/> 'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing.When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or service, we may earn affiliate commissions. This helps support our work, but does not affect...…/> 'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing.When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or service, we may earn affiliate commissions. This helps support our work, but does not affect...WW…

/>Headphone jack is gone, physical buttons are on the way out. But there's another change coming that will radically change the way we use our iPhones.Apple's product development cycle is, when you break it down, very simple. Release a product, and then over the course of many iterations, work on simplifying and streamlining the design of the product.Seems simple, but it's also incredibly complex. It's all a balancing act of countless variables -- size, weight, component costs, battery capacity, assembly complexity and costs being just a few -- but one way that Apple can radically...…/>Headphone jack is gone, physical buttons are on the way out. But there's another change coming that will radically change the way we use our iPhones.Apple's product development cycle is, when you break it down, very simple. Release a product, and then over the course of many iterations, work on simplifying and streamlining the design of the product.Seems simple, but it's also incredibly complex. It's all a balancing act of countless variables -- size, weight, component costs, battery capacity, assembly complexity and costs being just a few -- but one way that Apple can radically...WW…

/>Looks like the 13-inch MacBook Pro is getting a refresh real soon. Or maybe not.The coronavirus pandemic has changed a lot of things, but one thing that it hasn't changed is Apple releasing new products. And benchmarks test results suggest that Apple has a new 13-inch MacBook Pro in the works.Well, maybe it won't be the 13-inch model, but more on that in a moment.Must read: Twitter user discovered 3DMark benchmarks for the new MacBook Pro.As you might imagine, there's not a whole lot of information.The i7-1068NG7 processor is a 10th-gen Intel Ice Lake-U chip that as of yet has not been...…/>Looks like the 13-inch MacBook Pro is getting a refresh real soon. Or maybe not.The coronavirus pandemic has changed a lot of things, but one thing that it hasn't changed is Apple releasing new products. And benchmarks test results suggest that Apple has a new 13-inch MacBook Pro in the works.Well, maybe it won't be the 13-inch model, but more on that in a moment.Must read: Twitter user discovered 3DMark benchmarks for the new MacBook Pro.As you might imagine, there's not a whole lot of information.The i7-1068NG7 processor is a 10th-gen Intel Ice Lake-U chip that as of yet has not been...WW…

/>There's an e-waste timebomb in our future, and the Apple logo is all over it.Yes, Apple's M1 processor is amazing. Blazingly fast, runs cool, and it sips rather than gulps power. The Macs built around this processor are tempting -- really tempting -- but these Macs also highlight everything that's wrong with Apple. These Macs represent the end of the road to upgrades, as well as making repairs difficult for most users. Also: Apple has led the way in making products that take what were once simple upgrades and repairs and made them close to impossible. It began with the non-replaceable...…/>There's an e-waste timebomb in our future, and the Apple logo is all over it.Yes, Apple's M1 processor is amazing. Blazingly fast, runs cool, and it sips rather than gulps power. The Macs built around this processor are tempting -- really tempting -- but these Macs also highlight everything that's wrong with Apple. These Macs represent the end of the road to upgrades, as well as making repairs difficult for most users. Also: Apple has led the way in making products that take what were once simple upgrades and repairs and made them close to impossible. It began with the non-replaceable...WW…

/> 'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing.When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or service, we may earn affiliate commissions. This helps support our work, but does not affect...…/> 'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing.When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or service, we may earn affiliate commissions. This helps support our work, but does not affect...WW…

/>By this point we're starting to think about iOS 15.iOS 14 was released back in September of 2020, and now, not only are we waiting for the iOS 14.5 update to land, but we're also starting to talk about iOS 15. But there's an iOS 14 bug that continues to plague some users, and there doesn't seem to be an end in sight. And that's the iOS 14 notifications bug. Read more: I've written about this bug a now, and I'm a bit surprised that it hasn't been fixed, but here we are, it's April 2021, and people are still being affected by it. There's a 90-page thread about this issue over on . From...…/>By this point we're starting to think about iOS 15.iOS 14 was released back in September of 2020, and now, not only are we waiting for the iOS 14.5 update to land, but we're also starting to talk about iOS 15. But there's an iOS 14 bug that continues to plague some users, and there doesn't seem to be an end in sight. And that's the iOS 14 notifications bug. Read more: I've written about this bug a now, and I'm a bit surprised that it hasn't been fixed, but here we are, it's April 2021, and people are still being affected by it. There's a 90-page thread about this issue over on . From...WW…

