How to Remove Apps You Never Use (or at Least Hide Them)
A digital whiteboard? A carpenter’s level? An image generator? These are just some of the built-in apps you may be hauling around on your phone or tablet. Apple includes these apps as bonus features, but if you never use them, would you rather have the storage space back? Preinstalled apps vary by the model, hardware […]
Great White Sharks Have Been in the Mediterranean Sea for Millions of Years—but Sightings Are Incredibly Rare
An encounter with a great white shark is undoubtedly a “thrilling” experience, considered especially rare in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea. The latest sighting, which has attracted media attention and made headlines around the world, occurred during a dive in the Strait of Sicily carried out by volunteers from Ghost Diving and Healthy Seas, […]
10 Hacks Every Google Keep User Should Know
Google Keep is one of the best note-taking apps around, managing to cram a lot of useful functionality into a clean, simple interface that’s basically a collection of colored digital sticky notes you can put to whatever use you like. It couldn’t be easier to create or access notes on Android, iOS, or the web, […]
The Apple Watch 11 Supports Siri AI, and It’s $100 Off Right Now
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. The Series 11 is Apple’s middle-of-the-pack smartwatch, sandwiched between the budget-friendly Apple Watch SE 3 and the flagship Apple Watch Ultra 3. Right now, both versions of the Series 11 (the GPS model and […]
The Google Pixel 4 Is $100 Off Right Now
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Widely praised for its impressive battery life, the sleek Google Pixel 4 is one of the best mainstream fitness trackers and smart watches on the market, complete with built-in Gemini voice control. Ahead of […]
G.M. Plans to Sell Energy Storage Batteries as E.V. Sales Flag
General Motors plans to begin making large storage batteries, the company said Tuesday, joining Tesla, Ford Motor and other carmakers in pushing into a growing market and compensating for slower sales of electric vehicles in the United States. The batteries, which can be the size of shipping containers, store excess energy from solar panels, wind […]
GM Wants Your Electric Car to Power Your House—and Your Neighborhood
Still, Wade Scheffer, GM Energy’s vice president, insists: The reason more people aren’t using their cars to power their lives comes down to “awareness, awareness, and awareness.” To that end, at Tuesday’s event the subsidiary announced two partnerships with utilities: a “stress test” of bidirectional charging capabilities with 30 GM employees, enabled by Michigan’s DTE […]
Walmart’s Big Summer Sale Is Ready to Take on Prime Day
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Walmart isn’t taking this year’s Amazon Prime Day sale sitting down. The retailer has announced plans for this year’s Walmart Summer Deals promotion, which will kick off the day before Amazon’s big annual sale. Walmart held a major sale alongside last year’s Prime Day, too—it […]
Meta A.I. Bug Allowed Hackers to Take Over Instagram Accounts
Late last month, the former White House social media account for President Barack Obama suddenly began posting odd things on its Instagram page. The account had been dormant since 2017, when Mr. Obama left office. The new posts — which included messages deriding President Trump and saying that the White House was “under Shiite control,” […]
Anthropic Says Its Latest Model Is ‘Mythos-Level,’ but With Strict Safeguards
Back in April, Anthropic introduced its “Mythos” model to the world. Mythos Preview, reportedly, is such a powerful model that it can find security flaws across all kinds of software. In the wrong hands, bad actors could abuse the model to find vulnerabilities in programs, services, and sites most of us rely on for modern […]