Facebook will let users choose to get personalized reminders about health care tests and vaccines. The company’s new Preventive Health tool focuses on getting people information about cancer screenings, heart checkups, and flu vaccines — all measures that could hopefully help people catch deadly conditions long before they become lethal. The tool is simply called […]
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Apple’s $249 AirPods Pro pack noise cancellation and hands-free Siri
Apple has just launched the rumored noise-canceling AirPods Pro not with an October product event, but via a press release. The premium earbuds are set for release on October 30th for $249. They’re up for preorder starting today. Apple says the AirPods Pro offer “superior sound quality” with audio feature called Adaptive EQ. According to […]
NVIDIA’s new Shield TVs start at $149 with Dolby Vision and Atmos
Nvidia has a new family of Android TV-based streaming devices, as tipped early via a couple of leaks from online stores. The new Nvidia Shield TV ($149) and Shield TV Pro ($199) replace the existing Shield TV generation of hardware, which debuted in 2017. Both new Shields offer new Tegra X1+ processors, which outperform the […]
iOS 13.2 now available with Deep Fusion, new emoji, Siri privacy settings, more
Apple has just released iOS 13.2. If you own a new iPhone 11, iOS 13.2 includes Apple’s new Deep Fusion camera technology. Deep Fusion is Apple’s new image processing technology that works in the background to improve image quality for iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro users. Deep Fusion is Apple’s response to recent advancements […]
Air Force’s X-37B space plane lands after record 780 days in orbit
The US Air Force’s X-37B is going to break its own record for time spent in orbit, but it’s now clear by how much. The mysterious Boeing-made space plane has landed at Kennedy Space Center after 780 days in orbit, comfortably surpassing the earlier record of 717 days, 20 hours and 42 minutes. That’s more […]
China passes law regulating data encryption
China is not known for respecting privacy, but it’s readying legislation that will address it all the same. China has passed a law that will regulate cryptography in the country for both government and private uses when it takes effect on January 1st, 2020. Officials didn’t go into great detail about the law in the […]
DJI Mavic Mini photos leak ahead of announcement this week
The Mini version of DJI’s Mavic may due for a debut in a few days but not before the drone is leaked in a few product photos. The new drone from DJI has appeared out and about in the world, likely pointing to a reviewer leaking the photos of the unreleased drone. From the photos, […]
Still using an iPhone 5? iOS 10.3.4 is required to keep your phone working
You may remember that, back in July, Apple released rare bug-fix updates for older versions of its operating system: iOS 10.3.4 and iOS 9.3.6. This was necessary to help keep older iPhones and iPads maintain accurate location functionality as the GPS network goes through a time rollover transition. Apple has started warning iPhone 5 owners […]
UK set to allow Huawei in ‘non-contentious’ parts of 5G networks
The UK is reportedly close to letting Huawei into its 5G networks. Sunday Times sources claim Prime Minister Boris Johnson is close to allowing the Chinese tech giant into “non-contentious” parts of 5G service in the country. While there wassn’t much elaboration on what that meant, past reports suggested these would be areas where the […]
Facebook takes down fake political ad meant to test its fact checking
Facebook’s stance on truth in political ads has been put to the test. Facebook has removed a ‘stunt’ ad from a Political Action Committee, the Really Online Lefty League, that falsely claimed Republican Senator Lindsey Graham supported the Green New Deal proposed by some Democrats. A company spokesman told Reuters that the ad was eligible […]
Apple Arcade’s latest additions include ‘Fallen Knight’ and ‘Yaga’
Apple Arcade has added five more games to its new $4.99 monthly subscription service on Friday. Players can now check out Fallen Knight, Yaga, Lifelike, Hogwash and Tales of Memo as part of Apple Arcade’s growing catalog of games. The games are available on iPad, iPhone and Apple TV to start, with content slowly coming to Mac as […]
Microsoft leak reveals Windows 10X will be coming to laptops
The WalkingCat on Twitter posted a link to a password-protected Microsoft site known as santorini-os.azurewebsites.net. Shortly after that, “Boris” (a k a @_milincic_) posted screen shots of what was behind that link. (Microsoft has since removed the site.) And one of the most interesting bits in what he posted was a mention about Windows 10X […]
Facebook is testing its upcoming News tab with select users in the US
Facebook has announced the rollout of a new News tab as part of a limited to 200,000 users in the US. The company wants to dedicate this new section in its mobile app to a mix of 200 publishers like The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, BuzzFeed, and USA Today, in an effort to keep them […]
TCL’s tri-fold prototype phone folds in thirds like an accordion
CNET got its hands on another concept by TCL. This one starts as a ten-inch tablet and has dual hinges that fold in opposite directions like an accordion. As CNET points out, it ends up looking something like a Z or a taco holder. You can also fold all of the screens together so you […]
Netflix is trialing a variable playback speed option in its Android app
Netflix has been spotted testing an option to offer variable playback speed to let you consume a large part of your favourite series or movie in the shortest time possible. Multiple users have reported that the new feature is making way to the Netflix app for Android devices. However, it is unclear whether the company […]















