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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. With the rollout of iOS 26, iPhones back as far as the iPhone 11 are getting a suite of new upgrades and features. Some of those upgrades will impact the Apple Messages app. All of these additions and tweaks are useful ones, and there’s no doubt Messages is now better than ever. Features like custom backgrounds and polls (long available in other messaging apps) have now arrived. Here we’ll get you up to speed on everything that’s new in iOS 26 for Messages. Add custom backgrounds…
Looking for a solid laptop that won’t drain your bank account? HP just dropped one of the most aggressive deals we’ve seen this year on Amazon: The HP 14-inch laptop with a full year of Office 365 included is now sitting at $279, slashed from its typical $799 price tag. You read that right, a 65% discount that makes this machine cheaper than most bare-bones budget laptops on the market. This configuration packs an Intel Processor N150, 4GB RAM, 256GB total storage and a full docking station with 8 ports. HP couldn’t offer such a steep reduction on their official…
Apple’s iPad Pro will reportedly get much cooler in 2027. The high-end tablet will also be equipped with a new chip, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The analyst notes that Apple will incorporate a vapor chamber in the next-gen iPad Pro models, which will debut in 2027. A vapor chamber should help the Pro tablets perform much better while being more efficient, especially when running resource-intensive tasks. Gurman also states that the 2027 iPad Pro will come equipped with a new Apple M6 SoC. The chip will likely be manufactured on TSMC’s 2nm process. Notably, Apple announced the latest iPad…
Google is rolling out out a new feature for Gemini’s Canvas, the free interactive workspace inside the AI chatbot’s app, meant for students and employees who need to create presentations. Gemini is now capable of generating slides with just a prompt, though users can also upload files like documents, spreadsheets and research papers if they want a presentation based on a specific source. If the source doesn’t matter, users can write a prompt, such as “Upload any source to create a presentation on [a specific topic],” for instance. But if the source is essential, they can upload the file first…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. In 1839, photography as a medium was made widely available to the public. And the world changed. Named in honor of photography’s milestone year, the 1839 Awards celebrates stunning imagery from around the world. This year’s competition welcomed entries from 79 countries and awarded winners across professional and non-professional categories. “Blue Hour Guardian”Credit: Alexander Tasho / 1839 Awards “The winning works embody a dynamic spectrum of artistic inquiry, moving between nuanced studies of personal identity and sweeping depictions of societal and environmental narratives,” a press release…
The modern tech life means juggling multiple devices that all need power at different times, and there’s nothing more frustrating than watching your laptop die while your phone sits at 10% because you only have one charger between them. Baseus just solved that headache with their 100W USB-C charger that’s now down to $34 on Amazon, dropped from its usual $49 price tag. This three-port powerhouse can charge your MacBook Pro, iPad, and iPhone simultaneously and at this all-time low price, it costs less than what Apple charges for a basic 20W charging brick. See at Amazon Two USB-C and…
The vivo X300 series is off to a strong start – the two new models got mostly positive results in last week’s poll. There is still the question of the global launch time frame and pricing hanging over them – the official launch is set for the end of the month, so expect more details next week. The vivo X300 Pro got the thumbs up from one third of voters. We are still working on a full review, but we have a hands-on review with both the X300 and X300 Pro, complete with plenty of camera samples, so you can…
The iterative upgrades for iPads may not be enticing enough to warrant a new purchase every year, but Apple may have a particularly cool upgrade to convince users to shell out for the next iPad Pro. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is planning to include a vapor chamber for the upcoming iPad Pro that’s due to ship with the M6 chip.We’ve already seen the vapor chamber included in the iPhone 17 Pro models, helping to boost cooling and performance. While an iPad’s larger surface area makes for greater heat dissipation than an iPhone, this cooling system should make the…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. There’s something to be said about a good sigh. Sometimes that deep exhale doesn’t just feel psychologically satisfying, but physically restorative. According to a study published in the journal Science Advances, new evidence indicates sighing truly is a way to help reset your body—specifically, the fluid that coats your lungs. Pulmonary surfactants are a special group of phospholipids and proteins that coat the exterior of your respiratory organs. They essentially act as a lubricant for your lungs by reducing their surface tension as you breathe. They’re…
Professional blowouts at a high-end salon easily run $60 to $100 per session and if you’re getting your hair done weekly, that’s thousands of dollars annually for results that last just a few days. Dyson just dropped the Supersonic Origin hair dryer to $299 on Amazon, slashed from its usual $419 price, and at this all-time low, you’re paying the equivalent of three to five salon visits for a tool that delivers the same professional-grade results at home for years to come. See at Amazon This isn’t your average drugstore hair dryer: The Supersonic packs Dyson’s digital motor V9 that…