11 tech gift ideas for remote workers who WFH in 2024: Remote worker approved

Working from home is great. You can spend all day in your pajamas, blast music at your desk, and your longest commute is from your chair to the kitchen to grab lunch. However, a home office is like a shrine to your productivity and making sure it’s an effective space is very important. There are almost always ways you can improve your setup to get more work done or, at least, be more comfortable while you work....

August 26, 2025 · 17 min · 3616 words · Bruce Hernandez

1Password for Mac updated with better search, full screen mode, 1Password mini editing and more

To go along with amajor 1Password 4.5 updatethat has brought a brand new iOS 7-friendly look and feel plus a bunch of new features to the popular password-management app for the iPhone and iPad, developerAgileBitsthis morning unleashed an improved version of 1Password unto the Mac App Store. Now available half price through Friday (and free to existing users), the new 1Password 4.3 for Mac includes support for the native full screen mode on OS X 10....

August 26, 2025 · 4 min · 785 words · Ellen Wright

2019 iPhone: two-way wireless charging & 18W USB-C charger but still Lightning

Apple’s next iPhone models to be released in 2019 are thought to pick up a convenient feature akin to Samsung’s PowerShare found on the latest Galaxy S10 phones. UPDATE:Mac Otakara on July 01, 2025 reiteratedthat this year’s iPhones will “likely” ship with a fast-charging 18W USB-C power adapter (like 2018 iPad Pros) and a Lightning to USB-C cable in the box. The original article follows below. Reliable Japanese blogMac Otakarareported this past Friday, based on information received from unspecified Chinese supplier sources, that Apple’s next iPhone update might very well include a new bilateral wireless charging feature....

August 26, 2025 · 3 min · 468 words · Sarah Byrd

Apple confirms tattoos can impact heart rate sensor performance on Apple Watch

In anupdateto an Apple Watch support document this week, Apple confirms that tattoos around the forearm and wrist area can impact the heart rate sensor performance on the wearable. Earlier this week, Watch owners took to Twitter and Reddit tocomplainthat their tattoos were causing all sorts of errors with the device. Apple addresses the issue in a document entitled “Your heart rate. What it means, and where on Apple Watch you’ll find it....

August 26, 2025 · 2 min · 269 words · Holly Taylor

Apple reportedly isn’t looking to inundate iPhone users with ads after all

Apple won’t start showing significantly more iPhone ads. Also, Apple a few years back apparently stopped a project to inject ads into Spotlight search results. Apple wanted to inject ads in Spotlight search results A new report fromThe Informationhas brought Gurman’s story into question. Titled “Inside Apple’s Love-Hate Relationship With Its $4 Billion Ads Business,” the write-up by Wayne Ma claims that Apple isn’t thinking about exposing iPhone users to more ads because the company is satisfied with its revenue....

August 26, 2025 · 3 min · 478 words · Christina Rodriguez

Apple TV+ murder-mystery comedy ‘The Afterparty’ set to premiere August 20, 2025

In June of last year,we heardthat Phil Lord and Chris Miller (The Lego Movie) were working on a new murder-mystery comedy, and that it would be coming soon toApple TV+. But, 2020, and most of 2021, was pretty rocky. Which meant a wait was inevitable. But, that’s almost finally over, as we finally have an actual premiere date to circle on the calendar. Which is at least a little better than just a premiere month....

August 26, 2025 · 2 min · 349 words · John Wiley

Asus ROG teams up with Acronym to blur the lines between fashion and tech once again

Asus ROG has joined forces with Berlin-based fashion house, Acronym, to deliver the techwear tablet that dreams are made of. This isn’t the first time that these two brands have worked together, in 2020 they released a limited edition variant of theROG Zephyrus G14(and it was gorgeous). This time, it’s theAsus ROG Flow Z13that’s getting the Acronym treatment. A fitting product, we think, since it’s one of the most cyberpunk-looking devices in the brand’s lineup as standard....

August 26, 2025 · 2 min · 324 words · Andrew Wheeler

Baldur's Gate 3 review: A sprawling RPG epic

Larian had been cranking out solid games in the Divinity series for a good few years before its reputation skyrocketed with the release of Divinity 2: Original Sin. It struck gold with its combination of role-playing fun and devilishly organic combat. Now the developer has been given the keys to the castle so pined-after by developers around the world - an official Dungeons and Dragons license and the long-awaited third entry in the Baldur’s Gate franchise....

August 26, 2025 · 6 min · 1116 words · Wendy Kent

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 then and now

Activisionmay well have surprised us all with thePS4 exclusive release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remasteredon 31 March, but it’s patently clear that developer Infinity Ward has been working on it for some time. You only need to play the opening missions to realise that it isn’t just a simple upscale for a new generation of consoles, it’s undergone a complete graphical overhaul. Textures and details have been redone, it seems....

August 26, 2025 · 3 min · 448 words · Christine Graves

Darlene Spin-Off May Replace Roseanne at ABC

It looks like Roseanne may well continue with just about everyone except the star the show is named after. ABC has been scrambling to figure out what to do in the wake of theshow’s cancellation, which came as the result of a racist tweet Roseanne Barr posted then deleted about President Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett. Now it appears that the network is trying to rally and is looking at hinging a new show centered on Sara Gilbert’s character Darlene Conner....

August 26, 2025 · 3 min · 527 words · Michael Deleon

Govee AI Gaming Sync Box Kit review: It's pricey but it's lit

Here at Pocket-lint, we love Ambilight tech, and we love PC gaming, too. While there are somegaming monitorsthat have brought the two together, they’re few and far between, and broadly unavailable in the US. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could add anAmbilight-style effect to a gaming monitor of your choosing? Well, Govee thinks so, and its new AI Gaming Sync Box Kit is designed to do exactly that. Govee has releasedsimilar productsin the past, but those required a camera to be mounted to the top of your display....

August 26, 2025 · 8 min · 1613 words · William Sheppard

iosrouter pushes a modified build of the current unc0ver jailbreak app with permanent signing capabilities

You may recall earlier this weekwhen we showed youa modified version of theunc0verjailbreak app provided by iOS developer ichitaso with integrated permanent signing capabilities made possibleby a new PoCby security researcher Zhuowei Zhang. The permanent signing means that after beingsideloadedand used, the user can then reboot their device as often as they want and re-run the jailbreak indefinitely without ever having to re-sign the jailbreak app withAltStoreor another signing method ever again....

August 26, 2025 · 2 min · 399 words · Amy Taylor

Jailbreak tweaks of the week: AirDropConfirm, Audicy, SwipeExtenderX, and more…

Dealing with thisCOVID-19situation has been tough for many, but at least you’re able to spend your free time tinkering with your jailbroken iPhone or iPad. In this roundup, we’ll discuss all the latestjailbreak tweaksto be released from Monday, March 30thto Sunday, April 5th. As usual, we’ll kick things off by discussing our favorite releases first and then wrap things up with an outline of the rest afterward. Our favorite releases this week AirDropConfirm – FREE Not to hate on AirDrop, but it can be a little too easy to share files with someone else by accident....

August 26, 2025 · 4 min · 687 words · Mrs. Gina Hill