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Apple made some really big announcements about the future of all its products during its annual Worldwide developer Conference on Monday — WWDC, for short — but one of the biggest has to be the fact that iPads now have their own operating system, iPadOS. Instead of using iOS, the same software used on the iPhone, the iPad will be able to go its own way. Based on the presentation, that will allow it better follow a path that splits the difference between a phone and a laptop, making a viable alternative to a home computer for basic tasks like typing and browsing the web...

Bring the noise…to acceptable levels There are two major additions to Apple’s Health app. The first is the noise level feature, which can detect the decibel level in your headphones, or your immediate surroundings, and notify you that the sound you’re hearing could damage your hearing and if, so, how long it may take for that damage to occur. It sounds potentially obnoxious, but as someone who has definitely damaged his hearing over the years with loud music, I think it’ll come in handy. Cycle...

Apple is hosting its annual Worldwide Developer Conference this week and, as expected, kicked off the conference by unveiling iOS 13, the next version of its mobile operating system, during the show’s opening keynote. Apple showed off a LOT of stuff, including key improvements to overall privacy, overhauled apps, and sweeping software changes for iPads. Here’s a rundown of the changes you’ll notice, and what they mean for your iPhone. Everything will be faster According to Apple, iOS 13 will improve performance in a few key ways...

Get ready for the weekend by picking a cool video game for the low, low price of... nothing. GOG.com, the site formerly known as Good Ol’ Games, is giving away 2016 puzzle game Obduction for free as part of its “Summer Sale Festival.” The game is only available today, May 30, 2019, and tomorrow, May 31, 2019, so I recommend you take a second and grab it real quick before time runs out. If you haven’t heard of it, Obduction is a puzzle game from developer Cyan, which created the popular PC game Myst...

If you chat with all your friends who game via Discord, it makes a lot of sense to show off what you’re playing. It’s a conversation starter, it tells your friends what console you’re using and maybe even gives them a sense of your mood. (Everybody has their own comfort games). If you’re playing on PC or Xbox One, sharing your activity on Discord is as easy as downloading an app and signing in. On PlayStation 4 it’s a bit trickier: PS4 does not have official Discord integration, but a third-party...

Epic really wants you to start buying games from its online store. The company behind Fortnite (and the widely used Unreal game design engine), announced that it will hold a store-wide sale on its platform, the Epic Games Store, from May 16 through June 13, 2019. That means lots of discounts on PC games, big and small, old and new (and not even out yet). The Mega Sale pre-empts the annual Summer sale from the largest digital sales platform for PC games, Steam, which is widely considered a serious shopping event for gamers...

If you’re using one of Google’s Titan Bluetooth Security Keys to sign into all your two-factor protected accounts, there’s good news and bad news. The bad news, as you can probably guess, is that Google has announced the discovery of a vulnerability that allows someone to potentially access to your accounts. The good news is Google identified the issue and will send you a free replacement that closes the loophole. The Google Titan Bluetooth Security Key is a physical security token that, when...

If you feel nostalgic for the way YouTube used to be, or at least how it used to look, it’s possible to go back. An extension called “YouTube Classic” for Firefox and Chrome allows you reskin the web video hub with a retro look shifts that reverts the site to how it looked once upon a time. The content-serving algorithms will not change, so you’re still getting the 2019 YouTube experience, but the “Classic” extension makes some noticeable style shifts in the YouTube home page, as well as pages for individual videos...

For people who hate ads, auto-play videos, and busy web pages, we’ve got some good news: Google Chrome is adding a reader mode. Reader mode, which strips away all the design elements of a web page except for text and unformatted images, is similar to what you get when you read stories you’ve saved on services like Pocket and Instapaper. Other browsers, namely Safari and Firefox, have had reader modes built in for years. Google added it to Chrome on Android in 2014, then walked away. The desktop version’s finally catching up...

The time has come: Sony has finally announced it will allow PlayStation 4 owners to change their User IDs—the name you go by when you’re playing games online—starting later today. The feature is a long time coming, and gamers, particularly those of us who have been hamstrung with the same handle since creating a PlayStation ID for the PlayStation 3, are thankful. For something so coveted, you have to dig pretty deep into the PS4’s menus to get it. On your console, go to the Settings menu, select “Account Management,” then “Account Information,” then “Profile,” and finally “Online ID...