The Apple Watch Series 7 has some new features, a bigger screen and upped durability. It charges a bit faster, apps load quickly and is fitted with WatchOS 8. But as I flick through it and its watch faces, I have to ask myself: Has anything really changed?  Of course things have changed, a bit. …

Black Friday and Cyber Monday are long gone, but that doesn’t mean that there are no great deals to be had. Best Buy has just kicked off another Apple Sales Event, which offers discounts of up to $800 on various products. Some of these discounts are better than what we saw with Black Friday deals; others are not quite as …

The chief executive of digital mortgage lender Better.com informed 900 employees last week they were being laid off just weeks before the holidays during a mass Zoom meeting. “If you’re on this call, you are part of the unlucky group that is being laid off,” Better.com CEO Vishal Garg said Wednesday on the call, a recording of which has since …

Samsung on Monday announced a restructuring of the company that includes the replacement of the chiefs of its three major business units and the merging of its mobile and consumer units. The reshuffling represents the electronics giant’s most dramatic corporate makeover in four years. Han Jong-hee, formerly the president of Samsung’s visual display business, was promoted to CEO and will …

Until now Amazon’s Fire TV system has generally appeared on cheap TVs with middling image quality, but the new M-Series from Toshiba aims higher. Out today, it’s the first Fire TV equipped with full-array local dimming, a feature that boosts all-important contrast and allows an LCD TV to take more advantage of high dynamic range (HDR) TV shows, movies and games. The …

Google unveiled its latest features for Pixel phones on Monday, including an option to quickly access Snapchat from your lock screen and to use your Pixel 6 as a digital car key.  With the software update, Pixel owners can open the messaging app directly from the lock screen with a new feature called Quick Tap to Snap. The feature is available …

DoorDash on Monday unveiled a new direct-to-your-door grocery delivery service in New York City. The company promises “ultrafast” deliveries in 15 minutes or less from a new DashMart location in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood, with more locations coming in the next few months, according to a DoorDash blog post.  The DashMart location is open daily from 7 a.m. to 2 …

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Apple products are notoriously difficult to find on sale, but every now and then you can find good deals at authorized Apple retailers. The MagSafe Battery Pack is compatible with iPhone 12, iPhone 13 (including Mini, Pro and Max editions) and it snaps directly onto the back. It starts charging automatically, so there’s no button to press and no hassle. …

This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Both Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone, but the 2021 holiday shopping season is far from over. (Check out the best holiday deals that are still available here.) In fact, we are only a few weeks away from Christmas, one of the …

On 3rd December 1971, Pakistan Air Force launched a pre-emptive strike on seven Indian airfields in the west, hoping to cripple the IAF at the very beginning of that conflict. Curiously, the PAF did not attack our airfields in the east from their bases in East Pakistan. Either they were saving their resources, or our Gnats, termed ‘Sabre Slayers’ after …

The first case of the Omicron variant detected in Maharashtra is a 33-year-old man from Thane district who is a marine engineer by profession. India has so far detected four cases of Omicron. Due to the odd nature of his job he couldn’t get vaccinated while on the ship since April despite his efforts, a Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) …

This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. There’s something about reading an actual book that’s a refreshing contrast to video-streaming options, endless video games and a workplace culture built around Zoom meetings. Books always make great gifts, but here we’re focusing on the latest devices on which you can read ebooks. The …

Every year has its ups and downs. The ups are a thrill. The downs are often fascinating, for what they reveal about the limits of our ambitions, the challenges of trying to get things right and the escape hatches that might get us out of trouble (or the rabbit holes that take us ever deeper). Or just because misery loves …