Microsoft latest Surface device event is kicking off today in New York City at 10AM ET and we will be reporting on all the news from it. You can watch the Surface event live below or at Microsoft’s site.
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Intel 10th-gen X-series CPUs include an 18-core model
Intel has offered the first details of its 10th-generation Core X-series chips, and the flagship, 3GHz (4.8GHz turbo) Core i9-10908XE will pack 18 cores for $979. That’s far from trivial, but much better than the $2,000 you’ve had to pay until now. Other models are also decidedly more affordable, including the 10-core i9-10900XE ($590), 12-core […]
‘Super Mario Maker 2’ update lets you play with friends online
Nintendo has rolled out the ability to play with friends online in Super Mario Maker 2. The game launched with online co-op and competitive modes, but you could only play with random people via matchmaking. If you wanted to play with friends, it would have to be via local play. According to Nintendo World Report, […]
Twitter outage
Twitter has said it’s aware of issues and investigating, problems have also hit regular users, who aren’t seeing new DMs at the moment, or may have trouble adding extra stuff to tweets like images, videos and polls. In a tweet, the company said it’s working on a fix and that things “should be back to […]
UPS just won FAA approval to fly as many delivery drones as it wants
UPS might soon be dropping off packages across the US by drone. The Federal Aviation Administration granted the UPS Flight Forward subsidiary air carrier and operator certification, allowing it to use drones for commercial deliveries. Flight Forward is the first company to claim the Part 135 Standard certification, and it’ll be able to operate an […]
GoPro unveils $399 Hero8 Black action camera and modular accessory system
GoPro introduced its latest flagship action camera. With the new Hero8 Black, GoPro. Here’s what’s new this time around. The GoPro Hero8 Black is a frameless affair. That means it is designed to mount to brackets and the like without the need for a separate plastic frame attachment. As a result, it is slightly thinner […]
Sony slashes PlayStation Now subscription prices worldwide
PlayStation Now is getting a hefty price drop. Today, Sony announced that its video game subscription service will cost $9.99 per month in the US, down from $19.99 per month. A quarterly plan, meanwhile, will set back you $24.99, rather than $44.99, and the 12-month option will be $59.99, instead of $99.99. Similar price cuts […]
Apple’s News+ subscription comes to the UK and Australia
Apple’s News+ subscription service has made its way to the UK and Australia. It launched in the US and Canada this March for $10 a month, with publications that include Esquire and The Wall Street Journal. In the UK and Australia, it will set subscribers back £9.99 and AU$14.99, respectively, after a month-long free trial. […]
New Microsoft Surface lineup leaks ahead of Wednesday’s unveiling
Microsoft is planning to unveil a new ARM-powered Surface at a hardware event in New York City this week, and renders of the device, alongside other Surface hardware also being announced, have finally leaked in the form of renders. Posted on Twitter by evleaks, these renders give us detailed look at some of the upcoming […]
Apple’s iOS 13.1.2 update addresses a camera glitch and other bugs
Apple already has another iOS 13 update, iOS 13.1.2. Apple released the update to the public. Apple released its third patch 13.1.2 to remedy several other problems that the previous updates overlooked. The newest version looks to fix a glitch with the progress bar on iCloud backups, a bug that renders the camera nonfunctional, an […]
Twitter rolls out filter for potentially offensive DM
Twitter is acting on plans to filter potentially offensive direct messages. It’s rolling out the filter to all users on Android, iOS and the web. As during the test, there isn’t much mystery to how this works. If a message contains questionable language or is likely spam, it’ll be put away in an “additional messages” […]
Switch Lite now included in joystick drift class action lawsuit
Nintendo’s Switch Lite is mired in legal trouble just a week after launch. Although JoyCon drift was a widely known and reported problem, Nintendo did not make efforts to fix it, resulting in a class-action lawsuit over the faulty parts. The pressure forced the company to reportedly start offering free JoyCon repairs. Despite its repair […]
HP Spectre x360 10th-gen Intel CPUs, 4K OLED display
HP has been tweaking its popular Spectre x360 convertible lineup with a new 13-inch model. While the new x360 maintains the overall look of its predecessor, it’s 13 percent smaller. It also has less noticeable display bezels, with the top half of the computer featuring a 90 percent screen-to-body ratio where the 2018 model was […]
YouTube TV is now available on Amazon Fire TV devices
Amazon reinstated support for YouTube on its Fire TV platform in July, while Google enabled Amazon Prime video streaming through Chromecast devices. In the latest development, YouTube TV is available on Amazon’s Fire TV platform, meaning users can stream live television and use an unlimited cloud-based DVR. YouTube TV aims to replace traditional cable TV […]
Atari VCS to offer thousands of retro games via Antstream Arcade partnership
Atari revealed today that Antstream Arcade will to bring thousands of retro games to Atari VCS console when the system launches in March 2020. Atari’s upcoming VCS is one of the more intriguing console launches on the horizon, partially because… well, we still don’t know much about the platform or the planned library of games. […]