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macOS 26 beta 3 features a new ‘Tahoe Day’ aerial screen saver, get it here

Alongside today’s bug fixes and under-the-hood improvements, macOS 26 beta 3 introduces a new “Tahoe Day” aerial screen saver and wallpaper. Here’s what it looks like. New ‘Tahoe Day’ option among Landscape wallpaper selection Much like on tvOS, Apple recently introduced native video screen savers on macOS that transition smoothly into the wallpaper upon unlocking. With today’s beta seed, Apple included a new “Tahoe Day” screen saver that glides across the surface of Lake Tahoe’s rocky shorel

Gemini’s new overlay is getting ready to bounce onto your screen (APK teardown)

AssembleDebug / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s currently working on a number of visual changes to how you interact with the Gemini overlay. In addition to updating the coloring and shape of the overlay, we’ve identified a new animation it could use to appear on screen. We can trigger this effect both when accessing the overlay via swiping, as well as long-pressing the power button. Google continues to make the case for Gemini in — well, pretty much everything — and little by little it’s be

The iPad cursor gets a fun Mac-inspired feature in iPadOS 26 beta 3

iPadOS 26 beta 3 was just released, and alongside some design updates and new wallpaper options, Apple has given the iPad’s cursor a fun feature inspired by the Mac. iPadOS 26 cursor now supports ‘shake to find’ feature 10 years ago in macOS El Capitan, Apple added a convenient and fun new feature for the system cursor. Shake the cursor back and forth rapidly and it would enlarge, making it easier to locate. This “shake to find” feature comes in handy when you’re not sure where your cursor i

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iPadOS 26 beta 3 now available ahead of public beta launch

Apple has just released iPadOS 26 beta 3 for developers. Today’s release brings the latest changes to the iPad’s big new OS update ahead of the expected public beta soon. iPadOS 26 beta 3 has greater potential for changes following user feedback Liquid Glass is the big theme of Apple’s new OS versions launching this fall. Every update includes a fresh design that brings greater uniformity across platforms. But aside from that redesign, Apple clearly spent a lot of time preparing iPadOS 26’s m

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Apple releases developer beta 3 for visionOS 26

Alongside the new macOS 26 developer beta 3, Apple has also pushed out the third developer beta of visionOS 26, and the rest of its operating systems. The build number for today’s visionOS 26 beta 3 release is 23M5290f. If you want to enroll in the developer beta program for Apple Vision Pro, here’s what you’ve got to do: Open the Settings app Choose “General” Choose “Software Update” Select “Beta Updates” Select “visionOS Developer Beta” What’s new? As announced on WWDC25, visionOS 26 brin

Apple releases watchOS 26 beta 3, here’s what to expect

Apple Watch users have new beta software to install. watchOS 26 beta 3 is now available for developers, here’s what to expect. watchOS 26 beta 3 now available with latest fixes and changes The next major Apple Watch update will be watchOS 26. Apple plans to widely release the new software this fall, but for now it’s available in developer beta. Beta testing offers Apple the opportunity to implement developer feedback and eliminate as many bugs as possible. Today’s beta 3 version of watchOS 2

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iOS 26 beta 3 adds new color options for default iPhone wallpaper

iOS 26 is launching to all users this fall, but during the summer Apple is continually refining the update through a beta process. Today, iOS 26 beta 3 arrived, and one change is an expanded array of color options for the new default wallpaper. New iOS 26 wallpaper now available in four colors Every year, iOS introduces a new default wallpaper for users. Often, that wallpaper includes several color variants. With iOS 26, previous betas only had a single blue version of the default wallpaper.

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You Could Be Getting a US-Only Replacement TikTok App Ahead of Possible September Sale

TikTok owner ByteDance is working on a new US-only version of its popular vertical video app that would replace the current one ahead of a September deadline for the Chinese company to divest ownership in the US, The Information reports. Citing anonymous sources, the site reports that the new app, codenamed "M2" would launch on Sept. 5 and would require users in the US to switch from the existing app to the new one. President Donald Trump recently extended a deadline for the owner to sell off i

Leaker says iPhone 17 lineup getting two new screen changes

Two months from now, Apple is expected to unveil its new flagship iPhone lineup, including iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max. And today, a leaker has shared two screen changes that may be coming to various new models. Today in a new post on Weibo, leaker Digital Chat Station has shared a variety of expectations for the upcoming iPhone 17 line. Many of the details have been reported before, but there are two interesting new details that stand out most—both relating

