AMD undoubtedly has the advantage in today’s market. As we note in our Best CPUs of 2019 line-up, the company’s 7nm Ryzen 9 3900X offers better workstation performance than its similarly-priced competition, while still holding its own in the gaming front. AMD’s Ryzen 9 3950X is just around the corner; in fact, the chip was […]
Good Improved camera New range of colors Good battery life remains Bad Design is almost identical to XR No headphone dongle in the box Camera bump a little sharp The iPhone 11 Pro is a really nice phone. The matte glass back is elegant. The OLED display is slightly brighter than I expected. The trypophobia-inducing […]
A new feature in iOS 13 asks you if you would like an app to have access to your Bluetooth. Apple added it for privacy reasons, and it is surprising how many apps want access to your signal. Apps wanting to access Bluetooth will also ask for your consent. Although apps can use Bluetooth to […]
Vivo has announced a new phone at the mid-to-high end of the market. The V17 Pro will serve as the company’s headline device in many of its regions, or for people who aren’t ready to give up volume buttons just yet. The V17 Pro dual selfie cameras consist of a 32-megapixel main sensor and an […]
An updated version of Microsoft’s Surface Pen, which is expected to be announced at the company’s annual fall hardware event on October 2nd, may come with wireless charging. Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Pen and Apple Pencil only being two examples. The FCC filing for the new Surface Pro 7 pen suggests this feature may also […]
The Global Climate Strike begins today and will see protests lodged in more than 150 countries over the course of next week. Tech companies are seemingly showing full support towards the cause, with Amazon making significant investments and now Google announcing “the biggest corporate purchase of renewable energy in history.” Google’s purchase includes a 1,600-megawatt […]
Incognito mode for Chrome is probably one of the most useful things about the browser. Google revealed many things at I/O 2019 last May but, as typical, not all of them have materialized just yet. Of course, those may still happen in due time, and it seems that Google is indeed taking its sweet time […]
Google is changing the way it verifies channels on YouTube to prioritize those that “have a clear need for proof of authenticity.” Currently, a channel on the video sharing platform is eligible for verification if it has more than 100,000 subscribers – a method that worked well when YouTube was smaller but not so much […]
iOS gestures is what some call “jiggly mode,” which is when you press and hold an app and all of the apps on your screen start wiggling. This means you can move them around and, if you need to, delete them. That behavior hasn’t really changed since it was first introduced in January 2008, but […]
Apple continues to expand the the availability of 3% cashback with Apple Card. Starting on Friday, T-Mobile customers can earn 3% Daily Cash when they use their Apple Card for select purchases. The carrier says that the 3% cashback offer applies to any in-store T-Mobile purchase that’s made with Apple Pay. This includes hardware, such […]
In April, Wing received approval for a drone delivery service in Virginia. The Alphabet division announced today that a pilot program is coming this fall with FedEx Express and Walgreens. Like in Australia, Wing is testing the “benefits of drone delivery,” and calling this the “most advanced drone delivery trial in the United States to […]
Huawei’s latest flagship phones athe Mate 30 series is now official, starting with the Mate 30 Pro and the Mate 30. The announcement of the Mate 30 series comes at a difficult time for Huawei, whose presence on the USA’s entity list prevents US companies from doing business with the Chinese firm. Google said last […]
Huawei announced its own 4K television, the Huawei Vision, during the Mate 30 Pro event today. Like the Honor Vision and Vision Pro TVs that were announced back in August, Huawei’s self-branded TV runs the company’s brand-new Harmony OS software as its foundation. Huawei will offer 65-inch and 75-inch models to start, with 55-inch and […]
Huawei is back with another smartwatch that’s focused on fitness. The Watch GT 2 runs Huawei’s homegrown LiteOS, not Google’s Wear OS, and it ships in two sizes with up to two weeks of battery life. A follow-up to last years immensely popular LiteOS-powered Watch GT, the Huawei Watch GT 2 will offer buyers the […]
Apple’s new iOS 13 update is now available to download on compatible iPhones today. The biggest new addition is Dark Mode, which allows everything from iMessage, Photos, and Settings to switch to a much darker theme throughout the operating system. Third-party apps will be able to take advantage of Dark Mode to automatically switch to […]