Apple’sfifth-gen iPod touchis unable to automatically adjust brightness of the display depending on your environment because engineers unexplicitly dropped the ambient light sensor from the device. This eyebrow-raising omission is that more puzzling knowing all prior iPod touch versions had that sensor, a common feature on iPhones and iPads as well. News of this ‘discovery’ propagated throughout the Interwebs today, but our own Jeff Benjamin made a mention of the lack of ambient light sensor in hisvideo review of the new iPod touchfrom three days ago…...

WithApple Payset to launch later this month with support from big retailers such as Macy’s, Staples, Disney Store, and many more, there has been some drama building regarding the fact that Apple still has a lot of work to do to convince some big names to get on the Apple Pay bandwagon. A post on the Daily Dot todayexemplifiesthis, claiming that Pizza Hut, Chipotle, and H&M, Coach, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Sears, Kmart, BP, Starbucks, and more don’t plan on offering support for Apple Pay....

Crafting a story can feel a bit like solving a puzzle. Sometimes you know your point A and point B, but it’s that space between that can be difficult to fill in. How do your characters arrive at the next big plot beat? What needs to happen to get them there in a way that feels natural? Each word becomes a puzzle piece that needs to be carefully placed in order to make it all make sense....

Upon updating to iOS or iPadOS 14, you probably noticed that the operating system automatically displays a prompt at the top of the screen whenever you paste something into an app that you copied or cut from a different app. For this piece, we’ll refer to those prompts as Paste Tips. Some people enjoy the Paste Tips because it alerts the user to potentially unwanted clipboard access, but others may find it to be somewhat of a nuisance, especially if they do a lot of copying or cutting and pasting....

Tim Cook, Apple’s current chief executive, has gone on record saying he owns cryptocurrency. That, in itself, and in certain spheres, will be enough to cause quite a stir. But, for folks who have already jumped on that particular bandwagon, maybe the idea thatsomedayApple Paymight support it will do the same for you. Cook recently spoke atThe New York TimesDealBook Summit. It’s here that he made a few comments on a few different topics, including security, privacy, sideloading apps, and cryptocurrency....

If you have acne, there are a few diff reasons you might be dealin’ with redness. Here’s the scoop on potential causes and treatments — plus bonus tips for covering up and preventing acne breakouts. Oh,acne. If it’s not a new painfully swollen zit, it’s discoloration from an old pimple-popping sesh. Aboutfour out of fivepeople ages 12 to 24 have some sort of acne. If you’re one of the many, you might wonder how to get rid of therednessthat tags along withacne....

Today’s Wordle Answer #585 - August 24, 2025 Solution And Hints Today’s Wordle answer contains one of the least occurring letters in the answer pool — and the English language in general. That being said, it’s something most people are definitely familiar with, and we’ll supply a few clues that should help you unveil the mystery word. The word you’re looking for is a grainy plant that’s the most abundantly produced cereal in the world....

The highly anticipated spin-off series to the 2021 MCU hitWandaVision, titledAgatha: Coven of Chaos, has suffered a release date set-back. Inspired by the same-named villain from Marvel Comics,Agatha: Coven of Chaosis the newest series set to premiere on Disney+. The show is a continuation ofWandaVision, starring actress Elizabeth Olsen in the title role. InACOC, a witch named Agatha Harkness, who formerly pretended to be Wanda Maximoff’s intrusive neighbor Agnes, will be the subject of the television program....

Quick Links People love to stay in touch. Whether that’s chatting to friends and family onvideo calls, messaging onWhatsAppor touching base while working remotely withMicrosoft TeamsorSlack. Gamers are no different. In the old days, gamers would make use of text chat services like X-Fire or VOIP servers like Mumble, Teamspeak or Ventrilo. Things have come a long way since then though and both technology and demands have changed. Now the modern gamer needs something that can do it all and Discord is the free software that does just that....

Google’s cloud gaming platform Stadia is now completely finished - Google made good on its announcement byshutting down the service on 11 June 2025. It refunded all hardware and game purchases (including in-game DLC) purchased on the Google Store, with the majority of refunds having been made by mid-January. So, we’re in a mourning period for Stadia gamers. Here we explain more about the closure of the “Netflix of games”....

Publisher Serenity Forge and developer White Rabbit have revealed the release date for the expanded edition Death’s Gambit: Afterlife. In this article, we’re going to talk about what’s new for this edition including content, talents, weapons and more. What’s New with Death’s Gambit: Afterlife Death’s Gambit: Afterlifewas announced back in June of this year as an expanded edition of the original. It will be releasing on PC and Switch onSeptember 30th, with the PS4 version releasing sometime in 2021....

Android 14 is thelatest major official OS updatefor Android phones everywhere, with several new features and capabilities built onto the platform that Google first implementedwith Android 12in 2021. The major new features include new lock screen customization options, cinematic wallpapers – which also made an appearance in Android 13 – plus AI-generated wallpapers, improved text scaling and better optimization and enhancement for larger folding screens and tablets. Check below for your phone brand....

Starfieldfeatures a galaxy filled with unique attractions. There are enough things to do and see that if you don’t pay close attention, you might drift right past half of the best bits. An example of easily missed wonders is an interesting location known as the Almagest. Where to find the Almagest casino You’ve heard of casinos in numerical oceans, but what about casinos in space? That’s precisely what you’ll find when you visitthe Almagest, even if it has been abandoned to Spacers....