The Rise of Skywalker is the third and final installment in the sequel trilogy. Disney hasn’t been overly forthcoming with details although we do know that the film will feature a battle between the First Order and the Resistance as well as the Jedi and the Sith. We got our first look at the new […]
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Spotify brings back its free Google Home Mini offer
Spotify notes in its announcement that speakers will be available “while supplies last” although the fine print clarifies that a bit through November 15, 2019. As per the terms and conditions, Spotify will supply eligible customers with a promotional code to use on the Google Store. Notably, the offer is not available to those that […]
Google Duplex to perform limited Duplex test in New Zealand
Google is now beginning to test the international waters with its Duplex call-making AI. The pilot will only last for a day and only with a few businesses located in NewZealand. Google is taking its Duplex booking service outside the US for the first time with a pilot program in New Zealand. The company announced, […]
Microsoft Aims to Block Firmware Attacks with New Secured-Core PCs
Microsoft is teaming up with Windows device manufacturers to tighten firmware security in a new initiative called Secure-Core PCs, which are built to defend against firmware-level attacks. These attacks, according to Microsoft, are becoming more common in recent years. This is largely due to the ever-improving security features built into operating systems and their “connected […]
NordVPN confirms 2018 security breach involving datacenter partner
NordVPN says one of its servers was breached in March 2018, exposing some of the browsing habits of customers who were using the VPN service to keep their data private. NordVPN says the server, located in Finland, did not contain activity logs, usernames, or passwords. But the attacker would have been able to see what […]
Colorado drops its T-Mobile-Sprint lawsuit after Dish agrees to house headquarters in the state
Colorado is the second state to drop its lawsuit to stop the $26.5 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint. It’s the latest news in the ongoing merger saga between T-Mobile and Sprint, a deal announced more than a year ago, to help the companies combat wireless heavyweights AT&T and Verizon. The Colorado Attorney General’s Office […]
Steam’s Halloween, Autumn, and Winter sale dates have leaked
The Steam sale dates have just leaked. The information comes via a tweet from SteamDB, which revealed the Halloween, Autumn, and Winter sale start and finish dates. It writes that “multiple developers posted it in multiple places despite Valve asking otherwise.” Leaked upcoming @steam_games 2019 sale dates: ? Halloween Sale: October 28 – November 1? […]
Huawei wants to license its 5G tech to US telecoms
Senior VP Vincent Pang told Reuters that Huawei is in early discussions to license its 5G tech to American companies. The talks are a couple of weeks old, but the unnamed firms have “shown interest” in both long-term deals and one-time transfers. Pang wouldn’t predict if Huawei would land a deal, although he noted that […]
Alphabet’s Wing division has launched ‘America’s first’ commercial drone delivery service
Amazon and UPS are both already testing out such systems, and Alphabet’s “Wing” division has just begun a similar pilot program in the city of Christiansburg, Virginia. According to Wing, this program is America’s first true consumer-facing drone delivery service. The service kicked off after Wing received an “Air Carrier Certificate” from the Federal Aviation […]
Samsung says fingerprint security fix is coming as early as next week
Earlier this week Samsung confirmed that an issue regarding screen protectors allowed some of its flagship devices to be bypassed with any fingerprint. Now, the company has said it will fix the problem in a patch which may come as soon as next week. The issue affects Samsung’s flagship phone, the Galaxy S10, as well […]
Apple rumored to launch new AirPods Pro headphones at end of October
Apple’s rumored next-generation noise-canceling AirPods will launch at the end of this month with a new “Pro” moniker and a price tag of around $260, claims a new Chinese-language report this morning. Bloomberg originally reported they would arrive in 2019, and then revised that estimate to 2020 earlier this year. Now China Economic Daily reports […]
Motorola teases its foldable RAZR phone reveal for November 13th
CNET reports it’s sending out invites for a November 13th event in Los Angeles that promise the “highly-anticipated unveiling of a reinvented icon.” Along with an embedded GIF of something that looks like a hinged mobile device, it’s not hard to figure out what we’ll see, but the exact details of how it will work […]
You can report traffic issues in Google Maps for iOS
Android phone used to be the only way to report traffic trouble in Google Maps. Google has brought road incident reporting to iOS, letting you flag problems without turning to an app like Waze. Whichever platform you use, Google is also expanding the range of reportable incidents to include construction, disabled cars, lane closures and […]
Nvidia’s updated streaming box is called the Shield TV Pro
NVIDIA plans to update its venerable Shield TV Android set-top box. Thanks to an Amazon listing that was first spotted by Android TV Rumors and has since been pulled, we now also know the “Shield TV Pro” will add Dolby Vision HDR. Inside, the updated device will contain Nvidia’s new Tegra X1+ processor that is […]
Three network down
Three customers have been unable to use their mobile phones since Wednesday night, after a network meltdown left them without a signal or access to data. Three which has about 10 million customers in the UK, said the network was starting to return by lunchtime on Thursday, and advised users to switch their phones on […]















