Ranking all 16 iOS versions, from worst to best

In 2007, Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone on the stage at Macworld Expo in San Francisco. It has been 16 years since that announcement that changed the mobile industry as we know it; today, we now have 16 versions of iOS software that power ouriPhones. iOS has certainly come a long way, withiOS 16letting us do things on ouriPhone 14that we never thought was possible a decade ago. But each version of iOS has its own strengths and weaknesses, with some releases being better than others....

June 23, 2025 · 17 min · 3462 words · Nathan Cook

Ransom Canyon’s Yancy copies unhinged Virgin River character in the best possible way

Ransom Canyon’s Yancy copies unhinged Virgin River character in the best possible way If you’re bingingRansom Canyonand thinking bad boy Yancy Grey is familiar, you’d be right – and you only need to look to anotherNetflixseries for answers. Arriving as a handsome stranger in town during Episode 1, Yancy becomes one of thenew TV show’s most important characters by the end of the season. While he might come across as slippery with questionable intentions, Yancy has a heart of gold underneath....

June 23, 2025 · 3 min · 532 words · Stephen Moore

Sennheiser Momentum 3 earbuds drop below $200 in stellar Walmart deal

Sennheiser Momentum 3 earbuds drop below $200 in stellar Walmart deal Fancy getting a pair of premium wireless earbuds? This discount on Sennheiser’s Momentum 3 earbuds could be a perfect excuse to get some. The ultra-premium Momentum 3 fromSennheiseris among thebest wireless earbudsretailing right now. These flagship earbuds are discounted right now and are selling at just below $200 at Walmart, bringing them in line withApple’svery popularAirPodsoptions. But, if you have anAndroidphone, this could be a sweet deal....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 370 words · Amber Estrada

Subway customer attacks employee with sandwich for not cutting their footlong

Subway customer attacks employee with sandwich for not cutting their footlong A Florida man was arrested for battery after they attacked a Subway worker with their sandwich for not cutting the footlong sub in half. Fastfoodrestaurants have often spawned endless viral clips across the internet involving troublesome encounters between customers and employees. Whether it’s one angry customerslapping a Taco Bell workeror even fights breaking out at a McDonald’s branch for running out of Sweet and Sour sauce, it has proved to be a tricky place to work for many....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 315 words · Joshua Cole

Texas brings the ban hammer down on DeepSeek and RedNote

If you’re a government worker in Texas, you can’t useDeepSeekor many other Chinese-developed applications on your state-issued device. Texas Governor, Greg Abbott, has instated a ban, preventing state employees from downloading, installing, or using several notable Chinese apps on government-sanctioned devices. Sighting data privacy and national security concerns, the Governor decreed that state workers are prohibited from interacting with Chinese AI and social media apps including DeepSeek,RedNote, and Lemon8 on state-owned devices....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 354 words · Katherine Casey

The best camper vans

Driving a camper means you’ll never have to pitch a tent or look for a hotel room ever again. These rigs give you the freedom to set up camp anywhere you want (or, at least, anywhere you’re allowed to). Whether that’s next to a lake, on top of a mountain with a breathtaking view, or on the beach is for you and your fellow travelers to decide. If you’re ready to spend time away from civilization, check out some of the trucks and vans we’d choose to leave it all behind....

June 23, 2025 · 9 min · 1716 words · Sean Gilbert

The Fitbit Versa: everything you need to know

In March, Fitbit officially unveiled theFitbit Versa— a product it calls a “smartwatch for all.” Featuring a style reminiscent of theApple Watch, the Versa plants its flag as the successor to the company’s previous smartwatch releases, theBlazeandIonic. Here’s everything you need to know. You can check out ourFitbit Versa reviewfor a more in-depth analysis of the smartwatch. A variety of cases and watch bands to choose from This year, Fitbit teamed up with The Council of Fashion Designers of America to create a designer collection by New York-based brandPH5....

June 23, 2025 · 8 min · 1640 words · Karina Robinson

These are the holiday gifts any PlayStation fan will love

The PlayStation 4 is the undisputed king of the current console generation, with sales of over 100 million systems and some of the best first-party exclusives we’ve played in years. That means you’ll likely have plenty of PlayStation players to buy holiday gifts for this season, whether that be a powerful console like thePS4 Pro, an exclusive accessory like thePlayStation VR, a collection of great games, or even some merchandise so they can show off their fandom....

June 23, 2025 · 8 min · 1513 words · Nicole Reid

This new app just fixed the MacBook notch, and I love it

NotchNook is a new app that takes your useless old MacBook notch and transforms it into an expanding utility tab — a Dynamic Island, if you will. The notches on iPhone and MacBook screens always have and always will be controversial, butuntil Apple gives us a better option, we might as well make the most of it. And that is clearly the aim of this app — after all, why should the iPhones be the only one with aDynamic Island?...

June 23, 2025 · 3 min · 492 words · Matthew Choi

TiVo’s Bolt OTA gives cord-cutters the 4K set-top box they’ve been waiting for

For a lot of folks the idea of cutting the cord and ridding themselves of their monthly cable or satellite bill sounds great — at least on paper. The reality of going cord-free, however, doesn’t always live up to expectations. The over-the-air (OTA) receiver you’re using might only support one TV, and its on-screen programming guide may feel like a step down when compared to the set-top box you were renting from your cable provider....

June 23, 2025 · 4 min · 653 words · Angela Robinson

Twitter removes more than half of abusive tweets automatically

Twitter now removes half of tweets containing abusive content automatically without relying on content moderators or users reporting them. The social media platform’s2019 third quarter reportrevealed that 50% of those tweets that were removed due to abusive content were done so through improvements in machine learning. “We also continue to make progress on health, improving our ability to proactively identify and remove abusive content, with more than 50% of the Tweets removed for abusive content in Q3 taken down without a bystander or first-person report,” Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said in the report....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 359 words · Monica Allen

We now have scientific proof that quitting Facebook makes you less depressed

There’s now scientific proof of what we already knew: Quitting Facebook is beneficial for your health. A new report titled “The Economic Effects of Facebook” was published this week online in the journal Experimental Economics. The study looked at two groups of Texas A&M student participants in 2017: Those who went off Facebook for a week and those who remained on the social media platform during that period. The findings, discussed inNieman Lab, were that the students who were off of Facebook consumed less news and also reported greater overall well-being....

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 377 words · Patricia Bowman

Yay! Twitter has just become less annoying

A couple of weeks after Twitter said it was working on it, the company has finally updated its Android and iPhone apps so that you once again return to the timeline that you were looking at last. This is live for Android and iOS! Update to the latest version of the app so that “For you” and “Following” will default to whichever tab you had open last.https://t.co/GB1TxWJoOm — Support (@Support)July 14, 2025...

June 23, 2025 · 2 min · 418 words · Francis Hughes