Xiaomi smartphone and set-top box owners in China will soon have access to potentially life-saving early earthquake warnings right on their devices. At its annual Mi Developer conference in Bejing, the Chinese electronics company said its MIUI 11-based smartphones and Mi TV set-top boxes now include an early earthquake warning feature. Xiaomi claims the system […]
A Twitch streamer has created a motion controller for the game Jedi: Fallen Order out of an old toy lightsaber and a glove. The materials to make the controllers cost only about $40. While the project was not expensive, it took him quite a while to complete. Dylan Beck, who goes by the handle “Rudeism” […]
Apple has released another iOS 13 update, bringing the latest version of the software for iPhone to iOS 13.2.3 and with it addressing a number of search, attachment, and background activity glitches. It comes less than two weeks since Apple released iOS 13.2.2, which featured a fix for over-aggressive closing of background apps. iOS 13.2.3 […]
iFixit has quickly pried off a few keys to give us a look at the return of the scissor switch mechanism, but what about the rest of the laptop? Now they’ve completed a full teardown of the latest machine and rather unsurprisingly, it has a lot in common with MacBooks Pro of years past. Other […]
We may have got our first look at the upcoming PS5 controller, thanks to yet another leaked Sony patent. Published by theJapanese patent office (via VGC), the Sony Interactive Entertainment patent lays out designs for a new controller that looks very similar to the DualShock 4. The biggest detail from these images is what Sony […]
After first announcing that its cloud-streaming Stadia game service would launch with just 12 titles, Google has nearly doubled that number, according to a tweet from Stadia boss Phil Harrison. That means early Stadia subscribers will have 22 games at their disposal at launch. Excited to announce that we are INCREASING the Day One launch […]
As soon as Disney+ launched, fans of The Simpsons noticed a big problem. In a repeat of an issue that occurred that their original 4:3 aspect ratio had been discarded for a widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio, cropping out many visual gags entirely. But now, Disney says that it will be fixing this in “early 2020” […]
President Trump will be visiting the Mac Pro plant based in Texas, in order to promote companies in the United States that can create jobs, as well as keeping them within the country instead of resorting to offshoring. It was believed both Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook would be in attendance, with the trip […]
Disney’s long awaited streaming service launched last week to much fanfare, notching an impressive 10 million subscribers on its first day. However, of those 10 million new customers, not everyone was happy; Disney+ launched with a slew of technical difficulties, and even the Disney+ website was knocked offline at one point. Technical woes tend to […]
Microsoft’s changing Cortana strategy is about to have consequences for some phone users. Microsoft has revealed that the Cortana app will stop working after January 31st, 2020 for people in Australia, Canada and the UK. Cortana content won’t pop up in either the app or Microsoft Launcher, and a version of the Launcher will arrive […]
Huawei has started selling the Mate X through its Vmall online store. It’ll cost a steep 16,999 yuan about $2,400 US, but you’ll also have a unique, 5G-capable device that can unfold to offer a sizeable 8-inch display. There’s still no mention of rollouts in other countries, though. Huawei said in October that Mate X […]
iFixit has got their hands on the 16-inch MacBook Pro and see exactly how its keyboard compares to ones that came before it. They’ve just published their results and just as expected, the new keyboard is nearly identical to the one in the 2015 MacBook Pro as well as Apple’s external Bluetooth Magic Keyboard. That’s […]
Twitter has foutlined how its ban on political ads will work, and it’s considerably clearer if not as clear as some would like. When the ban takes effect on November 22nd, it’ll bar ads for anything referring to candidates, parties, existing officials, legislation, regulation, ballot measures and referendums. They also can’t rally for votes or […]
A parliamentary committee in Germany on Wednesday passed an amendment to an anti-money laundering law that would force Apple to open up the NFC chip in iPhones to competing mobile payment providers, according to Reuters. The report claims the law is set to come into effect early next year. The new legislation is supposed to […]
Vaping apps are no longer allowed in Apple’s walled garden. In a statement given to Axios, the company confirmed that its App Store guidelines now ban software that encourages or helps people to vape. Any application that served such a person should no longer be available for download. If you already have a vaping app […]