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Mac users can finally run their favorite Wallpaper Engine animated backgrounds natively without booting up Windows. Here's how to get it done, and what the limitations are today. Vivid Walls has an aurora wallpaper. Image credit: v2osk Wallpaper Engine lets people create animated desktop backgrounds, including scenes that respond to music or the mouse pointer. Users share their creations through …

The Xreal One Pro isn't the full smart glasses experience you want, but it does still give you a decent spatial computing experience — assuming you're fine with a cable snaking down to your pocket. Xreal One Pro review There have been rumors about Apple introducing its smart eyewear for years, but it still seems like a long time away from becoming a reality. While Apple is taking it's time — as i…

If you're developing an LLM in the United States and need loads of data, the government has made a legal filing that claims copyright violations by AI companies are fine, as long as it means moving faster than perceived adversaries. The US government has put its finger on the scales in deciding the results of the AI race I don't like to start my pieces off with a quote, but I feel like this color…

After years of avoiding it, Hobby Lobby has begun rolling out Apple Pay at its checkouts, much to the delight of its increasingly frustrated customers, though it isn't available everywhere just yet. Hobby Lobby now accepts Apple Pay at checkout | Image credit: Hobby Lobby You may be able to pick up your assorted crafting bits and bobs at Hobby Lobby sans wallet if you so choose. Customers have di…

Apple's new smart home display, designed to power Apple Home , could be launching soon. Here's what the rumors say will be coming, and when. An expertly made mockup of Apple's smart home display, taping an iPad mini to a HomePod A lot of what we've been hearing about this new home hub isn't exactly new. Rumors say that this device was expected to launch in the spring of 2025, before the state of …

Google has yet again dodged a potentially business-splitting antitrust ruling, and gets to keep its ad-tech business intact after escaping the Department of Justice's push for a court-ordered breakup. Google does not need to sell off its advertising business, court finds A federal judge has rejected the Justice Department's attempt to force Google to sell off major pieces of its advertising techn…

More than 150 million driver's license scans were up for purchase on the dark web, highlighting the risk you take every time you hand over your physical ID. Digital IDs could potentially limit some data breaches, but not until adoption becomes near universal Recently, a dark web platform known as Nexus claimed to be selling more than 153 million driver's license scans. In addition to the driver's…

B&H is having a flash sale that delivers a steep $200 price drop on Apple's loaded M5 MacBook Air with 32GB of RAM and 2TB of storage. Save $200 on Apple's M5 MacBook Air with 32GB RAM, 2TB SSD - Image credit: Apple B&H's $200 discount on Apple's loaded 13-inch MacBook Air is the steepest available across the line, according to our M5 13-inch MacBook Air Price Guide . Save $200 on M5 MacBook Air …

Adobe has come up with another way to make generative AI unavoidable, with its new Slack integration allowing workers to create prompts from the communications tool. Adobe is now usable in Slack. - Image Credit: Adobe As a productivity suite, Adobe has been hard at work making sure that everyone knows you can use it with AI. In its bid to make it as impossible to ignore as possible, it's now infi…

In a growing number of states, now including Oklahoma, you can add your ID to Apple Wallet . Here's how to add them, how they work, where they are, what the limitations are, and what they can do. A digital driver's license in the Apple Wallet app We're moving closer and closer to a world where you can ditch your physical wallet. You can already add your credit cards, debit cards, loyalty cards, t…

The very few Apple I computers in existence do seem to keep being auctioned, but now the "Hatfield" unit signed by Steve Wozniak, accompanied with a letter from Steve Jobs , will tour the US before sale. This Apple I's motherboard is signed by Steve Wozniak - image credit: Bonhams. In July 2026, a working Apple I was sold at auction for $499,363, beating its predicted $300,000 . Now Bonhams' auct…

Intel's loss of Apple's chip custom during the Apple Silicon era was due to Apple trusting TSMC more. Years later, it's a lesson that Intel hasn't taken to heart. An Intel worker holding a chip - Image Credit: Intel Apple's transition from Intel chips to those of its own design in 2020 was a big blow to the U.S. chip maker. It was a move that was not only hugely beneficial to Apple but also to TS…

A scam draining Apple gift cards is spreading worldwide. While some perpetrators are being caught, you need to protect yourself. Apple gift cards are being targeted by organized crime worldwide - image credit: Apple. Gift card scams have existed for as long as there have been gift cards, but usually it's bad actors tricking users into paying huge sums with them. A New South Wales investigation ha…

Apple's new M6 Mac mini is shipping soon, and a giant leap over Apple's first Apple Silicon Mac mini. Here's how much has changed. M6 Mac mini [left], M1 Mac mini [right] After the introduction of the M5 MacBook Pro and MacBook Air , it was inevitable for Apple to bring the upgrade over to the desktop versions. That means the Mac mini has been given the spec-bump treatment once again. However, it…

Apple has notified developers that they will no longer be required to make their apps compatible with Intel Macs, while also confirming that Intel-only apps will not run after macOS 27 . The much-missed Mac Pro was the last Mac to switch from Intel to Apple Silicon The forthcoming macOS Tahoe is the last release that will run on Intel-based Macs , and that will run Intel-only apps. It's not a sur…