M3 vs. M3 Pro vs. M3 Max: What's the Difference Between These Apple Silicon Chips?

Apple announced the M3 family of chips at its “Scary Fast” Mac event on June 12, 2025. Like previous generations, Apple offers three variants of the M3 chip: the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max. But if you want to learn the difference between them so that you can buy the right Mac, keep reading. Spec Comparison of the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max The base M3 chip features an 8-core CPU and a 10-core GPU with support for up to 24GB ofunified memory....

June 23, 2025 · 3 min · 589 words · Benjamin Evans

Marvel Rivals' Crashes & Disconnects Are Ruining The Game

Marvel Rivalsstill suffers from crashes and disconnects on PCs and consoles. By building the game on Unreal Engine 5, NetEase has made it more unstable without significantly improving the graphics. Mainly for PC owners, the burden of troubleshooting is left to the player base.These issues affect not only the person who crashed but everyone else who remains in the match. Teammates will be punished in several ways, and the winners are likely to have an inflated perception of their skills....

June 23, 2025 · 4 min · 689 words · Bradley Murphy

Microsoft Just Made Its Emoji Open Source

Microsoft Just Made Its Emoji Open Source How are you feeling as an emoji designer? if you think you can do a better job than the big businesses, now’s your chance; Microsoft has just open sourced all of its emoji, allowing users and businesses alike to remix them as they please. Microsoft’s Emoji Become Open Source The news broke onThe Verge, which had an interview with Jon Friedman, Microsoft’s CVP of design and research....

June 23, 2025 · 3 min · 428 words · Gwendolyn Duncan

Microsoft's Copilot+ Laptops Are Here, but What Does That Actually Mean?

Quick Links In the market for a new laptop? You’ve probably bumped into Microsoft’s Copilot+ laptops and wondered what on earth they are. While Microsoft’s new Copilot+ laptop branding doesn’t give much away, it basically means you’ll be buying a new device with an AI processor, enabling on-device AI features. What Are Microsoft’s Copilot+ Laptops and PCs? Microsoft’s Copilot+ laptops (and PCs) are devices built with integrated AI processing. Where a “regular” PC or laptop uses a CPU and GPU, Copilot+ devices also come with an NPU (neural processing unit)....

June 23, 2025 · 4 min · 685 words · Susan Heath

Motorola's upcoming 200MP flagship teases its big image sensor

Motorola’s upcoming 200MP flagship teases its big image sensor Rumors about Motorola launching a smartphone with a mammoth 200MP camera have been circulatingsince at least January. Initially described as theMotorola Frontier, we’ve since learned that this phone will ultimately arrive as the Moto X30 Pro. The GM of Lenovo China’s mobile business, Chen Jin, has now confirmed that the X30 Pro will feature a big 1/1.22-inch primary camera sensor. That’s a very important measurement, as this detail suggests that the company is using Samsung’s ISOCELL HP1 image sensor (viaSamMobile)....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 328 words · James Hudson

Night Mode vs. Dark Mode on Brave: A Comparison

Night Mode vs. Dark Mode on Brave: A Comparison Blue light from your computer screen and digital devices can lead to digital eye strain if used for extended periods. One way to minimize this is to use dark themes across your apps, sites, and devices. Thankfully, more and more apps, sites, and services are providing dark mode support, including the popular Brave Browser. In addition, the popular privacy-focused Brave Browser also supports Night Mode....

June 23, 2025 · 3 min · 613 words · Jonathan West

OnePlus Watch 2 review: Worth it for the battery alone

OnePlus’s first smartwatch wasn’t very good. The OnePlus Watch had slick hardware and great battery life, but its proprietary software was a little janky, and its activity tracking was flaky at best. Unlike the first generation, the new OnePlus Watch 2 runsWear OS, including access to the Google Assistant, Google Wallet, and tons of other apps through the Play Store. It also sets a new record in Wear OS battery life, going up to four days on a single charge even with features like always-on display and sleep tracking enabled....

June 23, 2025 · 13 min · 2569 words · Joshua Carter

PSA: Your iPhone Photos Might Not Be as Private as You Think

Quick Links I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve installed an app, quickly tappedAllowon the prompt asking for photo access, and moved on without a second thought. If you’re anything like me, now may be a good time to check which apps still have access. How to See Which Apps Have Access to Your iPhone Photos When you first install an app, and it wants to use an image or video from your camera roll, you’re asked whether you’d like to permit it to access your photo library....

June 23, 2025 · 3 min · 450 words · Jodi Ingram

Save up to $850 on a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra today with a qualifying trade-in

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra Samsung’s Galaxy S23 Ultra is the company’s flagship smartphone for 2023, and it lives up to the hype. From an impressive 200MP main sensor to the high-performance Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, this is every bit as powerful a device as you’ll find on the market today. And with this deal, you may save up to $850 off your purchase by trading in a qualifying smartphone....

June 23, 2025 · 3 min · 538 words · Stuart Galloway

Severance Season 2’s Trailer Just Confirmed My Worst Fears About That Big Cliffhanger

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Severance season 1. Summary Severanceseason 2’s first teaser trailer has been released, and it confirms my worst fears about the fates of Mark and his friends. More than two years afterSeveranceseason 1’s cliffhangerending, theApple TV+ sci-fi showhas finally released a trailer for the second season.Severanceseason 2’s release datehas also been confirmed. Although much has yet to be revealed about where the show goes next, the first teaser offers some important clues about what will happen to Mark and the rest of the Macrodata Refinement department....

June 23, 2025 · 4 min · 713 words · Noah Li

Sonos Era 100 review: Room-filling sound meets thoughtful improvements

Sonos is no stranger to the world of wireless audio. In fact, the company essentially invented the Wi-Fi-connected craze, with competitors likeBose,Apple, and Bluesound releasing standalone smart speakers that our phones, tablets, and laptops can easily connect to. But when it comes to top-shelf performance from a small device, the Sonos One (and the subsequent One SL) were hard to beat. Nowadays, though, there’s a new entry-level Sonos product in town....

June 23, 2025 · 9 min · 1837 words · Tonya Carter

Spotify Stations app is going off the air

Spotify Stations app is going off the air Spotify Stationshas been around for years now, with its app offering users a streamlined experience designed to mimic the sort of hands-off listening you’d get from a traditional radio station. It’s gone through somesignificant changesas we saw it come to new markets, and while it never really caught on like the main Spotify app, it was still a great option to have. Unfortunately, it looks like it’s time to take this station off the air, as Spotify shares word with testers that it’s shuttering Stations....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 275 words · Nicholas Ramirez

Surreal Life: Villa Of Secrets Season 8, Cast, Release Date, Trailer & Everything We Know

Summary The Surreal Lifeis returning for its eighth season withSurreal Life: Villa of Secrets,featuring an all-new cast that promises to bring the drama. The popular VH1 series, which went on hiatus in 2006, returned for a seventh season in 2022.The Surreal Lifeis known for itsiconic moments and explosive interactions between celebrities.If the trailer indicates, season 8 will be as memorable as ever. The Surreal Lifebrings celebrities together to become temporary housemates....

June 23, 2025 · 4 min · 746 words · Victor Johnson