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Microsoft is rolling out a useful feature for Office users this week. The company has introduced Agent Mode inside Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, a more powerful version of the Copilot experience that Microsoft calls “vibe working.” This is now the default experience for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft 365 Premium subscribers. It is also available on Microsoft 365 Personal and Family plans. What’s Agent Mode in Microsoft Copilot, and how is it different? Until now, Copilot within Office apps has been largely a passive assistant. It could answer questions, but struggled to take direct action inside your documents. Sumit Chauhan,…

The new Steam Machine has my attention for a few simple reasons, as it is built around the version of PC gaming I want more of. I do not want more pop-ups, background junk, surprise restarts, or other kinds of clutter getting between me and a game. All I want is a machine that genuinely treats gaming as the priority from the start. This is what SteamOS represents now, and it is why the upcoming Steam Machine sounds more appealing than a lot of traditional gaming PCs. Windows still gets in the way Windows remains powerful, but it is also…

Apple is at a transformational point in its product history. The company is making a record amount of money with a rich product portfolio, fumbled its AI strategy, and just had a leadership change. Tim Cook is out as the CEO, and engineering veteran John Ternus is taking over the chief role. Interestingly, it seems Apple is also making the biggest shift in its product development history, with no less than ten categories of devices planned for the coming years.  What’s next from Apple? It seems Apple planned the leadership change at a crucial point in its product development phase,…

Apple just might make a big aesthetic splash with its debut foldable. A new leak has added more shape to Apple’s long-rumored foldable iPhone, and this time the focus is on thickness. Renders shared by South Korean tipster yeux1122 on Naver, reportedly sourced from an Apple casing supplier, show the device with a folded body thickness of about 9.23mm. That is slimmer than the roughly 9.6mm figure mentioned in earlier rumors. The renders also point to a maximum thickness of about 13mm when the camera area is included. That would make the camera module a major part of the phone’s…

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Apple just started blocking certain app downloads in three countries. Users in Brazil, Australia, and Singapore now face automatic age checks when trying to download apps rated 18+ from the App Store. The move is part of a broader effort to comply with child safety laws worldwide. Apple told developers about the changes Tuesday, expanding its age assurance tools to meet new rules in the US and abroad. For affected users, the process is automatic. The App Store checks your age in the background before letting you download mature content. Developers still have their own compliance duties to handle. How…

I recently wrote about why I chose the Supernote Nomad over other e-ink tablets as my primary reading and writing device. However, while the Supernote handles most of my book reading, it cannot do everything.  Newsletters pile up, RSS feeds keep rolling, audiobooks need a home, and I need a place to buy ebooks. That means I still depend on a small stack of apps to keep my reading life from falling apart. Here are the four apps I use every day to stay on top of my reading goals in 2026.  NetNewsWire: for keeping up with my favorite websites…

Apple doesn’t do anniversaries quietly, and we’ve seen that with the iPhone X in 2017. As 2027 approaches, marking 20 years since the first iPhone launched, fresh supply chain rumors suggest the company is planning something that isn’t just a spec bump.  The 20th anniversary iPhone, as it seems, may be accompanied by the most radical design overhaul ever.  What kind of display is Apple actually planning? According to information from Chinese tipster Digital Chat Station (via Weibo), the Cupertino giant is working with Samsung on a custom “micro-curved” OLED panel, one that curves around all four edges of the…

Claude Code is no longer tied to your desk. Anthropic has introduced a new Remote Control mode that lets you manage and monitor Claude Code tasks from your phone, turning long-running coding jobs into something you can handle on the move. Claude Code has grown quickly by enabling vibe coding through plain language, but it has so far remained tied to desktop tools. Remote Control creates a live bridge between a local Claude Code session and the Claude mobile app or web interface. The feature works by generating a one-time remote control link or code from your active Claude Code…

The Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold is, by almost every measure, a phone that shouldn’t exist in the first place, and yet here we are: a massive 10-inch screen, two hinges, and a price tag that might make your wallet cry.  Samsung knew it was a first-generation device, which is why it kept production intentionally limited, a controlled showcase of engineering ambition rather than a full market rollout.  However, “more hits than misses” is not the bar you set for a device that costs almost as much as two or three conventional smartphones. For now, the TriFold is gone, but its…