Can’t buy an Nvidia RTX 5080 or 5090 GPU due to stock shortages? If you were hoping GeForce Now might provide a good alternative, we’ve got some bad news - Related to clipboard, redesign,, new, we’ve, saves

Can’t buy an Nvidia RTX 5080 or 5090 GPU due to stock shortages? If you were hoping GeForce Now might provide a good alternative, we’ve got some bad news

GeForce Now does not have any plans available at all right now.

Day passes will be back in a couple of weeks, we’re told.

The wait for full subscriptions could be much longer, due to Nvidia’s transition to a new payment system for the service.

it has heard from Nvidia spokesperson Stephenie Ngo that day passes are coming back before too long, with Ngo informing us that new sign-ups for the single day experiences should return in “roughly two weeks.”.

However, it’ll be a good while longer before the full subscriptions (monthly and biannual) that most gamers want come back into play, and we aren’t told exactly when. So those who are fed up with not being able to buy an RTX 5080 or 5090, and are thinking about going to the streaming side of the gaming pond instead, are rather out of luck.

We are given a reason for this disruption via an official announcement delivered on the GeForce Now subreddit. It’s because Nvidia is transitioning from a third-party payment processing system to take over these duties itself.

The firm noted: “We expect the transition will take a minimum of 5 weeks.”.

Nvidia noted: “Starting January 31, 2025, billing will be waived while we transition payment services. Even though you won’t be billed, your account remains in good standing.”.

Analysis: High demand plus payment change combo.

All this comes off the back of Nvidia temporarily halting most subscription plans a couple of weeks ago, seemingly due to high demand on the servers. Given this, it seems perhaps an odd time to also shift payment providers, but maybe Nvidia is taking the opportunity to perform server or infrastructure upgrades at the same time as repositioning its payment system.

Who knows, your guess is as good as mine – but hopefully after this next month or two of bumpiness in terms of subscription availability, it’ll be back to business as usual for GeForce Now and those who’d like to fully join the cloud gaming club. Quite possibly before there’s any big jump in the stock levels of Nvidia’s high-end Blackwell graphics cards, to be fair.

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Chrome’s Incognito mode no longer saves copied stuff to clipboard history

It’s been a few years since Microsoft started making changes to Chromium, the open-source engine that powers most web browsers today, including Chrome and Edge. One of the more recent changes grants more privacy to end individuals in Incognito and InPrivate modes.

Turns out, Windows 10 and 11 no longer save content to the clipboard history when you copy stuff while in private browsing mode. Whatever inappropriate thing you’re copying, rest assured that it won’t end up in your clipboard history for others to spot.

This change was actually implemented by Microsoft back in 2024 and rolled out by Google later that year — but it wasn’t documented by either enterprise, reports Windows Latest.

Normally, when you copy something in a Chromium-based browser, it gets stored in Windows’s Clipboard History (which you can access with the Windows key + V shortcut). If you have Clipboard Sync enabled, that history will sync across all your cloud-synced devices. You probably don’t want that happening when browsing in private, yeah?

Well, now you don’t have to worry. This change has been live for a few months now and is effective on Windows 10, Windows 11, macOS, and iOS. Copy away! Just make sure you’re Incognito/InPrivate.

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iOS 19 could give our iPhones a long-awaited redesign, according to the new Invites and leaked Camera apps

Apple’s new Invites app has an interesting interface design.

It’s more reminiscent of visionOS apps than those made for iOS.

It might be a hint at iOS 19’s upcoming design rethink.

Occasionally, we get a sneak peek at what Apple has planned in its future devices, and that seems to have happened with the recent launch of the corporation’s new Invites app. Because far from being a simple party-planning app, Invites sheds light on the sort of design we could end up seeing in iOS 19.

Open up Invites and the first thing you’ll notice is how much it has in common with apps made for Apple’s Vision Pro headset. As Apple enthusiast Parker Ortolani has noted, the app’s glassy, floating boxes and colorful backgrounds are very reminiscent of what you’ll find when using the Vision Pro.

It’s unlike most other Apple apps, which share a more familiar design language that has been present in iOS for years. With visionOS – the operating system that runs on the Vision Pro – Apple changed things up, and that seems to have translated across to Invites.

Interestingly, it’s not the first time we’ve seen an Apple app take a new direction in terms of the user interface. Ortolani pointed out that Apple’s in the recent past-launched Sports app was also a departure from the traditional design ethos we’re used to seeing. And a recent leak of what’s claimed to be a new look for the Camera app in iOS 19 displays an interface that is similarly inspired by the Vision Pro.

With the firm’s two most recent apps both taking a turn away from the design principles of past Apple apps, does that mean something new is on the horizon? That seems to be Ortolani’s belief, at least. If Apple is starting to follow the Vision Pro’s lead when it comes to app design, this could perhaps portend a shift when iOS 19 is previewed in the summer at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).

The last time we saw a significant app design shift was when iOS 7 launched in 2013. When that happened, Apple ditched the skeuomorphism that defined its past design philosophy and adopted a much flatter look for both the operating system and its apps.

It’s been over a decade since that major change, so it may well be time for another design rethink. And if Apple’s latest apps seem to be shifting closer to those found in visionOS, perhaps we’ll see a much bigger overhaul when iOS 19 is revealed to the world.

Ultimately, ensuring its apps share a common design language makes sense for Apple, as it means its customers can find familiar elements and systems whatever device they’re using. And if that’s the goal, it’s possible that Apple’s other devices – from the Apple Watch to the Mac – could end up heading the same way.

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