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Google today is announcing and beginning testing on an “AI Mode” for Search. This “early experiment” lets you ask more complex questions that will be answered by an AI-generated response that takes up the entire page.

According to Google’s user testing, people like . It results in both additional lookups and longer, more unique queries as people discover that Search can now answer more types of questions thanks to AI.

To that end, the company says “power users” want AI-powered responses for

Apple has just unveiled the M4 MacBook Air with a sweet new Sky Blue color no less, but we are now tracking some major savings opportunities on yesterday’s reveals – the and the new . Best Buy is now offering the new M3 Air for its members and trade-ins of an M2 can net you up to . The same goes for the – you can flip an iPad 10 to score the new model at . Those deals join with 48GB of RAM at over , nearly 2

Apple just launched its M4 MacBook Air and it ships next week. If you already own an M3 MacBook Air, should you even consider the M4 model? Here’s what you should know about the key differences.

Apple tends to update its most popular Macs on an annual cycle. It was right around this time last year when the M3 MacBook Air launched.

Apple brought the MacBook Air starting price back to the magic $999 number with the introduction of the M4 MacBook Air. In recent years, Apple relied on selling an older version of the MacBook Air to stay below the $1,000 price tag.

Having newer technology for a lower price is a double win for customers. It also means customers should seek even lower prices on previous generation MacBook Air models still being sold.

Considering an now that the M4 MacBook Air has arrived? Keep

PolarPro has announced its new LiteChaser 16 Slim case for the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max . PolarPro was kind enough to send over both a case and a full set of their filters to check it out. While I’m normally a no-case kind of guy, the added filter attachments might just switch me over for when I’m around town and need to scratch my photography itch.

If you don’t know who is, they’re best known for

iOS 18.4 is currently in beta testing, and with the recent beta 2 debut, it brought long-awaited RCS messaging support to , but also customers of some other big US carrier holdouts: Mint Mobile, Boost Mobile, and more. Here are the details.

RCS messaging is a newly supported feature in iOS 18 that makes texting between iPhones and Androids perform way better than before.

That’s because RCS is a more modern messaging protocol than SMS—the previous standard for non-iMessages.

The outgoing M3 MacBook Air is the last new Mac to come in a space gray aluminum finish. The M4 model replaces space gray with sky blue.

Apple first introduced space gray as a product color in 2013 with the iPhone 5s, replacing the slate iPhone 5.

Space gray later came to the Mac in 2015 with the 12-inch MacBook — the first aluminum Macs to come in any color but silver.

Apple added space gray to the MacBook Pro line a year

Apple seems to have discontinued the M2 and M3 MacBook Air following the introduction of the new M4 model.

Apple previously sold the M2 MacBook Air for $999 and M3 MacBook Air for $1099. The new M4 MacBook Air includes a $100 price reduction, replacing both the M2 and M3 models with a starting price of $999 (or $899 for education customers).

Apple also reduced the price of the 1