Author: News Room
WhatsApp has always let you send messages that vanish on a timer, but the clock starts the moment you hit send, not when the other person actually read it. That means a message could sit unread for hours and still disappear before anyone sees it. This is why WhatsApp is testing a new feature called ‘After Reading’ timer for disappearing messages, spotted in the latest iOS beta update by WABetaInfo. The feature is currently rolling out to some beta testers on iOS, having previously been tested on Android. It is available through the TestFlight beta program, with a wider rollout…
I’ve seen a lot of power banks, from the chunky rectangular bricks, round puck-shaped ones, and the flat ones that sit awkwardly next to a laptop in a bag, but none of them has ever looked like this. The Krafted Edge is a 20,000 mAh power bank built into an aluminum slab measuring 27 x 19 x 1.28 cm, which is almost exactly the footprint of a closed laptop, and that’s intentional. What does Krafted Edge 20,000 mAh power bank do differently? You can slide the power bank under your notebook while you work, connect it via USB-C, and it…
Six months into its life, the Meta Ray-Ban Display is starting to look less like an experiment, thanks to what is arguably the most significant update Meta has ever pushed for the device. The headline feature is Neural Handwriting, which is now available to every Ray-Ban Display owner, having spent its early months in limited access for Messenger and WhatsApp users. What is Neural Handwriting? For those catching up, the feature uses the Neural Band, the sEMG wristband Meta ships in the box with the $799 glasses, to detect subtle finger movements. Then, it translates those movements into typed text…
BMW Motorrad’s Vision K18 has made its debut at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, looking like a motorcycle from a future where machines are still loud, oversized, and a little unhinged. It is only a one-off concept for now, with no price or production plan attached. The whole concept revolves around a 1,800cc inline-six engine, which dominates the bike’s design. What gives the Vision K18 its sci-fi menace? BMW has taken the six-cylinder touring format and stripped it down into something much more aggressive. The Vision K18 puts the engine front and center, then reinforces the theme with six intakes,…
As the follow-up to my favorite racing game of all-time, taking place in my favorite travel destination on the planet, Forza Horizon 6 has a lot of pieces in place to appeal directly to me. However, it goes beyond that, as this entry continues to make a case for being the best racing franchise around. Speeding around Japan is an absolute delight, full of all the incredible vistas you’ve come to expect, and the open-world design has me constantly veering off course to discover new collectibles, vehicles, and events. After more than 30 hours in Playground’s gorgeous rendition of Japan,…
Volkswagen skipped the 2026 model year for the ID.Buzz entirely, a move that raised eyebrows and triggered the predictable “is the electric bus dead?” conversation. Well, it isn’t dead after all. The automaker has officially confirmed the 2027 ID.Buzz. It’s arriving with the kind of updates that suggest Volkswagen actually listened to what early owners and reviewers were saying. The headline addition is the Tourer 4Motion, a new trim that turns the electric bus into a legitimate electric camper. What’s new in the 2027 ID.Buzz lineup? The new trim is inspired by the European “Good Night Package,” and it brings…
The HomePod mini launched as Apple’s smaller and more affordable smart speaker, and on paper, not much has changed since then. The design is the same, the price has stayed consistent, and in 2026, it still looks almost identical to the version Apple introduced years ago. However, expectations around smart speakers are very different now. Instead of focusing on specs alone, the bigger question is whether the HomePod mini still makes sense in everyday use, especially as competitors continue pushing smarter assistants, better flexibility, and stronger audio at similar prices The design still works remarkably well The HomePod mini’s spherical…
The NFL season will commence this September, but ahead of Week 1, all 32 teams in the league released their schedules today to let fans know the teams they’ll face. There are a lot of unique and funny ways the teams went about this, but nothing tops the Los Angeles Chargers spoofing Halo and the Cleveland Browns spoofing Street Fighter 2. These aren’t just creative workarounds either – the Chargers worked directly with Halo Studios to create various in-game Halo matches, complete with custom armor and other creative touches to showcase each football team in the style of the long-running FPS.…
ChatGPT already knows a lot about you. OpenAI now wants to add your finances to that list. The company has launched a personal finance feature for ChatGPT, currently in preview for Pro subscribers in the US at $200 a month. OpenAI says it will expand to Plus users after gathering feedback from this early rollout. It lets you connect your financial accounts through Plaid, a platform that bridges bank apps with third-party services and works with over 12,000 institutions, including Chase, Fidelity, Schwab, American Express, and more. A preview for Pro users: a new personal finance experience in ChatGPT.Pro users…
Games Done Quick (GDQ) has announced that its flagship speedrunning marathon, Summer Games Done Quick, will return to Minneapolis this July to benefit Doctors Without Borders. The full schedule has been released and will feature a wide range of speedruns from July 5 to July 11, including a game-breaking Balatro run, a unique tool-assisted Super Mario 64 run, the NES Tetris Tournament Finals, and so much more. The in-person event will be held at the Hilton Minneapolis Downtown in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to benefit Doctors Without Borders, a private international humanitarian organization founded in 1971 to provide lifesaving medical care to those…