/>Repairing things is important, but we need things to last longer before they break. Here's how to achieve that almost overnight.It might shock some people to know that while I'm a supporter of the Right to Repair, the movement pressing for government legislation to allow consumers and businesses to repair and modify their stuff, I don't think that it will help consumers that much in the long run.This is not to say that people shouldn't be able to repair their stuff. Absolutely not, and being able to repair things is crucial in keeping things out of the junk pile. But I think that the...…/>Repairing things is important, but we need things to last longer before they break. Here's how to achieve that almost overnight.It might shock some people to know that while I'm a supporter of the Right to Repair, the movement pressing for government legislation to allow consumers and businesses to repair and modify their stuff, I don't think that it will help consumers that much in the long run.This is not to say that people shouldn't be able to repair their stuff. Absolutely not, and being able to repair things is crucial in keeping things out of the junk pile. But I think that the...WW…

/>We created the monster that Google Chrome has become. Only we can destroy it.Google Chrome is the most-used browser on the internet. The browser rose to fame as an alternative to slow, sluggish incumbents -- Internet Explorer and Safari. But Google Chrome has become the new leader, and as a result has itself become the sluggish incumbent.   It became the thing we hated. We created a monster. It's time for a change. Also: I don't say this lightly. Over the past few months, I've been testing browsers, examining things like performance, memory usage, battery usage, and overall feel...…/>We created the monster that Google Chrome has become. Only we can destroy it.Google Chrome is the most-used browser on the internet. The browser rose to fame as an alternative to slow, sluggish incumbents -- Internet Explorer and Safari. But Google Chrome has become the new leader, and as a result has itself become the sluggish incumbent.   It became the thing we hated. We created a monster. It's time for a change. Also: I don't say this lightly. Over the past few months, I've been testing browsers, examining things like performance, memory usage, battery usage, and overall feel...WW…

/>Billions of accessories in the bin, and having to buy more dongles, that's what it means for us.It seems increasingly likely that Apple is getting ready to phase out the Lightning port. Whether the will rip off the Band-Aid in one go, or whether we're in for a protracted death (a prominent Apple watcher on a previous claim it would happen this year), the writing is on the wall, and all signs point to the charging port's days being numbered. There are good reasons why Apple might want to do this -- less cost, more space inside the iPhone, one less thing to break or wear out -- but what...…/>Billions of accessories in the bin, and having to buy more dongles, that's what it means for us.It seems increasingly likely that Apple is getting ready to phase out the Lightning port. Whether the will rip off the Band-Aid in one go, or whether we're in for a protracted death (a prominent Apple watcher on a previous claim it would happen this year), the writing is on the wall, and all signs point to the charging port's days being numbered. There are good reasons why Apple might want to do this -- less cost, more space inside the iPhone, one less thing to break or wear out -- but what...WW…

/>You'll have to choose between accessing your LastPass account on your mobile devices or your computers.Are you a LastPass Free user? The company has announced that . Currently, free users can access their LastPass account across device types, mobile, and desktop. Starting March 16th, 2021, free users will only be able to choose between having access on their mobile devices (including mobile phones, smartwatches, and tablets) or their computers (including all browsers running on desktops and laptops).On this date, free users will get the chance to choose between mobile and computers and...…/>You'll have to choose between accessing your LastPass account on your mobile devices or your computers.Are you a LastPass Free user? The company has announced that . Currently, free users can access their LastPass account across device types, mobile, and desktop. Starting March 16th, 2021, free users will only be able to choose between having access on their mobile devices (including mobile phones, smartwatches, and tablets) or their computers (including all browsers running on desktops and laptops).On this date, free users will get the chance to choose between mobile and computers and...WW…