As promised, Google has rolled out an update for low Nest Wifi Pro speeds with PPPoE settings, while an issue with the Home app’s built-in speed test has been identified.
The “November 2022 — Nest Wifi Pro release notes” start with the day one update (after initial setup) to 1.63.318999 that includes:
Improved connectivity
Thread Border Router support
General security, stability, and…
EA's return to college football games will arrive in summer 2024
November 23, 2022
A year after it was first announced, EA’s return to college football has a release window. In an interview with ESPN, Daryl Holt, the vice president and general manager of the company’s EA Sports division, said the publisher plans to release the game in the summer of…
Gaming accessory maker Hyperkin is creating a licensed replica of the Xbox 360’s iconic gamepad (via The Verge). Named “Xenon” – a reference to the console’s prerelease codename and IBM-made PowerPC processor – the controller brings back the nearly two-decade-old…
Sonicware's latest groovebox is made for lofi beats
November 23, 2022
You know that lofi beats have taken over when companies are designing entire instruments around them. Sonicware has introduced the Liven Lofi-12, a groovebox devoted to producing subdued tracks. The machine centers around a 16-bit, 12/24kHz sampling engine with a 12-bit sampler mode that gives any sound that “genuine” lofi vibe. You can’t just recreate the effect with a bit…
iOS 16 notifications: Three ways to change the new design
November 23, 2022
To coincide with the new Lock Screen widgets, Apple has also redesigned the notification system in iOS 16. Starting this year, notifications now appear at the bottom of your Lock Screen rather than at the top below the clock. This change is proving to be controversial for…
iPhone 14 Pro availability continues to wane as the holiday shopping season enters full swing. Now, Apple partner Best Buy is warning that it is seeing strong demand for the flagship iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max devices, and it doesn’t have the supply to be able to…
Add 'Diplomacy' to the list of games AI can play as well as humans
November 23, 2022
Machine learning systems have been mopping the floor with their human opponents for well over a decade now (seriously, that first Watson Jeopardy win was all the way back in 2011), though the types of games they excel at are rather limited. Typically competitive board or video games using a limited play field, sequential moves and at least one clearly-defined opponent, any game that requires the…
Pixel 7 and 7 Pro get first ‘official’ custom ROM support courtesy of Paranoid Android
November 22, 2022
Over a month after the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro release, we now have the first “official” custom ROM for the latest flagships courtesy of Paranoid Android.
This isn’t the first custom ROM available for the Pixel 7 series, as at least unofficially, LineageOS 20.0 has been in…
Android Auto’s redesign ditches the weather icon, but it’s finally fixed on the old look
November 22, 2022
Android Auto is in the midst of a redesign, and with that has come some big changes to the platform. One of those changes is ditching the persistent, glanceable weather icon in Android Auto’s status bar. But some good news, that’s finally fixed on the original…
As Samsung continues to speed through its Android 13 rollout, the brand is now bringing the latest software to the Galaxy Tab S7 series and the Galaxy A71, along with other devices.
GalaxyClub reports that Samsung is currently rolling out Android 13 to the Galaxy Tab S7 and Galaxy Tab S7+. As per the usual pattern, the update is limited only to select regions to start, but should expand further…
