Macworld Juggling emails, video calls, streaming, and creative work on an outdated laptop feels like torture because you know a computer with more power would make your life just a little bit easier. This Grade “A” refurbished MacBook Air may be a few years old. Still, for everyday computing, it’s all you’ll need, and right now, you…
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Great battery life Good desktop performance Solid build quality NPU for Copilot+ PC features Cons Price feels high when higher-end laptops are often on sale Dull display Tinny speakers Slow GPU Our Verdict Lenovo’s IdeaPad Slim 3x delivers great battery life and capable day-to-day performance, but the hardware makes…
Microsoft recently published a new blog post that confirms what has been suspected since March: the next version of Windows will be called Windows 11 25H2 and it will be more of a minor update. Microsoft compares Windows 11 25H2 with version 23H2, which was way more manageable than the mess of 24H2. But “minor”…
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recently released an update to the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) image format, one of the most popular image formats for web content. Tom’s Hardware writes that this is the first time the W3C has updated the file format since 2003. The PNG image file format was originally launched in…
The 2025 school year may be ending, but students who return in the fall will have a new AI tutor: Google Gemini for Education. At the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference, Google launched its new AI teaching tool. “Gemini for Education provides default access to our premium AI models, soon with significantly…
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Meet Jim O’Neill, the longevity enthusiast who is now RFK Jr.’s right-hand man When Jim O’Neill was nominated to be the second in command at the US Department of Health and Human Services,…
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According to SteamDB, there were 18,838 new games released in 2024, an increase of approximately a third over the year before. With the growth of digital distribution, other game stores, consoles, and mobile are seeing the same explosive growth. You probably heard about Balatro and Dragon’s Dogma 2, but what about a mashup of old-school…
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Microsoft formally announced the next version of Windows 11 on Friday, Windows 11 25H2, and indicated that the upgrade will be much simpler than its predecessor. Windows 11 24H2 will be administered via what’s known as a “shared servicing branch,” which is the normal way for Windows to be updated. Microsoft simply takes the code…