Android Authority found a hidden change in the Android Auto beta that removes the navigation rail from GameSnacks, both in its main menu and while playing games. Currently GameSnacks keeps the rail visible on screen, unlike other Android Auto games such as Beach Buggy Racing, which already run full screen with swipe-down back and exit controls. The discovery follows Google's move this week to take Android Auto games out of beta and make them generally available.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-24
Bungie outlined new content coming to its extraction shooter Marathon, including a December 'Symbiosis' update adding team deathmatch, a permanent PvE mode, a revamped Perimeter zone with a new Tick Queen boss, a new 'Bishop' shell, and a social space with a firing range. The studio also previewed a larger, unnamed March 2027 update that will add interconnected PvE/PvP/PvEvP modes, a new zone, new enemies, deeper shell progression, and more narrative content.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-24
Google is reportedly rolling out a new Tasks mode within the Gemini desktop app, according to TestingCatalog, which separates regular chat conversations from more autonomous, multi-step tasks. The update includes new Computer Use settings allowing users to specify which desktop apps Gemini can and cannot control, plus a more visible option to launch projects from local folders. A Gemini Live button has also been spotted inside Tasks, suggesting users may be able to talk to Gemini while it operates across the computer.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-24
Meta demonstrated a New York Times Cooking integration for its AI and display glasses at its Connect developer event. A new 'hands-free mode' will deliver audio cues restructured from recipe steps, while the Ray-Ban Display version will show short, swipeable instruction cards. The Times' AJ Chavar said hands-free mode will roll out later this fall, without giving an exact date for the glasses integration.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-24
Amazon has cut the price of TCL's NXTPAPER 11 Plus tablet to $239.98, down from its $369.99 list price, a 35% reduction. The tablet features an 11.5-inch matte NXTPAPER 4.0 display with glare-reducing eye-comfort modes, a 2.2K 3:2 screen, and AI tools for voice-to-text, note-taking and translation.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-24
Amazon is selling the TCL NXTPAPER 70 Pro for $279.99, a $50 cut from its $329.99 list price and a match of its lowest price so far this year. The US model includes a 6.9-inch 120Hz NXTPAPER 4.0 display with reading-focused modes, 8GB of RAM, 512GB of storage, and a large battery, and it holds a 4.5-star rating.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-24
A developer has published OrgWebAlchemy, an open-source Guile Scheme library that parses Org-mode documents into an abstract syntax tree and renders them as HTML via SXML, using Parsing Expression Grammars instead of regular expressions. The source code is hosted on Codeberg, and the author says it lets Org files be exported to HTML without requiring Emacs, and is already integrated into a project called LucidPlan.
jointhefreeworld.org
· 2026-09-24
Control Resonant, Remedy Entertainment's new game, includes an extensive assist mode accessible from the pause menu that lets players adjust damage dealt and taken, dodge windows, and even toggle immortality or one-hit kills. Players can switch these settings on or off at any time without reloading, and several presets mimic traditional difficulty tiers for those who don't want to fine-tune individual sliders.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-24
Roku TVs offer several picture modes accessible via the remote's star button, including Standard, Movie, Vivid, and Roku Smart Picture, each affecting color saturation, brightness, and processing differently. Users can further adjust brightness, contrast, sharpness, and backlight in the Customize picture menu to fine-tune image quality beyond the preset modes.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-22
Apple's new Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 use a Health Sensing System that samples heart rate every five seconds instead of every five minutes, requiring the optical sensor's green light to flash almost continuously. To avoid that light being visible in dark settings, Theater Mode automatically slows heart rate readings back to five-minute intervals, but a new setting lets users override this and keep continuous measurements.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-21
Microsoft has reissued a reminder to enterprise IT admins that IE Mode, the legacy compatibility feature in Edge that runs sites using Internet Explorer's old Trident/MSHTML engine, will be discontinued by the end of 2029. The notice, sent via the Microsoft 365 admin center, reaffirms a 2021 commitment and asks organizations to begin planning now to migrate old applications away from IE dependencies.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-21
Windows 11 includes an Xbox mode feature that replaces the desktop with a full-screen, console-like gaming interface, though it isn't enabled by default. Users can turn it on and access it through Settings, keyboard shortcuts like Win + F11, the Game Bar, or the Xbox app, and can exit back to the desktop just as easily.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-20
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