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Thunderbird’s Android app, which is actually the K-9 Mail project reborn, is almost out. You can check it out a bit early in a beta that will feel pretty robust to most users. Thunderbird, maintained by the Mozilla Foundation subsidiary MZLA, acquired the source code and naming rights to K-9 Mail, as announced in June…
In a rare event, Apple has rolled out substantial updates to the web-based iCloud interface meant to allow users to access Apple services like Mail and Photos when they’re away from a Mac, iPad, or iPhone. The flagship addition is dark mode; it “will automatically match your device settings with a Light Mode or Dark…
In February 2022, Samsung started promising up to four generations of Android OS and One UI upgrades to “select” Galaxy devices, as well as “up to five years of security updates.” And in January, it announced moving to seven years of security and OS updates, matching a move from Google. However, the Fold 2 wasn’t…
As people in the many, many busy GitHub issue threads are suggesting, coding has come a long way since the heyday of the Windows-98-era Winamp player, and Winamp seems to have rushed its code onto a platform it does not really understand. Winamp flourished around the same time as illegal MP3 networks such as Napster,…
Macquarie analysts also warned of a potential supply glut in Dram amid slowing mobile and PC demand, predicting that Samsung might lose its market leadership. Samsung shares fell last week to their lowest level in the past 18 months as the company has struggled to catch up with SK Hynix and Micron in supplying the…
Reliable rumors have suggested that M4 Macs are right around the corner, and now Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman is forecasting a specific launch date: November 1, following a late-October announcement that mirrors last year’s Halloween-themed reveal for the first M3 Macs. This date could be subject to change, and not all the products announced in October…
The companies behind the streaming industry, including smart TV and streaming stick manufacturers and streaming service providers, have developed a “surveillance system” that has “long undermined privacy and consumer protection,” according to a report from the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) published today and sent to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Unprecedented tracking techniques aimed…
On Thursday, Apple released the first software updates for its devices since last month’s rollout of iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia. Those who’ve been following along know that several key features that didn’t make it into the initial release of iOS 18 are expected in iOS 18.1, but that’s not the update we got on…
Whether you care about Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant or not, many new PCs introduced this year have included a dedicated Copilot key on the keyboard; this is true whether the PC meets the requirements for Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC program or not. Microsoft’s commitment to putting AI features in all its products runs so deep that…
“Picture a massive football stadium filled with fans month after month,” Reichenstein wrote to Ars. In that stadium, he writes: 5 percent (max) have a two-week trial ticket 2 percent have a yearly ticket 0.5 percent have a monthly ticket 0.5 percent are buying “all-time” tickets But even if every lifetime ticket buyer showed up…