Instant Pot Duo Crisp vs. Ninja Foodi

For quite some time, one of the biggest problems with multifunctional pressure cookers is that they lacked the ability to prepare dry and crunchy foods like french fries and breaded chicken. Enter the Ninja Foodi — a pressure cooker with an additional lid for air frying, baking, and roasting. Instant Pot, perhaps the most popular name in pressure cooking devices, also came out with its own combination pressure cooker and air fryer:The Instant Pot Duo Crisp + Air Fryer....

August 17, 2025 · 4 min · 825 words · Margaret Foster

iPad mini becomes in-flight entertainment for Hawaiian Airlines

If you plan to fly to Hawaii soon, you may want to spend the travel time with an iPad mini.Hawaiian Airlines saysit will offer the iPad as an entertainment option to passengers on more than a dozen aircraft starting September 1, including Boeing 767 flights. The Apple tablet will be available for rental either before passengers board or during flight. According to the airline, 1,400 tablets will be offered from its Honolulu headquarters to the U....

August 17, 2025 · 2 min · 324 words · Brandon Forbes

iPhone 7 Plus teardown: 3GB of RAM, faux speaker grille, bigger battery & more

Repair wizards over at iFixit flew out to Japan to obtain their iPhone 7 Plus (in Rose Gold),performingtheir ritual teardown dance which has helped confirm whatwe’ve been suspecting all along: that a second grille at the bottom doesn’t house a second speaker. Other interesting observations gleaned from peeking under the hood of the iPhone 7 Plus include a replaceable Home button, a lot bigger Taptic Engine than in the iPhone 6s, a bigger 2,900 mAh battery, dust and water-proofing measures and other tidbits....

August 17, 2025 · 5 min · 933 words · Jared Jimenez

iPhone Mirroring on the Mac is another expression of how Apple is stuck

In the grand scheme of software updates Apple released in 2024, covering things as commonplace as adding a calculator app withiPadOS 18, and as important as new customization options iniOS 18, macOS Sequoia isn’t that big of a deal. All the software pales in comparison to at least the way the company has positionedApple Intelligence, its take on AI features custom-built for Macs, iPads, and iPhones. But Apple Intelligence wasn’t ready for the release ofmacOS Sequoia, and likely won’t be released in full whenthe first M4 Macsare expected to be released in October....

August 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1119 words · Joshua Nguyen

Is A Premium Netflix Subscription Worth It? What To Know Before You Subscribe

Is A Premium Netflix Subscription Worth It? What To Know Before You Subscribe Netflix currently offers three subscription tiers: Premium ($25 a month), Standard ($18 a month), and Standard with ads ($8 a month). What differentiates Premium is its support for ultra HD 4K video with HDR, giving you the best quality viewing experience possible. The Standard tiers, meanwhile, are capped at 1080p quality, also known as full HD. you’re able to also watch on four devices at one time, whereas the other plans only allow two simultaneously streaming devices....

August 17, 2025 · 4 min · 730 words · Lisa Anderson

Jupiter's Near-Twin Found In Old Kepler Telescope Data

Jupiter’s Near-Twin Found In Old Kepler Telescope Data How many planets exist in theMilky Waygalaxy? This is the all-compelling question for the team of astronomers deciphering old data collected by theKepler Space Telescope, a spacefaring telescope that once observed distant sections of the Milky Way galaxy for previously undiscovered exoplanets between 2009 and 2018. So abundant was the data Kepler collected over its near-decade of service that researchers have continued to make new discoveries well after the craft was retired from service....

August 17, 2025 · 3 min · 569 words · Daniel Peterson

Kuo: all iPhone 12 models will support faster mmWave 5G

Despite what other analysts have been saying, one says all four new iPhone models that Apple is expected to release this fall are predicted to support the entire 5G spectrum, including Sub-6GHz and the faster mmWave radio technology, both at the same time. “We believe that Apple will release new iPhones that support mmWave and Sub-6GHz iPhones at the same time in the second half of 2020,” according to an investor note Monday from reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of TF International Securities, seen byAppleInsider....

August 17, 2025 · 2 min · 332 words · Adrian Miller

Lucid Gravity Price, Range And Specs Confirmed: What You Need To Know

Lucid Gravity Price, Range And Specs Confirmed: What You Need To Know It’s no secret that Tesla-rival Lucid Motors has been working on an electric SUV for a while now. Internally known as “Project Gravity,” the first reports of this upcoming SUV came to light in 2020. Four years, a global pandemic, and following abunch of Lucid Gravity previewslater, the long-drawn wait for Lucid’s first SUV — the Lucid Gravity — has finally come to an end....

August 17, 2025 · 4 min · 700 words · Monica Smith

Moto Z2 Force is the ultra-tough dual-camera modular phone you've been waiting for

The Moto Z2 now comes in two flavours:the Z2 Play, which we initially reviewed back in June upon its release; and the Z2 Force, a high-end model in the series, which we saw during preview sessions behind closed doors back in May this year. As with all Moto Z phones, the Z2 Force iscompatible with Moto Mods (Moto Snaps in some territories), the clip-on accessories that can transform the phone’s use....

August 17, 2025 · 2 min · 391 words · Jenny Patterson

Nature's Calling Week 3 Quest Guide in The Sims 4

Quick Links The limited event to celebrate the release of Enchanted by Nature forThe Sims 4continues into its third week with a new set of quests for you to complete. Week 3 has two sets of quests that you need to complete to earn rewards, but if you haven’t done the quests from the first weeks, then you’ll need to work through them before you’re able to start the latest tasks....

August 17, 2025 · 4 min · 672 words · Kathleen Gilbert

Parrot AR.Drone Official: $299 From September

Parrot AR.Drone Official: $299 From September Parrot’sAR.Dronewas thesurprise hit of CES 2010, and it seemed that even the French company themselves were overwhelmed by interest in the iPhone-controlled quadricopter. Since then they’ve been stringing us along with the promise of a full launch at E3 2010, and that momenthas finally come. The Parrot AR.Drone will hit the US in September 2010, priced at $299.Video demos after the cut The AR.Drone has four sets of blades and two cameras – one front-facing, the footage from which is streamed back to the iPhone, iPod touch or iPad remotely controlling it, and one looking down which is used for auto-pilot – and can be used both indoors and outdoors....

August 17, 2025 · 9 min · 1765 words · Ashlee Thompson

Pharrell William’s new single ‘Freedom’ will be an Apple Music exclusive

The revelation of the exclusive agreement with Apple Music came in the ending credits of a teaser video for “Freedom” that was shared on Facebook andTwitterlast evening. It’s unclear how long the song, which was heard during the WWDC 2015 keynote announcing Apple Music, might be exclusive to the forthcoming music service and if in fact Apple Music would stream Pharrell’s next album. Freedom. June 30th@AppleMusichttps://t.co/82MceAkbRe — Pharrell Williams (@Pharrell)June 26, 2025 The hip-hop artists also received an Apple Watch ahead of its April 24 launch andshowed it off proudlyon ‘The Voice’ and Instagram....

August 17, 2025 · 2 min · 350 words · Haley Jones

Pom Klementieff Wraps Filming on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Last week James Gunn hinted that filming onGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3was heading to a close, and it looks likePom Klementieffhas already wrapped on the movie. The actress plays Mantis in the Guardians series of movies and after originally joining the group inGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, she almost managed to end the plans of Thanos inAvengers: Infinity Warbefore being dusted and then brought back inAvengers: Endgameto aid in the defeat of the Mad Titan and his army of followers....

August 17, 2025 · 3 min · 549 words · Ashley Norris