This Android trick lets me access my phone faster - here's how it works

What you'll need: An Android device running version 14 or newer of the OS. The first thing to do is to open the Settings app. You can do that by either tapping Settings in the App Drawer, or by ...
New Scientist

Physicists can now take control of 'hidden' friction in devices

One type of friction can waste energy even when two perfectly smooth surfaces move against each other, but researchers are ...

Chemistry isn't always essential for order: How simple geometry gives rise to complex materials

Utrecht University researchers Rodolfo Subert and Marjolein Dijkstra show in their latest study that complex ...
MacRumors

Got a New iPhone 17? How to Use All the New Features

Apple's iPhone 17, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ Max have been available to buy since September, and a fair few will have been gifted over the holidays. If you're the proud owner of ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Google Warns: Don't Use NoIndex Tags In Pages That Use JavaScript

Google updated its JavaScript SEO documentation to warn against using a noindex tag in the original page code on JavaScript pages. Google wrote, "if you do want the page indexed, don't use a noindex ...
Search Engine Land

Google says don’t use JavaScript to generate a noindex tag in the original page code

Google has updated its JavaScript SEO basics documentation to clarify how Google’s crawler handles noindex tags in pages that use JavaScript. In short, if “you do want the page indexed, don’t use a ...
Android Authority

Stop using the wrong Gemini: The one setting you need to change for Gemini 3

Just eight months after Gemini 2.5 launched, Google has upgraded its AI models once again with the release of Gemini 3. Gemini 3 officially began rolling out widely on November 18, and even this early ...
The New York Times

How A.I. and Social Media Contribute to ‘Brain Rot’

A.I. search tools, chatbots and social media are associated with lower cognitive performance, studies say. What to do? Credit...Derek Abella Supported by By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s ...
Engadget

How to use Live Translation with AirPods

With the arrival of iOS 26, Apple’s Live Translation feature for AirPods is now ready for use. It’s available on older models of the company’s earbuds, so you don’t need the new AirPods Pro 3 to ...
MacRumors

iPhone 17, Pro, Air: How to Use All the New Features

Apple's iPhone 17, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max launched today in markets around the world. If you're the proud owner of one of Apple's latest models, then keep reading. Whether ...
Searchenginejournal.com

Google Adds Guidance On JavaScript Paywalls And SEO

Google is apparently having trouble identifying paywalled content due to a standard way paywalled content is handled by publishers like news sites. It’s asking that publishers with paywalled content ...