If you've ever had the embarrassing displeasure of interrupting a Microsoft Teams meeting by accidentally hitting the "raise hand" feature then I have some good news for you. Microsoft is redesigning its online meeting software, which will move the raise hand button from the main toolbar and allow users to personalize the controls displayed there. The update was announced on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap, and is expected to roll out sometime in June this year. The changes will group the Raise Hand feature under the Reactions button "to reduce mis-clicks," according to Microsoft, which is handy because the two functions are easy to conflate at a … Read the full story at The Verge. View the full article

Samsung makes Ikea’s lineup feel native inside SmartThings, not like generic Matter devices. | Image: Samsung Ikea's two dozen Matter-over-Thread devices have proved problematic since launch, but Samsung says its SmartThings platform now has it all sorted. If true, it means Ikea's sensors and complex remotes should actually display correctly, function flawlessly, and plug directly into Samsung's advanced home automation routines without any issues. To achieve this, Samsung says it has "built enhanced integrations" with Ikea's scroll wheel remote, bulbs, smart plugs, and sensors for temperature, humidity, air quality, motion, water, and open doors and windows. Furthermore, "Samsung and Ikea conducted multiple rounds of validation to enhance connect … Read the full story at The Verge. View the full article

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The Apple Sports widget for iOS. | Image: Apple I was disappointed when Apple launched a new Sports iOS widget last year without CarPlay support, but I'm pleased to report that's changing this week. The latest Apple Sports update includes widget support in CarPlay, allowing you to follow live sports scores for your favorite teams or leagues all within the new widgets interface in the iOS 26 version of CarPlay. You can pick between a league widget that shows live scores and schedules for a league or sport you're interested in, or a teams widget which follows your favorite teams. Both widgets will show live scores, but they don't appear to update in real time. I tested the widget during th … Read the full story at The Verge. View the full article

If you’re proud of something, you want people to see it. That is why it’s telling that Virginia Democrats are asking Old Dominion residents to vote for a redistricting scheme without allowing their proposed map to be printed on the ballots. But it’s no wonder: the mid-decade redistricting proposal is an obscene gerrymander that will wipe out all but one GOP-leaning congressional district in the state. And, of course, they claim it’s all done in the name of "democracy." This dishonest power play seeks to make the congressional representation of a purple state nearly as blue as Massachusetts. It disenfranchises nearly half the Commonwealth (Virginia went 51.8%-46.6% for Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024). The proposed districts are extreme – running from heavily populated blue areas deep into rural red areas. Federal government employees in Arlington and Fairfax will essentially dictate the congressional representation of farmers and shopkeepers up to 100 miles away. DAVID MARCUS: RICH MEN NORTH OF RICHMOND TRY TO STEAL VOTES OF RURAL VIRGINIANS Local airwaves have been inundated with ads pushing this redistricting scheme as a benevolent attempt to save democracy and "free and fair elections." One ubiquitous ad features former President Barack Obama carrying on his tradition for honesty that was exemplified in his infamous declaration, "if you like your plan, you can keep your plan." Now it’s, "if you like your district, you can keep your district," with the hollow promise of going back to Virginia’s regular redistricting process in 2030. Materials provided to the grassroots are a bit more transparent than the types of phony appeals to democracy wielded by the former president, governor, and other scheming progressives. Yard signs supporting the initiative are much more clear about the intent of the initiative, urging voters to "fight back" against MAGA. BATTLE FOR THE HOUSE RUNS THROUGH VIRGINIA AS COURT OKS HIGH-STAKES REDISTRICTING VOTE It is obvious to anyone paying attention that, rather than an effort to "restore fairness" or "level the playing field," the Virginia gerrymander, or Virgerrymander, is nothing more than an effort to stack the deck in favor of Democrats to weaken President Donald Trump. So, what can the president and his allies do? Aside from motivating Virginia residents to oppose this power grab, Trump has another tool he can use to "fight back," to borrow the supporters’ phrase. He could fight fire with fire and choose another type of re-Districting. In 1790, Virginia and Maryland each gave five square miles of land to the Federal government to create a district for a new national capital. That Virginia land remained part of the District of Columbia until 1847 when it was retroceded to the commonwealth. The shameful reason for that retrocession was protecting slavery in Virginia when the District abolished it. This became moot after the Union defeated the ancestors of this current effort to rig elections and resist the elected federal leadership in the Civil War. Other presidents, including William Howard Taft, have considered retrocession unconstitutional and wanted to reclaim the land for the District, but the Supreme Court has never been asked to weigh in. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION President Trump could issue an executive order declaring the slavery-motivated retrocession unconstitutional, triggering certain legal action, and allowing the courts to finally weigh in on whether the county of Arlington and the city of Alexandria in fact properly belong to the District of Columbia. This Order would be on better legal footing than many of President Joe Biden’s most egregious orders, such as those imposing an eviction moratorium or forgiving billions in student debt with the stroke of an (auto) pen. As some of the deepest blue areas of the Commonwealth – and the country – and loaded with federal government employees, residents of this region should feel right at home as part of D.C. In an ad pushing for voters to back her party’s gerrymandering scheme, Spanberger calls this an "extraordinary moment." So it is. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures – measures that, unlike the "Virgerrymander," are legal and ethical. If Virginia Democrats’ redistricting succeeds, President Trump should re-District Virginia. It will not only neutralize the president’s political opponents’ move to stack Congress against him – thus protecting him from another likely sham impeachment – but, most importantly, it will save a great number of red Virginians from having their votes canceled out by deep blue D.C.-adjacent liberals. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM CHAD R. MIZELLE View the full article