo’s $100 wireless mechanical keyboard is a tribute to Commodore 64

The Commodore 64 introduced a generation of future computer geeks to personal computing. The 8-bit system first launched in 1982 and was discontinu…

Redesigned M3 iPad Pros, large-screened iPad Air now expected in May

If you’ve been waiting for new iPads to come out, prepare to wait just a little longer: Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says that redesigned iPad Pros with…
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