Apple Watch Series 7 launches October 15th, preorders begin on Friday
Apple is opening up preorders for its Apple Watch Series 7 on Friday, October 8th, with the devices set to ship on October 15th. Apple first revealed…
Microsoft releases Windows 11 a day early
Windows 11 is now officially available to download. While Microsoft is launching Windows 11-powered hardware worldwide on October 5th, the company has made the OS update available…
How to upgrade to Windows 11 without waiting in line
Windows 11 is now available and will be rolling out to millions of PCs worldwide. But, as with any new OS rollout, it’s not going to happen…
T-Mobile’s Google partnership now includes an ‘exclusive’ cloud storage plan
T-Mobile and Google have announced they’re offering an “exclusive” plan with 500GB of Google One cloud storage for T-Mobile customers starting October 12th. The plan will cost…
The Epic Games Store is getting better achievements next week
The Epic Games Store is taking a bit step towards further competing with more established PC game stores like Steam next week with a proper achievement system…
Blue Origin is officially sending William Shatner to space
Jeff Bezos’ spaceflight venture Blue Origin is launching William Shatner — aka Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise — to space on the company’s New…
Netflix launches ‘Play Something’ for Android users
Netflix is officially bringing its shuffle feature to its Android mobile users. The company originally began testing the Play Something feature back in April, but it’s officially…
Android 12 will be coming to Pixel phones in the ‘next few weeks’
Google’s latest major Android update, Android 12, isn’t available to the general public just yet, but it’s getting closer. The company wrote on its Android Developers site…
Blue Origin’s ideas to mimic SpaceX sound pretty brutal for employees
In an attempt to recreate SpaceX’s success, executives at spaceflight venture Blue Origin once praised the rival company’s “burnout” culture as a working labor strategy, with some…
Ring’s Halloween doorbell ringtones are back along with new spooky quick replies
Following in the now annual tradition of the spooky smart home, Ring has released its seasonal ding dongs. In honor of the festive season, you can turn…
Twitter is up, Facebook is down, and Jack Dorsey is laughing
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appears to be getting just as much schadenfreude out of today’s global Facebook outage as anyone. The microblogging chief is tweeting through Facebook’s…
How to preorder the Apple Watch Series 7
Like clockwork, Apple announced a new Apple Watch model at its September “California Streaming” event alongside the iPhone 13, iPad, and iPad Mini. The Apple Watch Series…
OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro get first beta of Android 12
Now that OnePlus is a sub-brand of the Oppo family, the two companies not only merged their R&D departments in early 2021, but they are also consolidating…
Hey Siri, what happened?
Ten years ago today, Apple’s digital assistant Siri was revealed with the promise that the iPhone maker had finally figured it all out. “For decades, technologists have…
Exposure to extreme heat grew drastically in the world’s cities
Exposure to dangerous levels of heat and humidity in cities across the world has exploded over the past three decades, according to new research. In a study…
Twitter, Is It Down, and tons of other sites are struggling due to the Facebook outage
When something like Facebook drops off the internet, there are massive knock-on effects. For example, a website that’s meant to tell you if services are down, called…
How to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 for free
Microsoft’s free Windows 11 upgrade from Windows 10 is now rolling out. Microsoft is starting to offer the free upgrade to new devices that are still shipping…
Planning to upgrade to Windows 11? A checklist before you do
I don’t know what else to call it: the Windows 11 upgrade situation is a confusing mess. Depending on when your PC was built, which components you…
Acer’s new 17.3-inch Nitro 5 seems like a lot of bang for your buck
Acer has refreshed its Nitro 5 lineup of entry-level gaming laptops for the second half of 2021, and its new 17.3-inch model launching in mid-October seems particularly…
Head gives slipper to parents wearing dressing gowns and pyjamas on school run
One mother said: “The children all have to wear their uniforms and they look smart when they come to school, so there’s no reason why the parents…
I only realised I had been attacked when police showed me photos, says Reynhard Sinaga rape victim
Speaking about being shown the pictures by Greater Manchester Police, Daniel said: “It is just horrible to see yourself that vulnerable in photographs that someone else has…
GPs needlessly prescribing addictive opioids at cost of almost £19m
The latest figures from Public Health England found that 5.6 million people a year are being prescribed an opiate-based medicine in England alone, with at least 25…
Southern Water pumps sewage into coastal bathing spots
In 2020,this happened 403,000 times, compared to nearly 293,000 in 2019, a rise which the Environment Agency says is down to increased monitoring. The Met Office said…
Prosecutors in trial of Northern Ireland veteran tell court their case is ‘circumstantial’
He made the journey to Northern Ireland with Johnny Mercer, the former defence minister who quit in protest at the ongoing prosecutions into military veterans, and was…
Women earn less because they choose the wrong degrees, study finds
Women earn less than men in their twenties because they are choosing the wrong subjects to study at university, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has found….