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If you haven’t yet updated to the new Apple Home, your smart home devices may no longer work in the Home app on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch starting tomorrow. On February 10, 2026, Apple will end support for the original HomeKit architecture.The biggest impact of the change will be felt by anyone still using an iPad as their Apple Home Hub (which allows you to control devices remotely and create automations).In the new Apple Home, iPads are no longer supported as hubs. You’ll need a HomePod or Apple TV to serve that role. The new architecture also…
Last year’s Super Bowl was watched by an estimated 127 million viewers, making it the most popular game to date. This year’s edition, Super Bowl LX, took place on February 8, 2026 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, featuring the Seattle Seahawks defeating the New England Patriots 29–13. That’s the most ever viewers for a Super Bowl and any single-network telecast in American history. The Super Bowl LX half-time show was headlined by multi-Grammy Award winner Bad Bunny alongside Lady Gaga, while Green Day and Charlie Puth also performed ahead of kick-off. Super Bowl replays and highlights in the US Naturally, with such…
Ferrari released the first interior images of the company’s first all-electric supercar, called the Ferrari Luce (“light” in Italian). This is the second time the Italian automaker has teased the Luce (formerly Elettrica) without showing us the actual car, or even a silhouette. But the interior images should suffice given the bold-faced name of the designer: Jony Ive.Ferrari decided to outsource the work of designing the Luce’s interior to Ive and his partner Marc Newson, who together run the design shop LoveFrom. Ive, obviously, is well known for his work as Apple’s former chief designer, overseeing such iconic products as…
When you bought your PlayStation 5 (one of the best gaming consoles around), it came with one official Sony PS5 controller and that undoubtedly felt like enough. Then your mate came over and you wanted to play some couch-based multiplayer and you realised that you need one of our list of the best PS5 controllers. These days, you can spend $200/£200 on a PS5 controller if you want. We’re not automatically saying to do so but by investing that much, you often get more advanced controls with extra paddles or feedback, and you tend to be able to choose almost…
The WF-1000XM6 will be powered by a new QN3e processor that’s “three times faster” than what’s inside the Sony WF-1000XM5 earbuds that debuted over two-and-a-half years ago. The upgraded processor will provide improved ANC performance alongside the addition of two more microphones, giving the WF-1000XM6 eight in total. The new earbuds will also feature a “new speaker, an improved DAC, and an enhanced amplifier,” according to billbil-kun.Battery life for the buds themselves will still be up to eight hours with ANC turned on, which can be extended by an extra 16 hours using their charging case, matching both the WF-1000XM5…
Ferrari has pulled back the curtain on the interior and interface of its first electric sports car – and it’s packed with Apple DNA. The new model is called Ferrari Luce, and its cabin has been shaped in close collaboration with ‘LoveFrom’, the creative collective founded by former Apple design chief Sir Jony Ive and Marc Newson. Revealed at an event in San Francisco, the Ferrari Luce interior sets out to challenge what an EV cockpit should feel like. Rather than defaulting to wall-to-wall touchscreens, Ferrari and LoveFrom have doubled down on tactility and precision. There are mechanical buttons, toggles…
YouTube TV has shared more details about the custom channel packages it will start rolling out this week. The new packages are cheaper than YouTube TV’s standard $82.99 / month plan, and will span sports, entertainment, and news. Here’s a breakdown of each package:YouTube TV says people who sign up for one of these packages can still add up to six people to one account, as well as access features like unlimited DVR, multiview, and key plays. These aren’t the only packages that YouTube TV plans on rolling out, however, as the company says it plans to launch more than…
Discord announced on Monday that it’s rolling out age verification on its platform globally starting next month, when it will automatically set all users’ accounts to a “teen-appropriate” experience unless they demonstrate that they’re adults.Users who aren’t verified as adults will not be able to access age-restricted servers and channels, won’t be able to speak in Discord’s livestream-like “stage” channels, and will see content filters for any content Discord detects as graphic or sensitive. They will also get warning prompts for friend requests from potentially unfamiliar users, and DMs from unfamiliar users will be automatically filtered into a separate inbox.Direct…
Live Nation executives have reportedly sidestepped the Justice Department’s antitrust division to negotiate directly with more sympathetic senior officials in the hopes of avoiding a monopoly trial. Citing “people familiar with the matter,” Semafor reports that some talks have excluded antitrust chief Gail Slater, who has pushed for a trial to take place in March after inheriting the case from the Biden administration.The lawsuit filed by the DOJ and 30 state and district attorneys general in May 2024 seeks to “break up Live Nation-Ticketmaster,” alleging that Live Nation’s dominance provides unfair commercial advantages that enable it to illegally suppress competition…
Kit Rocha and Courtney Milan have a knack for drawing attention to a cause. The bestselling romance novelists helped raise half a million dollars for Georgia voting rights in 2020. Now, their cause is whistles, because whistles let neighbors alert each other when they see ICE agents abducting people. They’ve helped create a group that’s shipped a half million free 3D-printed whistles to 49 US states — 200,000 of them in the first week of February alone.Even I print whistles now. It’s the first thing I do each morning after dropping kids at school, and the very last before bed.…
Super Bowl LX is nearly here, with the Seattle Seahawks taking on the New England Patriots. While Bad Bunny will be the star of the halftime show, AI could be the star of the commercial breaks, much like crypto was a few years ago.Super Bowl LX is set to kick off at 6:30PM ET/3:30PM PT on Sunday, February 8th, and is being broadcast on NBC and Peacock. Read the full article here
Free YouTube Music accounts are now seeing their access to lyrics limited, according to multiple reports. Google started testing lyrics as an exclusive feature for Premium users in September, but it appears that it’s now receiving a wider rollout. It seems that free users will be limited to viewing lyrics for five songs per month, though we’ve reached out to Google for confirmation.Once that limit is reached, users will only be able to see the first couple of lines. Everything beyond that will be blurred out, and they’ll be prompted to “Unlock lyrics with Premium.” The banner warning users about…