Never in my life did I think I’d own a home, but I was fortunate enough to close on my first house last fall. Yet as I moved into my new space—after nearly a decade of renting in New York City—I was overwhelmed with anxiety. Anything and everything that went wrong in the house was … Read more
Love watching YouTube’s excellent content of free tutorials, unboxing videos, and old intros to cartoons you loved in the 90s on the big screen – i.e. your TV? You’re not alone, although watching YouTube videos on your TV does come with its own obstacles. The most notable of these is that your TV almost certainly … Read more
Ever since owning my own home, I seem to have taken to filling every available space with a plant. It began with buying Monstera Deliciosa and then a devil’s ivy. I loved the look of both of them so much that it wasn’t long before I caught the propagation bug and started making new plants … Read more
In 2014, WIRED asked me to write a few lines about my most-used app as part of an internship application. I wrote about WhatsApp because it was a no-brainer. I was an international student from India, and it was my lifeline to my family and to my girlfriend, now my wife, who lived on the … Read more
A $3 third-party app can now record spatial video on iPhone 15 Pro models in a higher resolution than Apple’s very own Camera app. Thanks to an update first spotted by UploadVR, Spatialify can now record spatial videos with HDR in 1080p at 60fps or in 4K at 30fps. In comparison, Apple’s native Camera app … Read more
Apple this month sued its former employee Andrew Aude in California state court, alleging that he breached the company’s confidentiality agreement and violated labor laws by leaking sensitive information to the media and employees at other tech companies. Apple has demanded a jury trial, and it is seeking damages in excess of $25,000. Aude joined … Read more
With the App Store and app ecosystem undergoing major changes in the European Union, The Wall Street Journal today shared a profile on App Store chief Phil Schiller, who is responsible for the App Store. Though Schiller transitioned from marketing chief to “Apple Fellow” in 2020 to take a step back from Apple and spend … Read more
Last updated: March 27th, 2024 at 12:38 UTC+01:00 At CES 2023, Philips launched the Philips Hue Sync TV app for Samsung TVs. It linked Philips’ smart lights with Samsung TVs to allow those lights to change color based on the content the TV is displaying, offering a more cinematic experience. Back then, Philips had made … Read more
Philips Hue parent company Signify today announced an expanded relationship with Samsung, bringing the Philips Hue Sync TV app to additional countries, adding a Music Mode, and introducing a monthly subscription option. As of last year, Samsung TV owners have been able to download a Philips Hue Sync app that allows Samsung smart TVs to … Read more
2023 was the year we started seeing a big push into mobile AI, with phones like the Google Pixel 8, but it looks like this is the year when AI in phones will really take off. Following the launch of the AI-packed Samsung Galaxy S24 series, we’re now expecting Apple to embrace AI, and according … Read more