An iPad-like tabletop device, Apple\u2019s reported take on Echo Show and Nest Hub-style touchscreen devices, might still happen<\/a>. According to Bloomberg<\/em>, it could debut as soon as 2026, with a thin robotic arm that moves around a large display. In my mind, it\u2019ll look like a mid-00s piece of technology, like something from Portal<\/em> or I, Robot.<\/em><\/p>\n Rumors suggest it may tilt the screen up and down using actuators and rotate 360 degrees. This suggests it could tap into Apple\u2019s DockKit<\/a> software to track users as they move around their home for video calls and more. Hundreds of Apple employees are now said to be working on the tabletop system, and it\u2019s apparently strongly linked to Apple Intelligence tools and Siri.<\/p>\n However, there are (understandable) concerns about whether consumers will actually want this, especially as the price may hover around $1,000. Please, Apple: Just make it detachable like the Pixel Tablet<\/a>. Please?<\/p>\n \u2014 Mat Smith<\/p>\n Everything announced at the Made by Google Pixel 2024 launch event<\/a><\/p>\n I like this ridiculous Playdate pizza case so much I bought a Playdate<\/a><\/p>\n Google announced a 45W USB-C charger that\u2019s faster than its new Pixels can handle<\/a><\/p>\n \u200b\u200bYou can get these reports delivered daily direct to your inbox. <\/em>Subscribe right here!<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n I love that my colleague Billy Steele wrote this. I am currently wrestling with resyncing my Sonos Beam with my TV and thought I was going mad. I wasn\u2019t. Following a major update back in the spring, the Sonos app was very broken and missing key functionality. It was missing basic features, like sleep timers and alarms. Some users also reported the inability to rearrange speakers, speakers working intermittently and trouble completing other basic tasks. Some say they can\u2019t reliably load the app. I experienced most of this. Sonos has a clear plan for how it intends to fix this mess, but there\u2019s no word how long that will take.<\/p>\n Continue reading.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Meta has shut down CrowdTangle, the analytics tool that for years helped tens of thousands of researchers, journalists, and civil society groups understand how information was spreading on Facebook and Instagram. The company has introduced the Meta Content Library, but it\u2019s much more tightly controlled than CrowdTangle. There\u2019s a vetting process, and while tens of thousands of people had access to CrowdTangle, only \u201cseveral hundred\u201d researchers have reportedly been let into the Meta Content Library. Journalists are ineligible.<\/p>\n The timing couldn\u2019t be worse; Meta shut down CrowdTangle less than three months before the US presidential election despite pressure from election groups and a letter from lawmakers requesting a delay.<\/p>\n Continue reading.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The Sleep Room in The Outlast Trials<\/em> is named after a real-life space at McGill University\u2019s Allan Memorial Institute in Montreal, where from 1957 to 1964, doctors conducted mind-control experiments on patients as part of the CIA\u2019s MK-Ultra initiative. It included electroshock therapy, sensory deprivation and heavy doses of psychedelic drugs.<\/p>\n Like all of Red Barrels\u2019 games, The Outlast Trials<\/em> draws from dark and true stories. The newest game is a cooperative four-player horror experience where participants have to \u2018graduate\u2019 from therapy by completing objectives and surviving monstrous villains. The gameplay mainly involves running and hiding from prowling, deranged sadists. It\u2019s time to get scared again, but this time with your buddies.<\/p>\nThe biggest stories you might have missed<\/h3>\n
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