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5 ways to be great AI agent manager, according to business leaders

akinbostanci/Getty Microsoft recently said that maximizing AI and agents' performance involves learning about management concerns, including delegating, iterating, prompting, and refining the technology. The tech giant's research suggested that the requirement for someone to manage these teams of AIs has led to the evolution of a new role, the agent boss, who is responsible for the best performance of these fast-emerging technologies. Also: 4 questions to ask yourself before betting on AI in

TikTok reportedly developing new version of app ahead of planned US sale

In Brief TikTok is developing a new version of its app for U.S. users ahead of an expected sale of the app to a group of investors, according to a report from The Information. The company reportedly plans to launch the new app on September 5, while the existing app will stop working in March of next year. The timeline may shift, the report notes. TikTok users in the U.S. would have to download the new app to continue to use the social network. The report comes two days after President Donald

The New ‘Spaceballs’ Movie Might Become a Whole Trilogy

James Gunn talks about the politics of Superman. A new Fantastic Four: First Steps clip reveals Sue and Reed’s big news. Plus, set pictures from The Witcher‘s final season. Spoilers now! Spaceballs 3 According to a new report from entertainment insider @Mytimetoshinehello (via Superhero Hype), MGM is developing a third Spaceballs movie in tandem with Spaceballs 2. Untitled Tim Burton Project During a recent interview with Milenio (via Screen Rant), Tim Burton revealed his next project is an

US TikTok users will get their own American-owned version of the app

The ongoing TikTok saga rumbles on, but a new report claims that we may be close to a resolution. It says US TikTok users will get their own version of the app, which will be owned by an American company. The latest development happens shortly after we got sight of the letter sent to Apple to persuade the company to return TikTok to the App Store despite it being illegal to do so … A quick recap Under a law passed by Congress, TikTok has been banned from the US since January 19. The law has

US TikTok users may soon have to switch to a new version of the app

ByteDance is said to be building a new, US-only version of the TikTok app that it will release on September 5. According to The Information , the company is moving ahead with this plan to comply with legislation requiring it to sell its TikTok business in the US or face a nationwide ban . The report suggests that folks in the US will have to switch to the new app (dubbed "M2") in order to keep using TikTok. It's said that ByteDance will remove the existing TikTok app (which the company internal

Get two months of Paramount+ Essential or Premium for only $2

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . This is just in time for the new season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. It's hot out there, so this might be the perfect time to stay in and binge some TV. Paramount+ is offering one heck of a deal right now for budding couch potatoes, with two months available for just $2. That bre

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Specs leak for three Samsung foldables ahead of Wednesday’s Unpacked

With two days until the official launch, more details have leaked about the trio of foldable phones Samsung is about to reveal. The latest leak details the screens, storage, batteries, and other core specs of the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7, and new Z Flip 7 FE. The new information comes from WinFuture’s Roland Quandt, who claims to have obtained official Samsung promotional materials for the new phones, which will be officially revealed at a Galaxy Unpacked event this Wednesday, July 9th. The F

Opencode: AI coding agent, built for the terminal

AI coding agent, built for the terminal. Installation # YOLO curl -fsSL https://opencode.ai/install | bash # Package managers npm i -g opencode-ai@latest # or bun/pnpm/yarn brew install sst/tap/opencode # macOS paru -S opencode-bin # Arch Linux Note: Remove versions older than 0.1.x before installing Documentation For more info on how to configure opencode head over to our docs. Contributing For any new features we'd appreciate it if you could open an issue first to discuss what you'd lik

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TikTok’s Escape Plan May Be a Brand New App

TikTok’s time in the U.S. may be running out, but the company has a dramatic plan to save itself. The social media giant is reportedly building a completely new version of its app for users in the United States, according to a report from The Information on Sunday, which cited anonymous sources. This new app, reportedly codenamed “M2,” is being developed ahead of a planned sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations to a group of American investors. According to the report, the company has a tentative pla

TikTok’s ‘ban’ problem could end soon with a new app and a sale

is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. Even with the TikTok divest-or-ban law officially in effect since January, the app has only shut down service in the US for one day. Now, The Information reports that an agreement for a sale satisfying the law’s requirements is close and would come with a new, separate version of the app. Any deal, however, would need approval from the Ch

The War on the Walkman

🗓️ On this day in 1979 the Sony Walkman was first released, marking its 46th anniversary The Sony Walkman is now an icon of the 1980s, eliciting nostalgia for the ‘good old days’ of owning music, rather than renting it. Affection for the device is now universal, but that wasn’t always the case… The sudden rise of headphone wearing pedestrians - spurred by Sony’s lightweight headsets (17% the weight of others) - caused unease about an unfamiliar new world quickly coming into view. Some said it

