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Over the years, Apple has turned Apple Notes into one of the best note-taking apps for the iPhone. The problem is that most people use the app just as a place to dump info and do not use it to its full potential. Today, I will share seven of my favorite Apple Notes tips that will elevate your note-taking experience.  Switch between recently opened notes I constantly jump between draft articles, shopping lists, and random ideas. Until I found this shortcut, jumping between notes was annoying. Open any note and tap the three-dot menu in the top right corner.  From…

Vivo X300 FE MSRP $999.00 “The Hawkeye of flagship phones.” Pros Compact design Good cameras Battery life Cons Weaker ultrawide lense USB 2.0 Pricing on the higher side Why Hawkeye? Hawkeye was never the strongest Avenger, nor did he have the flashiest suit or superpowers. Yet he consistently proved his worth through precision, reliability, and doing the fundamentals exceptionally well. The Vivo X300 FE follows the same philosophy. It doesn’t chase outrageous specifications or marketing gimmicks. Instead, it quietly nails the essentials with a superb display, dependable performance, excellent cameras, and outstanding battery life. It may not grab all the…

Open-weight AI models have been having a moment lately. Just this month, Moonshot’s massive Kimi K3 model landed close behind Claude Fable 5 and GPT 5.6 Sol in several benchmarks, all while remaining fully open-weight and downloadable by anyone. However, Katie Paxton-Fear, a cybersecurity lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University and staff security advocate at Semgrep, managed to poison an open-weight model and proved how easily that openness can be turned against you (via The Register). How did the researcher poison the AI model so quickly? Paxton-Fear started small, testing whether fine-tuning could quietly get a model to swap JavaScript coding…

Modern cars are no longer machines that stay the same after they leave the showroom. Increasingly, they’re becoming software-defined vehicles that receive new features, bug fixes, and security patches wirelessly, much like smartphones. But while over-the-air (OTA) updates have made vehicle maintenance easier and cheaper, cybersecurity experts are warning that the same technology could also become one of the automotive industry’s biggest security challenges. Researchers and policymakers are now calling for stronger oversight as connected vehicles become increasingly dependent on remote software updates. Their concern isn’t just about hackers stealing personal data. It’s about someone potentially interfering with the operation…

Your Android lock screen is supposed to keep your messages safe, even if someone gets hold of your phone. But a newly discovered Gemini bug could do the opposite. Since May, The Register has received multiple reports of people bypassing device authentication on Android 16 devices that allow Gemini access straight from the lock screen. The flaw lets anyone use Gemini to send SMS and even WhatsApp messages without ever entering your PIN. It only works under specific conditions, but it is serious enough that Google has confirmed a fix is already rolling out. How does the Gemini bug bypass…

I wasn’t expecting a smartphone brand’s exit to hit me this hard, but OnePlus leaving the US and Europe genuinely did. The company has already confirmed that it will no longer launch new products in either market, although existing customers will continue receiving software updates and after-sales support. So while OnePlus isn’t disappearing altogether, it is walking away from two of the biggest smartphone markets in the world. To be honest, the Android market in the US already feels limited. If you’re shopping for a flagship, your realistic choices almost always begin with Samsung and end with Google. OnePlus was…

If there’s a new browser, email app, or note-taking app to try, chances are I’ve already installed it. Like every other productivity nerd, I’m always chasing the perfect setup. That’s how I stumbled upon Quiche Browser. It was already close to replacing the Arc Search for me on the iPhone, but its latest update finally pushed it over the edge, earning it a spot as my default browser. What makes Quiche so good Quiche Browser is developed by a solo indie developer named Greg de J, who runs it under Quiche Industries. The headline feature of Quiche is its customizability.…

For a company that’s already given us adaptive triggers, haptic feedback, and replaceable thumbsticks, Sony apparently isn’t done experimenting with the humble controller. A newly published PlayStation patent reveals that the company is exploring a modular controller featuring a detachable touchscreen, magnetic components, and a rotating navigation dial. While there’s no guarantee it’ll ever become a real product, it’s certainly one of Sony’s more ambitious controller concepts yet. A DualSense… but far more modular According to the patent, the controller replaces the familiar DualSense touchpad with a small detachable touchscreen that can display console menus, settings, notifications, and messages. Unlike…

If you’re the kind of person who plans vacations around vintage arcades, hunts down rare pinball machines, or misses that one table you played years ago, there’s now a surprisingly useful tool built just for you. Called Pinball Map, the free website and mobile app does exactly what its name suggests. It helps players locate public pinball machines almost anywhere in the world, whether they’re tucked away inside dedicated arcades, neighborhood bars, restaurants, museums, breweries, or even campgrounds. Think of it as Google Maps, but instead of helping you find coffee shops, it points you to your next pinball game.…

The upcoming Call of Duty movie just became much more interesting for longtime fans. Director and co-writer Peter Berg has confirmed that the film will be set in the Modern Warfare universe, finally answering the question every gamer has been asking since this project was announced. That reveal is a genuinely big deal, since Modern Warfare is home to some of the series’ most iconic characters and stories, the kind fans have spent nearly two decades attached to. It also hints that Paramount may be laying the foundation for something much bigger than a single movie. According to Variety, the…