Streaming accounted for nearly 80 percent of American music revenue in 2019 according to the Recording Industry Association of America’s just-released full-year music report. The RIAA has reported that streaming represented 79 percent ($8.8 billion) of American music revenue in 2019, compared to 75 percent the year before. And crucially, more of those were paid […]
The coronavirus crisis is now serious with a toll of 81,292 cases and 2,770 deaths as of writing that tech giants are starting to carefully consider how they moderate related content posted on their social platforms. According to a report from Business Insider, Facebook is crafting tighter rules for what content is acceptable on the […]
LG’s smartphone business spent most of last year struggling to turn a profit. LG is now getting out in front with its third dual-screen smartphone. The trick to LG’s approach, if you’re unfamiliar, is the second display is part of a case that can be separated from the main phone whenever you don’t want the added weight […]
Microsoft started publicly demonstrating Android on its Surface Duo device last month, but the company hasn’t shown all of the software features that will be part of this new dual-screen device. A leaked video shared on Twitter shows a Surface Duo opened just slightly. The time and notifications are clustered on the right side of […]
Microsoft is rolling out its new Xbox One dashboard design to all consoles this week. The new design focuses on overhauling the home page of the Xbox One dashboard, with frequently used games and apps available immediately. The new Home design also includes the ability to add or remove rows to customize it further, and […]
Qualcomm announced the XR2 virtual reality platform at its Snapdragon Summit in December, but now the company is revealing a new reference design for the chipset. The design was built by electronics company Goertek, and shows off a number of the chipset’s capabilities — including support for up to seven cameras. The headset itself looks […]
Samsung’s Galaxy S20 device lineup has become the first to receive USB certification for their support of the Programmable Power Supply (PPS) and USB Power Delivery (USB PD) 3.0 standards, the USB Implementers Forum announced today. It means that the phones should have no problem working with third-party fast chargers, so long as they’re also […]
Apple and Johnson & Johnson are teaming up to conduct a new health study to determine if the iPhone and Apple Watch can reduce the risk of stroke. The study is made possible through a new Heartline app for the iPhone that combines data from the Apple Watch ECG app. The study is open to […]
Oppo has announced that its next flagship phone, the Find X2, is coming next week. Oppo had planned to reveal the device at Mobile World Congress 2020 in Barcelona, but following the conference’s cancellation has now decided to conduct the unveiling online next Friday, March 6th. You may remember the original Find X from 2018. […]
Apple today shared two new “Technical Overview” white papers that take an extensive look into the technology and feature set of the Pro Display XDR and the Mac Pro. Apple posted white papers for both the Mac Pro (PDF) and Pro Display XDR (PDF) that dive deep into the specs for each. The Mac Pro […]
HTC has announced via Twitter that its new previously unveiled PC VR headset designed for “elite gaming” is now available to preorder for $899. The new headset offers a combined pixel resolution of 2880 x 1700 offering and 88% increase over the original Vive VR headset. check out the quick promotional video below to learn […]
Samsung has just unveiled the first 16GB LPDDR5 mobile DRAM chips built on its second-generation 10-nanometer process tech, the company has announced. We’ve already seen this chip in Samsung’s Galaxy S20 Ultra, and it’ll likely appear in more flagship phones in the very near future. On top of boosting the memory of upcoming smartphones, it’ll […]
Netflix is adding a new feature that will rank the 10 most popular programs on its service in your country Netflix announced. The new top 10 row will be updated daily and reveal what is popular in your country. The row’s position will vary depending on “how relevant the shows and films are to you,” […]
NASA’s “InSight” lander touched down on the surface of Mars, with the goal of examining the Red Planet’s interior. InSight has been in operation for around three months, and it’s already turned up some interesting results. According to reports, InSight has detected hundreds of “marsquakes”; planetary tremors that behave similarly to the ground-shaking natural phenomena […]
Huawei announced that it will release its Sound X smart speaker in Europe in the next few weeks. The Sound X is the first Huawei smart speaker to debut outside of China but will arrive without a voice assistant speaker It’ll pack the same Devialet-powered 360-degree sound and 60W double subwoofer. However, it won’t initially […]