macOS Sequoia adds headphone accommodations for AirPods

Headphone accommodations are coming to macOS Sequoia The accessibility setting for AirPods, called headphone accommodations, is now available in macOS Sequoia, enabling more control over playback. Headphone accommodations are available when connecting any AirPods model or most modern Beats by Dre headphones. Users can choose different tone balances, audio boost levels, and how Transparency Mode…

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UGreen Nexode Pro Charger review roundup: specs, performance, cost

UGreen GAN Charger Roundup UGreen's Nexode Pro series of GaN chargers is compact, efficient, and helps keep all your devices fully charged. Choosing a charger that meets your needs can be challenging as you have to consider port types, charging time, and portability. With options ranging from 65W to 160W, Nexode Pro chargers offer various…

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How to change your default browser in macOS Sonoma

There are many browsers available on macOS, and it's always worth setting your preferred browser as your default. Not everybody wants to use Safari, the Mac's default web browser, but switching completely to another one looks difficult — until you know how. Using a browser that isn't set to your default on macOS can be…

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Micron: U.S. Fabs Will Start Operating in 2026

When Micron announced plans to build two new fabs in the U.S. in 2022, the company vaguely said both would come online by the decade's end. Then, in 2023, it began to optimize its spending, which pushed production at these fabrication facilities. This week, the company outlined more precise timeframes for when its fabs in Idaho and New…

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An overview of Apple prototype and development stages

Proto2 units of the iPhone 15 Pro featured a unified haptic volume button, developed under the codename Project Bongo Whether a device is a Mac, iPhone, or iPad, every piece of hardware Apple makes needs to go through several prototype and development stages. Here's what that looks like, and what Apple calls each stage. Each…

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Apple’s HomePod speakers aren’t as smart as we thought

During WWDC24’s opening keynote, Apple previewed some of the generative AI features rolling out on select devices later this year. From text and notification summaries to artificially generated images and emojis—Apple Intelligence will equip compatible iPhones, iPads, and Macs with a plethora of handy tools that work on a system level. Notably, several devices are…

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NVIDIA’s AD102 GPU Pops Up in MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super Cards

As GPU families enter the later part of their lifecycles, we often see chip manufacturers start to offload stockpiles of salvaged chips that, for one reason or another, didn't make the grade for the tier of cards they normally are used in. These recovered chips are fairly unremarkable overall, but they are unsold silicon that…

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