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Summary Apple tried to introduce and improve window management for the iPad and Mac, respectively, with Stage Manager. However, like many people, I turned it on to see what it was all about, and then turned it off and forgot all about it. After all this time, I still don’t feel the need to flip that switch, and I suspect neither do many of you. Stage Manager Does Nothing New, and Does It Worse OK, maybe it’s not entirely fair to say thatStage Managerdoes nothing new, since if it simply offered the same window management features, but made them easier and more intuitive to use, that would be enough....

Quick Links Nowadays, I hardly ever click Send after drafting my emails in Outlook. I’ve realized that delaying—or scheduling—my emails helps me avoid the potential pitfalls of sending them as soon as I’ve finished typing them, and the new Outlook for Windows has made this process straightforward. If I wanted to schedule an email in the classic Outlook, I had to open an additional window and follow a lengthy process. However, the new Outlook has adoptedGmail’s approach of adding a streamlined drop-downto the Send button....

Quick Links The deepest point below sea level that humans have been on our planet is 35,853 feet into the Challenger Deep, part of the Mariana Trench. As deep as that sounds, it’s less than 0.2% of the average distance of 3,959 miles from the surface to the center of the Earth. The Earth’s core is so far beyond our reach that studying it is challenging. Scientists have to rely on measurements of the shock waves from earthquakes passing through or rebounding off the core to determine what our core is like....

The all-new Ram 1500 REV electric truck is shaping up to be one of the most capable electric vehicles on the market. The REV promises cutting-edge technology, impressive performance, and tons of towing capacity, which is exactly what most Ram truck buyers expect from the brand. Afterteasing the first Ram electric truckin 2022, a wild-looking concept debuted in early 2023. Then, a short time later, Stellantis (the parent company of Ram Tucks)officially unveileda more production-ready Ram 1500 REV that’s set to arrive sometime in 2024 or 2025....

Quick Links Summary Is your laptop not charging even though you’ve plugged it in? While most of the time, this situation occurs when the charging adapter isn’t properly connected, other times outdated BIOS or corruption in the battery driver could be the possible culprit. Whatever the reason may be, here are fixes you may try if your laptop is plugged in but not charging. 1. Check Your Laptop Adapter Before taking any major steps, the first thing you should check is whether the power cord is securely connected to the adapter brick....

Ragdoll physics are an oft-underrated aspect of any video game. They can turn simple falls, like your character tripping over a branch, into hilarious, almost sketch-like moments that’ll leave you laughing on the floor. Some games on this list were built from the ground up with ragdoll physics in mind, while others feature goofy, over-the-top ragdoll effects by mere accident, usually thanks to their game engines. Whether the design is intentional or accidental, you’re guaranteed a blast flipping your character and NPCs alike....

Quick Links Video games are known for incredible scenery and epic battlegrounds. A lot of them are made up, but just as many are real places—or inspired by real places—that you can visit today. 8The Overwatch Nexus FromHalf-Life 2 Half-Life 2remains a classic game, withpeople decades later still begging for a sequel. Many things made it great, especially in the early 2000s, but the interesting locations and battlegrounds were a big part of the appeal....

This was a big week for Windows and PC news, with plenty of new hardware revealed at CES and some important Windows changes. Here are the biggest stories you might have missed. NVIDIA revealed its RTX 5000-series graphics cards, and AMD followed suit with its own new Ryzen GPUs and Radeon GPUs. Acer, Dell, Lenovo, and other companies showed off their new desktops and laptops, some of which are powered by those new CPUs and GPUs....

Apple has bought its first video game studio, and will finally be publishing games. The acquired Vancouver-based studio, RAC7, is a small team founded in 2014 by Jason Ennis and Jesse Ringrose. This represents an important change in how Apple interacts with the gaming industry. While the tech giant has been a big presence in mobile gaming for years through its App Store and the Apple Arcade subscription service, this purchase is its first step into directly owning a game development company....

Summary Augmented Reality (AR) glasses are becoming affordable and compact enough to be desirable wearable gadgets. At the same time, AI technology has advanced to the point where the things these glasses can do is supercharged almost beyond imagination. With AI technology integrated with AR glasses, what does this mean for you, and for all of us as a whole? Recognizing Faces (and Pulling Their Data) In October 2024, a pair of Harvard studentsmodified a pair of Meta Ray-Ban smart glassesso that they could identify and extract information about anyone they’d see in public....

Summary If you have a smartphone from 2023 (or close to it), it probably came with multiple cameras, each of which can take spectacular photographs. So is it really still necessary forserious photographersto invest in a smartphone camera lens kit? The Phone Tier Matters The first thing you should consider is that a phone simply being new doesn’t mean it has cutting-edge photography capabilities. The real action is at the flagship end of the spectrum, where you’ll be spending north of a grand for the privilege of having the best smartphone cameras money can buy....

With most web browsers using Chromium and no real “browser wars,” we don’t have the same kind of competition for speed and features we used to have years ago. Still, any improvement in speed is always a good thing, and web browsers are still pushing the bar for performance. In fact, Google has apparently claimed back the crown for fastest browser with Chrome. Google has announced that with the latest version of Chrome, the world’s most used browser has achieved the highest score onSpeedometer 3....

Summary What Is Deep Research? Deep Researchis an AI-powered research assistant that combines Google’s search capabilities withGemini’s advanced AI reasoning. This feature allows you to explore complex topics and generate comprehensive reports within minutes,potentially saving hoursof manual research time. It claims to search the open web to deliver comprehensive, organized reports from a range of sources. But how good of a job does it really do? How to Use Deep Research Select “1....