From PC Mag: The Apple versus Epic Games case continues to develop with the latest news seeing the former asking for a pause to last week’s landmark ruling. Apple filed an emergency motion on Wednesday to pause the changes it has been forced to make to its App Store.

Apple was told to drop all...

From PC World: Lenovo just introduced its most powerful creative laptop yet: the Legion 9i. Announced at Lenovo Tech World in Shanghai, it’s built for serious game developers, 3D artists, and creators who need top-tier performance. With more than half of upcoming titles for current-gen systems built...

From CNET: Things are not looking great for Apple's smartwatch line. Market research company Counterpoint has released its latest report on Apple Watch performance, and it found that Apple Watch shipments, after dropping by 10% in 2023, fell sharply by almost 20% year-over-year in 2024.

The drop in...

From PC Mag: Sonos is refocusing on the core of its business after a tumultuous 12 months, including the disastrous rollout of its buggy app in May 2024. Part of that refocus appears to be the end of its partnership with Ikea where it had inventive ways of hiding speaker tech in everyday furniture...

From PC World: Yesterday, Microsoft announced in a blog post a “new generation of Windows experiences” that includes a brand-new Start menu for Windows 11. The first traces of this new Start menu appeared last month in an early preview version of the operating system.

The new Start menu is...

From CNET: Ever wonder what it'd be like to open your Netflix phone app and summon very specific title recommendations by saying "martial arts musicals" or "I like barbecue"? It's on the horizon: The streaming service is running beta tests for artificial intelligence-powered search on iOS. The...

From PC Mag: Facing lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny, OpenAI is backing off plans for a for-profit structure.

“We made the decision for the nonprofit to stay in control after hearing from civic leaders and having discussions with the offices of the Attorneys General of California and Delaware,”...

From PC World: Smaller Surfaces have finally arrived. Microsoft is announcing smaller, less powerful revisions of the Microsoft Surface Pro tablet and Surface Laptop, all built around a more conservative version of Qualcomm’s battery-sipping Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus chip.

Smaller doesn’t...

From CNET: Ahead of its planned announcement this month, Google apparently accidentally published a blog post on Tuesday with details about the thinking behind the development of Material 3 Expressive, its open-source design system.

The post shared research behind the design of the interface, as...

From CNET: Apple will be sourcing almost its entire line of iPhones sold in the US -- about 60 million phones a year -- from assembly facilities in India, CEO Tim Cook said Thursday. The planned move comes against the backdrop of the Trump administration imposing tariffs against China of up to 145%...