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YouTube is finally rolling out picture-in-picture mode for YouTube TV on iOS YouTube is rolling out a picture-in-picture mode for YouTube TV on iOS devices running iOS 15 or newer, the company announced Wednesday. YouTube chief product officer Neal Mohan promised on The Vergecast that the feature was on the way, and now it’s finally here. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/30/23003709/youtube-tv-picture-in-picture-iphone-ipad

Microsoft rebrands its Android Your Phone companion app to Phone Link Microsoft is rebranding its Your Phone app to Phone Link and updating it with a Windows 11 design overhaul. Your Phone launched more than three years ago as a key way to link an Android phone to Windows and avoid picking up your device to check calls or notifications. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/31/23004352/microsoft-phone-link-rebranding-windows-11-design-update

Meet Earendel, the most distant star ever detected The most distant star — or possibly pair of stars — that astronomers have ever seen was just revealed thanks to the Hubble telescope and a massive cluster of galaxies. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/30/23002980/earendel-hubble-most-distant-star-gravitational-lensing-jwst

Dyson’s bizarre new headphones have a built-in air purifier Dyson is getting into headphones in the most Dyson way possible: the Zone, a pair of noise-canceling Bluetooth headphones with air purification technology built in, thanks to a bizarre-looking magnetic face visor. It’s both the strangest and most ambitious product that the company has ever made. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/30/23000577/dyson-zone-noise-cancellation-headphones-built-in-air-purifier

Jim Carrey ‘sickened’ by Oscars’ standing ovation for Will Smith: ‘Hollywood is spineless’ Jim Carrey has slammed Will Smith for slapping Chris Rock at Sunday night’s Academy Awards — and has hit out at the “spineless” audience of A-listers who subsequently gave the actor a standing ovation. Continue Reading . . . https://nypost.com/2022/03/29/jim-carrey-sickened-by-oscars-standing-ovation-for-will-smith/

Microsoft is finally making it easier to switch default browsers in Windows 11 Microsoft is finally making it easier to change your default browser in Windows 11. A new update (KB5011563) has started rolling out this week that allows Windows 11 users to change a default browser with a single click. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/29/23001277/microsoft-windows-11-default-browser-new-options

Steam Deck, one month later Love it or hate it, fail or succeed, the Steam Deck will go down in gadget history. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/22960536/steam-deck-faq-valve-one-month-later