Google Gemini AI, M3-Powered Apple iPads, and More Top Product News of the Week
Gemini, Google’s ambitious new AI for phones, will make its way to Pixel 8 Pros next week. On the Apple side, we might begin to see M3-powered iPads and MacBook…
Microsoft is changing the way it updates Windows – and it’s starting to sound like Windows 12 won’t happen
Windows 12 may not be happening after all, or at least that seems to be the way the rumor mill is suddenly tilting – and Microsoft is also changing how…
Microsoft charging for Windows 10 updates is a necessary evil – but will it get people to upgrade?
Microsoft has announced that from October 14, 2025, it will no longer support Windows 10 – and if you wish to continue to use the operating system, you’ll have to…
Microsoft Will Eventually Start Charging You for Windows 10 Security Updates
All good things must come to an end, and a decade after its first release, Windows 10 will finally be sent to a farm upstate. It had a good run,…
One of my favorite Samsung features is coming to OnePlus phones
OnePlus 10 Pro (left) and OnePlus 11 Andy Boxall / Digital Trends Android is slowly, but steadily narrowing the precious gulf between phones and PCs. After all, seamless device pairing…
Windows 11 Copilot makes digital mischief with desktop icons, leaving users baffled
A new Windows 11 preview build, KB5031455, that enables the AI-powered assistant, Windows Copilot, is reportedly causing havoc to desktop icons. Windows 11 Build KB5031455 is one of a series…
Microsoft drops Windows Maps, TV and Movies apps from new Windows 11 installs – here’s what it means for users
Microsoft seems to have scrubbed Windows Maps and Movies & TV apps from fresh installations of Windows 11, starting with Windows 11 Build 25987. The update arrived this week for…
Microsoft wants to make this unpopular Windows 11 Start menu feature slightly less hated
Microsoft is considering a change to Windows 11 that would declutter one part of the interface in the Start menu. The tweak has only been applied in testing right now,…
Windows 11 Pro users beware: Microsoft’s BitLocker encryption could be seriously slowing down your PC
Microsoft’s software encryption for SSDs, BitLocker, has been found to be slowing down SSD performance by up to 45% in Windows 11 Pro. BitLocker is enabled automatically when Windows 11…
Windows is holding back the future of handheld gaming
Digital Trends I’ve used most of the handheld gaming PCs that have released this year, but I always go back to my Steam Deck. It’s not the most powerful, it…