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Getting AirPods to work properly on Android has always been troublesome. If you’re not in Apple’s ecosystem, the full experience is locked out. However, an open-source app has just made the process a lot more seamless. LibrePods was designed to bring Apple-exclusive AirPods features to Android, and it is finally available on the Google Play Store. The listing was spotted by a Redditor, who shared it in the Android community. How LibrePods makes the AirPods experience better on Android The LibrePods app is special as it allows AirPods users to unlock a bunch of features that were previously locked on…
Most fitness bands still look like tiny gym equipment strapped to your wrist. Inllie’s Luna Core Bracelet goes in a different direction, looking more like a polished piece of jewelry than something quietly counting your steps and judging your sleep. It launches alongside the Sense Core Band, with both wearables taking a more refined, accessory-inspired approach to fitness tracking. A fitness tracker you can dress up Luna Core is the model that makes the stronger first impression. Its slim bracelet design gives it a jewelry-like look, making it easier to wear with office outfits, evening plans, or everyday casual fits.…
Canonical is finally having the ‘talk’ about AI, confirming that Ubuntu is getting ready for AI features. But the company’s approach is more careful than we’re seeing elsewhere. A new announcement has just revealed its vision for AI in Ubuntu, and it’s surprisingly restrained. Canonical won’t force AI into every corner of the OS, and is keeping control squarely with the users. How AI in Ubuntu will be different In the roadmap outlined by Canonical, Ubuntu won’t make AI mandatory for everyone. The goal here is to support developers and give users tools so they can experiment with AI. But…
YouTube Premium subscribers in the US (18 years and older) have something new to play with. As reported by The Verge, the company is testing a conversational AI search experience called Ask YouTube that is unlike anything YouTube has offered before. So what exactly is Ask YouTube? Instead of typing keywords into a search bar and hoping for the best, you can now ask YouTube a full question and get a response that feels more like a conversation. You can enable this feature using YouTube’s experimental feature. Once you do, you will notice an Ask YouTube button built into the…
Valve has just dropped another confirmation that the Steam Deck 2 is on the way. But that’s really all that the company is willing to reveal. In a recent interview with IGN, Valve confirmed that development on the next-gen handheld console is progressing at full pace. However, it seems like they still aren’t ready to show anything, as the successor to the Steam Deck remains tightly under wraps. Why there’s no Steam Deck 2… yet Steam Deck 2 being in active development isn’t surprising. Valve has already revealed that it had plans for a next-gen model a while ago, but…
A modder has turned a Game Boy Color into something you can wear on your wrist, and it’s not just borrowing the look. This is an actual, playable retro console slapped onto your wrist. YouTuber LeggoMyFroggo managed to squeeze a fully functional Game Boy Color into a wristwatch-sized form factor, creating one of the more bizarre yet impressive retro builds in recent memory. How’d he cram a Game Boy Color into a tiny watch? In the YouTube video, modder Chris Hackmann called the project “Time Frog Color”. Rather than going for a simpler route of relying on emulation, the build…
Even Realities has rolled out the v2.2.0 update for its Even G2 smart glasses, with Terminal Mode as the headline feature. The update is now live, giving developers a new way to monitor and interact with coding agents without staying glued to a laptop screen. Your terminal has entered your eyeballs Terminal Mode is built around the idea of putting the coding terminal in front of your eyes. Developers using AI coding agents can track what the agent is doing, check progress, give commands and respond when needed through the glasses’ built-in microphone. The feature reduces the need to keep…
Somewhere out there is a person who still quietly mourns the death of the physical keyboard. They’ve mostly come to terms with their touchscreen. They’ve adapted, like everyone else. But every now and then, mid-fumble on a glass slab, the feeling comes back. The Clicks Communicator is being built for that person, and after months of dummy units and carefully managed hype, it finally has a timeline worth taking seriously. The BlackBerry faithful never really left The Clicks Communicator is born from grief, the specific lingering grief of people who genuinely loved physical keyboards and watched the entire industry abandon…
There’s a particular kind of disappointment that comes not from bad news, but from someone delivering bad news with a smile and calling it honesty. Asha Sharma didn’t do anything wrong when she acknowledged that global memory shortages would likely push up the price of Xbox’s next console. She was just being straight with people. And yet, for a lot of Xbox fans, it still landed like a door quietly closing on something they’d been hoping for. A new era, moving fast Say what you want about the state of Xbox right now — the person running it is not…
Adobe just opened up the public beta for Firefly AI Assistant. It is a conversational AI agent that sits across your entire Creative Cloud suite and handles multi-step workflows on your behalf. You just have to describe what you want, and the assistant will figure out which Adobe tools to use and in what order, including Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere, Firefly, and others. What can Firefly AI Assistant do for you? The assistant comes loaded with Creative Skills, which are pre-built workflows designed around common creative tasks. Think batch photo editing, mood board creation, portrait retouching, and generating social media variations…