What is Gmail’s Enhanced Safe Browsing, and should you use it?
Google routinely adds new useful features to its Gmail app, like the ability to add Google Calendar events from the email app and inform others …
Apps & Software
Empirical Health app brings proactive primary healthcare to the Apple Watch
Cardiogram‘s cofounder Brandon Ballinger is back with another app. Empirical Health gives you proactive primary care using Apple Watch health sensor data. With an ambitious …
Instagram built Threads in five months
A lot of people wondered if Meta decided to launch Threads in response to Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter. While some doubted that could be …
Threads has lost half of its daily active users a week after launch
Threads, Instagram’s new Twitter competitor, experienced a heck of a launch week, crossing over 100 million users and becoming the fastest-growing app ever. However, all …
How to download offline maps in Apple Maps on iOS 17
iOS 17 is full of new features, one of which Apple Maps users have been requesting for a very long time: the ability to download …
Apple’s password manager just got a big update in macOS Sonoma
I believe that password manager apps like 1Password and Proton Pass are among the most important applications you can install on a new device. Password …
How to remove the background from an iPhone photo in under 5 seconds
If you’ve ever wanted to remove the background from a photo on your iPhone to isolate the subject of the image, we have good news …
PSA: Check your Spotify playlists and make sure they’re still private
If you have any playlists on Spotify you don’t want anyone else to see, you might want to check your account to make sure they’re …
Twitter unveils a new, streamlined look for tweets
Looking at the details of a tweet has become… cluttered. There are so many metrics above and below the contents of the tweet, it’s really …
Threads might be getting DMs soon after all, new leak reveals
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri recently said that Threads would not be getting direct messaging anytime soon. Well, he may have spoken too soon on that …
Later, Calibri: Microsoft Office has a brand new default font called Aptos
As of this week, Calibri is no longer Microsoft’s default font. Aptos, a sans serif typeface inspired by mid-20th-century Swiss typography, has taken its place. …
iOS 17 could add more than 100 new emojis to your iPhone next year
While we had a minor emoji update with iOS 16, iOS 17, on the other hand, promises over 100 new emojis that could come to …
Twitter finally started paying creators, but it might make the platform even worse
On Thursday, Twitter started paying content creators a share of the ad revenue it earns from the ads that appear in the replies to their …
Google Bard just got a massive update, and I’m excited about one big feature
Google on Thursday quietly announced a big update for Google Bard, which brings several features to Google’s first ChatGPT rival. Among them is multimodal support, …
iOS 17 beta brings long-awaited bilingual Siri, but still no Spanglish
With the iOS 17 public beta and a reissued build of developer beta 3 now available, Apple has added a very important feature to its …
Gmail has a new Google Calendar scheduling trick that I’ll use all the time
Scheduling a real-life or virtual meeting can sometimes be a hassle, no matter how much technology might help. You’ll likely spend plenty of time discussing …
Apple expands Tap to Pay on iPhone to the UK
Apple is expanding its Tap to Pay feature to UK users, the company announced this Thursday. With that, businesses across the United Kingdom can now …
Hands-on with the all-new iPadOS 17 Health app
Now that the iPadOS 17 public beta is available, BGR can discuss one of the most exciting features of this upcoming operating system update — …
Apple releases new security update for iOS 16.5.1 after weird bug
At the beginning of this week, Apple issued its second-ever Rapid Security Response for iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices with iOS 16.5.1 (a), iPadOS 16.5.1 …
Public beta of HomePod Software Version 17 is now available
HomePod Software version 17 is the upcoming operating system for HomePod. While Apple previewed and released the first beta versions of iOS 17, iPadOS 17, …
Everything to know about the new Netflix password-sharing rules – including a workaround
For years, Netflix executives turned a blind eye toward a subset of its users that numbered in the tens of millions: They’re the people who …
How to install iOS 17 public beta on your iPhone
After a month of testing, Apple just released the first iOS 17 public beta. If you want to try the new features before everyone else …
watchOS 10 public beta 1 now available, but you shouldn’t install it
After a month of beta testing, Apple has now released watchOS 10 public beta 1. Anyone enrolled in the Apple Beta Software Program can try …
Everything new on the iPadOS 17 Lock Screen
With iPadOS 17, Apple is revamping the iPad’s Lock Screen the same way it did with iOS 16. Some users complain that the Cupertino firm …
Apple seeds macOS Sonoma public beta 1, here’s what you should know
After a month of beta testing, Apple has now released macOS Sonoma public beta 1. Anyone enrolled in the Apple Beta Software Program can try …
iOS 17 public beta 1 now available, these are the top features
After a month of beta testing, Apple is seeding iOS 17 public beta 1. That said, anyone enrolled in the Apple Beta Software Program can …
watchOS 10 revamps Cycling and Hiking workouts with these features
watchOS 10 is the biggest update for the Apple Watch operating system yet. While watchOS 9 brought an important revamp to the Outdoor Running workout, …
Roku Channel now available on Google TV and other Android TV devices
Starting on Wednesday, more homes across the US can stream The Roku Channel. According to a blog post, the service is now available on Google …
When will Threads get ads?
Twitter rival Threads is the talk of the town right now, having amassed more than 100 million users in just five days. The meteoric growth …
Proton Drive app for Windows now available to encrypt all your cloud files
No matter what computing platform(s) you might choose, you will need dependable cloud storage for all sorts of purposes. You might want to back up …
