3 months later, this is still my favorite iPhone 15 Pro feature

Christine Romero-Chan / Digital Trends When Apple launched the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, Apple decided to get rid of a hardware feature that has been around since the original iPhone in 2007. The change that I’m referring to is the replacement of the silent/ring toggle in favor of the new Action … Read more

iOS 17.3 will give your iPhone a much-needed security upgrade

Digital Trends Apple has started testing a new feature that will add an extra layer of protection to your iPhone, something that will also dissuade thieves from snatching your phone. The feature in question is called Stolen Device Protection, and it is currently rolling out with the developer build of iOS 17.3 for users. This … Read more

How to change your default browser in Windows 11

Changing the default browser is a great way to improve your Windows 11 web-browsing experience. If you’ve got a favorite — we’re willing to bet it’s Chrome — then you can switch the default browser in Windows 11 so that you aren’t always closing down Edge before launching your preferred browser. Here’s how to change … Read more

Apple has a chance to fix its worst product next year

kaboompics / Pixabay Apple updated all of its Mac desktops in 2024, but left the worst part untouched: the accessories. In particular, we’re talking about the infamous Magic Mouse. The mouse has been dunked on for years at this point, often pointed to as an example of the worst of Apple’s design ethos. Despite all … Read more

Windows 12 could repeat Windows 11’s big mistake

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends The first details about Windows 12 are starting to take shape, and the rumored OS could repeat the biggest mistake of Windows 11. As we’ve heard previously, the new OS will likely have a big focus on AI features. Now, we’re hearing that many of those features will require a … Read more

I used AR glasses with Android tablets and iPads. Only one was good

Nadeem Sarwar / Digital Trends When Apple announced its overtly expensive Vision Pro AR headset, arguably its biggest promise had little to do with hardware. The company says “hundreds and thousands of iPhone and iPad apps” run well on Vision OS, and they will be ready to boot on the Vision Pro on launch day. … Read more

Apple may have already killed Android’s newest iMessage app

Nadeem Sarwar / Digital Trends The inevitable has happened, it seems. Beeper Mini, the reverse-engineered app that brought iMessage to Android with a blue bubble hack, has apparently run into an official Apple roadblock. Within the past couple of hours, multiple users have posted online that Beeper Mini texts are not passing through. Well, it … Read more

WhatsApp now lets you send self-destructing voice messages

If you’re on WhatsApp and regularly make use of the view once feature for photo and video messages, then you might be interested to learn that the feature has now been expanded to voice messages. WhatsApp’s view once feature does what it says, deleting a message after it’s been viewed a single time. It’s been … Read more

How to use your iPad as a second monitor for your Mac

One of the best parts of the Apple ecosystem is how neatly everything works together. Apple often gets flak for its ‘walled garden’ approach, but when it works well, it enables the kind of productivity features that Android and PC rivals can only dream about. For example, you can use your iPad as a second … Read more