Microsoft PowerToys now lets you peek at WebP files, my most-hated type of file

What you need to know Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that enhance the Windows experience. The app just received an update to version 0.80.0, which includes several improvements and fixes. Among the highlights is added support for WebP, WebM, and audio files when using the Peek utility. Microsoft PowerToys is arguably the best […]

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Let’s hope Samsung will help us pick the correct Galaxy Ring size

Samsung is expected to enter a new wearable device market segment and release its first smart ring later this year. Samsung confirmed the Galaxy Ring at Mobile World Congress 2024 a few weeks ago and may officially launch the new wearable at the upcoming Galaxy Unpacked event, which we exclusively revealed should take place in […]

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iOS 17.5 Lets EU iPhone Users Download Apps From Websites

Apple today released the first beta of iOS 17.5 to developers, and as expected, the update introduces support for downloading apps from developer websites in the European Union. In iOS 17.4, Apple began allowing developers to offer their apps through alternative app marketplaces in the European Union to comply with the Digital Markets Act. Apple […]

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Amazon’s New App Lets You Scan Your Palm to Pay at Whole Foods, Panera Bread and More

Amazon today launched the Amazon One app, which is designed to allow customers to scan their palms to make device-free purchases at Whole Foods, Panera Bread, and 150 third-party locations in stadiums, airports, fitness centers, and convenience stores. [embedded content] Prior to the launch of the app, signing up for Amazon One had to be […]

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Sources: iOS 18 Lets Users Customize Layout of Home Screen App Icons

iOS 18 will give iPhone users greater control over Home Screen app icon arrangement, according to sources familiar with the matter. Home Screen on iOS 17 While app icons will likely remain locked to an invisible grid system on the Home Screen, to ensure there is some uniformity, our sources say that users will be […]

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YouTube Music now lets you search for a song by singing or humming

In October 2023, Google rolled a feature to the YouTube app for Android that allowed you to search for a song by humming or singing that song or playing a clip of that song, making it easier for you to search for a song whose name you aren’t aware of. Now, the company is rolling […]

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This streaming box lets you wirelessly stream from your decades-old B&O speakers

Bang & Olufsen TL;DR Bang & Olufsen is releasing a Hi-Fi streaming box that can connect TVs, projectors, and turntables to B&O speakers. The Beoconnect Core can even work with legacy B&O speakers. B&O is selling its streaming box for $1,150 and will be available at the “end of March.” If you wanted a way […]

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Verizon lets you add a second number to your existing phone for just $10 per month

Verizon has announced a new option, which lets you add a second phone number to the same phone for just $10 extra per month. It’s called Second Number and it’s pretty self explanatory, though note that if you get a Second Number after June 5 it will be $15 per month as that’s when the […]

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Let’s bring Circle to Search to your Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S23

Circle to Search is one of the latest additions to One UI 6.1 through the Galaxy AI suite, which, for the moment, is available only for the Galaxy S24 series. Galaxy AI will come to the Galaxy S23 series through a future update, but Samsung will skip the Galaxy S22 series. Regardless of future updates, […]

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Instagram lets you edit your DMs after sending, pin your chats, and save your favorite stickers

Instagram direct messages (DMs) are getting a bunch of new features. First up, editing – this can be done up to 15 minutes after a message is sent. To edit a message, simply press and hold on it and then choose “edit” from the dropdown menu. Speaking of DMs, read receipts can now be turned […]

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iOS 17.4 Lets Budget Apps Read Real-Time Apple Card Transaction Info

After updating to iOS 17.4, Apple Card users who want to track their real-time spending with budgeting apps will have more opportunities to do so. iOS 17.4 opens up real-time ‌Apple Card‌ transactions to third-party apps budgeting apps beyond Mint for the first time. Mint added support for the ‌Apple Card‌ back in 2022, but […]

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Instagram now lets you edit messages, turn off read receipts, and more

Meta has announced six new features for the messaging functionality on Instagram. These new features are the ability to edit messages, pin chats at the top of the inbox, turn read receipts on or off, mark stickers as favorites in a chat, and reply to messages with photos, videos, voice messages, GIFs, and stickers, and […]

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Apple Confirms That iOS 17.4 Lets Video Calling Apps Turn Off Reactions

Apple today publicly confirmed that iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4 allow developers of video calling apps to turn off the Reactions feature by default in their apps. As we reported earlier this month, developers can control the default behavior of Reactions in their apps with a new API for iOS 17.4, iPadOS 17.4, and likely […]

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Gboard keyboard now lets you grab text using camera

Google is rolling out a new feature in Gboard for Android called Scan Text with the latest beta version of the app (version 13.9). It allows you to capture an image right from the keyboard and copy text from it. The feature uses an optical character recognition (OCR) tool to offer this functionality, which is […]

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iOS 17.4 Lets You See Your iPhone 15 Battery Health at a Glance

With iOS 17.4, Apple is tweaking how battery health is reported to iPhone 15 users, making it easier for them to understand their battery status at a glance. In the Battery section of the Settings app, the Battery Health listing now has a readout such as “Normal” that is accessible without tapping in to the […]

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Apple Music now lets you transfer songs from Spotify, others

According to a post on Reddit, the latest beta version of the Apple Music app for Android (version 4.7.0, build 1359) comes with a feature that allows you to transfer songs from other music streaming platforms to Apple Music. For example, if you have a playlist on Spotify or YouTube Music, this version of the […]

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Astropad’s New ‘Slate’ App Lets You Control Your Mac With Your iPad and Apple Pencil

After several months of beta testing, Astropad is today officially launching its Astropad Slate app for the iPad. Slate turns an ‌iPad‌ into a large trackpad for a Mac, complete with Apple Pencil control. With Slate, you can use an ‌iPad‌ and ‌Apple Pencil‌ to perform several useful tasks. The ‌Apple Pencil‌ serves as a […]

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Nvidia Chat with RTX lets you run LLMs locally on RTX 30 and 40 series GPUs

Nvidia has released the Chat with RTX application for Windows. It can run two large language models (LLMs), Llama 2 and Mistral, right on RTX 30 series and RTX 40 series graphics cards and answer your queries about the content, such as documents, photos, and videos, that you connect to the app. It can also […]

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Amid reports that ChatGPT has gotten dumber, OpenAI unleashes a new feature that lets the chatbot remember and forget everything you want it to

What you need to know OpenAI is testing a new memory feature with a limited number of ChatGPT free and Plus users. The feature can remember virtually everything discussed across all your saved chats. You can also ask the chatbot to forget memories that you no longer find useful. In the past few months, several […]

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iOS 17.4 Beta Lets Apple Cash Users Generate Virtual Card Numbers

Later next month, iPhone owners running iOS 17.4 will be able to generate a virtual card number for spending Apple Cash when Apple Pay isn’t an online option, according to reports from Reddit users running the latest iOS 17.4 beta (via 9to5Mac). An Apple Cash pre-paid card allows users to send peer-to-peer Apple Pay payments […]

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