New Facebook Update Lets Group Admins Fight Misinformation

Facebook is alsoadding QR codes to assist groupsin targeting their intended audience and helping communities grow. These new changes come from recent efforts by Meta to combat misinformation and hate speech on its platform. People have demandedbetter consistency and guidelinesto help moderate Facebook. Meta Meta

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 45 words · Julie Terry

New Fairbuds Let You Replace Batteries in Seconds

“Fairbuds show us that the rest of the electronics world can and must do better. We shouldn’t accept headphones that only last as long as the batteries sealed inside. Time Bomb I love my AirPods Pro. Two people wearing Fairbuds.Fairphone They’re always ready to go, they fit unnoticed in a pocket, and they sound amazing. That’s obviously unsustainable, both from a financial andan environmental point of view. Removable batterieshelp because dead batteries are the number one reason to replace modern devices....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 207 words · Jasmine Price

New Gadget Claims to Protect Your Phone Battery

Key Takeaways Its not your imagination. Your smartphone batterydoesnt last as long as it didwhen you first bought it. But a new rig aims to extend the life of your phone battery by minimizing overheating. Canal TheCanal Battery Guardis a unit that plugs in between a standard charging brick and a USB charging cable. The Battery Guard regulates the entire charging process to minimize the heating and damage triggered by continuous charging....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 180 words · George Brown

New Galaxy Watch 3 Update Improves Blood Oxygen Measurements

Voice guidance gets a boost, too. Samsung Samsung

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 8 words · Sarah Jacobs

New Game 'Foundry' Promises Infinite Factories On Your PC

Free demo on Steam October 9 Now you could build complex machinery and factories in a Minecraft-style infinite world. The possibilities are (literally) endless. Factory sims challenge you to create complex machine systems, tasking you to create various products via outlandish systems. Paradox Interactive Foundryuses voxel-based graphics, which create the blocky look of games likeMinecraft,Trove, andCubeWorld. What setsFoundryapart, however, is the promise of an infinite world in which to build your complex machines....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 117 words · Judy Simpson

New GeForce RTX 40 GPUs Are Expected to Outpace All Previous Models

The RTX 4080 shares a similar story with its counterpart, the RTX 3080 Ti. Looking for more 2023 CES coverage?Check out all of Lifewire’s CES news right here. NVIDIA NVIDIA

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 30 words · Sara Mccarthy

New Google Lens Feature Lets You Search With Images and Text

you’re free to condense results according to color, brand name, or any other visual attribute. You may also find results on similar-looking objects or anything related to the item. Powering this feature is Google’s newMultitask Unified Model, or MUM for short. Google It’s an AI tool that enhances Google’s search capability by using images alongside text in one query. Google also previewed MUM using videos in its searching, although this feature is still in its early stages....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 92 words · Robert Gonzalez

New Google Maps Updates Want to Make Your Trips and Travel Even Easier

Immersive view is expanding… but wait, there’s more! This expansion also brings Immersive View’s total landmark count to over 500. A brand new opt-in feature is also on the way as well. Google Google’s planned updates for Recents on desktop will go live globally starting next month. Google

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 48 words · Luis Jefferson

New Half-Frame Camera May Be a Solution to Film’s Increasing Prices

Is a new half-frame camera the answer? Film photography is far from dead. Its popularity is rising, even as film manufacturers like Kodak and Fujifilm struggle with production. Alfie Cameras One answer for film-lovers facing an uncertain supply is to use a half-frame camera. TheAlfie TYCHis just such a unit, currently in testing. Like all half-frame cameras, it stretches a 36 exposure roll of 35mm film to 72 exposures. Alfie Cameras...

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 286 words · Patricia Reyes

New Haptic Vest Hopes to Bring Real-Life Sensations to VR

So the users of Skinetic can feel real-life sensations." She claims this mapping has helped the Skinetic vest optimize the users' perception and appreciation of the sensations. Crowd Control Even so, Actronika isnt the only game in town for VR wearables. Actronika When questioned, Crifar pointed out two essential differences between the Skinetic and the bHaptics vest. In contrast, the haptics in Skinetic are de-correlated from the sound. “It’s a short passive demonstration, easier to show during an event....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 126 words · Jonathan Whitehead

New Headset Designs Could Make VR More Comfortable

Sony hopes to make VR gear easier to wear with its newly revealednext-generation PlayStation VR2 headset. The gadget features a new vent design and a weight reduction. It’s part of a broad effort to transform VR headsets. Qi Yang / Getty Images The design also takes inspiration from the PlayStation 5 range of products. Kuo said the lenses would be made of plastic and that the headset would feature Micro-OLED displays....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 103 words · David Taylor

New High Tech Innovations Could Aid Visually Impaired

Researchers at Stanford University have introduced anaffordable robotic canethat they claim can guide people with visual impairments. The augmented cane helps people detect and identify obstacles and move around them. It’s part of a growing number of tech devices aimed at helping those with visual impairments. Stanford The researchers hope their gear will be an affordable option for more than250 million people with impaired vision worldwide. Unfortunately, not all websites have the tools needed for vision impaired people to access their content....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 123 words · Joshua Giles

New iCloud Redesign Finally Makes This Service Great, Experts Say

Apple recently redesigned iCloud with a more colorful and modern look, asfirst reportedby MacRumors. This leads me to believe that there will be more apps available on iCloud.com to come." No third-party apps needed." Pixabay / Mockup Photos “Google Drive is a great alternative for iCloud,” Grunwald said. “It is extremely user-friendly and integrates with just about everything. And for that reason alone, it is a worthy competitor to iCloud.”...

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 92 words · Benjamin Gray