The New Corporate Memo: Let AI Ease The Pain

A troubling new trend is crystallizing in the tech industry. A company at the forefront of AI development lays off thousands of its human employees, then encourages them to seek comfort from the very technology supplanting them. It’s the automation of suffering, and it’s happening now. This week, Matt Turnbull, an Executive Producer at Xbox Game Studios Publishing, became a case study. Following Microsoft’s decision to cut thousands jobs from its gaming division, Turnbull took to LinkedIn. With

The New ‘Kamen Rider’ Will Stream In the US, Too

As the Kamen Rider franchise nears the end of its current series Gavv, Toei and Ishimori Productions already wants fans to think ahead. On Saturday, the company unveiled a first look at the tokusatsu giant’s next installment, Kamen Rider Zeztz. Per the logline, the show is set “in a world shaped by the dreams we see in our sleep.” The titular Zeztz “enters people’s dreams as an agent on a mission” to “bring a bold new form to the battle.” While we don’t see any Inception-style antics in the pre

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What a Hacker Stole from Me

Dec 13, 2023 • After a tumultuous year of development, our new myNoise Android app is finally here. This milestone marks not just the culmination of countless hours of hard work but also, most certainly, the start of new challenges. In this extensive blog post, I aim to share insights about our journey – where we are now and how we got here. To enhance clarity, I've included section titles to make it easier for you to skim through the content. The Harsh Reality of Android Development Releasin

July 5, 1687: When Newton explained why you don't float away

The Day the Universe Got Organised (Mostly) People were worried, mostly about everything, but particularly about why things stayed on the ground. Apples fell. Horses galloped. Cannonballs soared (briefly) and came crashing down. But no one was quite sure why the moon didn’t join in and plummet to Earth in the same enthusiastic fashion. And then on July 5, 1687, Isaac Newton published a book with a title so long it felt like a Latin riddle: Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. In three

July 5, 1687: When Newton Explained Why You Don't Float Away

The Day the Universe Got Organised (Mostly) People were worried, mostly about everything, but particularly about why things stayed on the ground. Apples fell. Horses galloped. Cannonballs soared (briefly) and came crashing down. But no one was quite sure why the moon didn’t join in and plummet to Earth in the same enthusiastic fashion. And then on July 5, 1687, Isaac Newton published a book with a title so long it felt like a Latin riddle: Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. In three

Paramount+ deal: Get two months of Essential or Premium for only $2

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . This is just in time for the new season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Another hot streaming deal has arrived to match the summer heat. This time it comes from Paramount+, which is offering a two-month subscription for only $2. Put another way, you'll pay $1 per month for your firs

Hell Yeah, ‘Cyberpunk: Edgerunners II’ is Happening

After repeated teases over the past year, Studio Trigger revealed it’s making a sequel to Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, its hit 2022 anime based on Cyberpunk 2077. At the show’s AnimeExpo panel on Friday, returning showrunner Bartoz Sztybor and season one voice actors Zac Aguilar (David Martinez) and Emi Lo (Lucy Kushinada) revealed the new season with a tantalizing poster made by Trigger character designer Ichigo Kanno. The new series is said to be standalone—sorry, season one fans, Sztybor and the

Everything You Can Do in the Photoshop Mobile App

You know your software is a success when its name becomes a verb: You'll now commonly hear about images being photoshopped, even if the editing wasn't done with the Adobe image editor. Adobe might not like it, but the usage shows how dominant its flagship product has become. On mobile though, Photoshop hasn't achieved the same kind of ubiquity or brand recognition. We've had official Photoshop apps of various types down the years, but none of them have really translated the power and feature se

Cyberpunk Edgerunners 2 will be even sadder and bloodier

is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. In May, we learned that the development of a sequel to the Cyberpunk 2077 game is moving forward at CD Projekt Red, and today, at the Anime Expo 2025 event, it officially announced a new season of the anime spinoff for Netflix. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 will have “…an entirely new story, fresh characters, and a raw, realistic take on the mo

11 Great Horror Movies to Watch on Prime Video This Weekend

Want to see what petrifying picks await on Prime Video? Horror lovers can watch classic films like The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and newer flicks like the gothic horror tale Nosferatu. Ads are now a part of the streaming service but if you'd prefer to watch your spooky content without commercial interruptions, you can pay an additional fee to remove them. Here are some highly rated horror films to satisfy your cravings. Dim the lights, grab the popcorn and enjoy your creepy feature. Focus Featu