Lenovo ThinkPad created by Paul Klinger, the ThinkTiny uses the laptop’s iconic red TrackPoint nub as a joystick for classic arcade games like Snake, Tetris, and Lunar Lander. It took Klinger about a week or so to build the ThinkTiny. “The code is mostly the same as for my tiny gaming PC, so the main […]
In the three months since Spotify crested the 100 million Premium user mark, the company has added another 8 million paying customers. It’s another sign of health from a music streaming service that continues to grow in the face of tough and well-heeled competition. In its second-quarter earnings, Spotify said that its overall membership grew […]
Verizon today announced the expansion of its 5G ultra wideband service to four additional US cities. Now, customers in parts of Atlanta, Detroit, Indianapolis and Washington DC have access to the same next-gen network as those in Chicago, Denver, Providence, St. Paul and Minneapolis. The service is only available in select areas in these cities […]
Facebook has been trying to strike deals with other major streaming services too. It approached Netflix, Disney, Hulu, HBO and Amazon about bringing their services to the new device, according to The Information. Facebook reportedly sees the streaming services as an additional selling point for the camera its main intended purpose is for video calls […]
Samsung has officially announced the new Galaxy Tab S6, a high-end Android tablet that’s designed for both productivity work and entertainment needs. It will be available starting on September 6th for $649, which gets you 128GB of storage and 6GB of RAM. A version with 256GB of storage and 8GB of RAM will cost $729. […]
Apple’s latest earnings report is out, and as many had expected, it’s very much on-trend with the numbers we’ve seen coming out of Cupertino this year. The company managed to grow its overall revenue a little, raking in a total of $53.8 billion compared to $53.3 billion this time last year. That’s not a huge […]
Hulu today announced that Android TV would be added to its list of supported platforms for its live TV bundle. Starting next month, owners of an Android TV-compatible television or set-top box, like the Nvidia Shield, can access Hulu’s bundle, which includes its streaming-only offerings in addition to more than 60 channels of live programming. […]
Google Project Zero researchers Natalie Silvanovich and Samuel Groß describe the vulnerabilities as “interactionless.” In other words, no action on the user’s part is needed to exploit the device. For at least four of them, however, the user must open a malicious message. The majority of the vulnerabilities discovered by google were so-called “interactionless” bugs, […]
Nintendo revealed a cheaper, handheld-only version of its ultra-successful Switch a couple of weeks back. The Switch Lite won’t ship until September 20th, though you can pre-order one as of today. You can stump up $200 for the device in grey, yellow or turquoise on Amazon, or you can pre-order the Zacian and Zamazenta Edition […]
The introduction of Android Auto and CarPlay got automakers to finally start thinking about how people use touchscreen devices. Google and Apple took what they knew about touchscreens, voice assistants and media, creating easy-to-use interfaces. Automakers wised up and now most have systems that no longer try the patience of drivers while delivering useful information. […]
Samsung isn’t waiting until its Galaxy Note 10 event on August 7th to show all the hardware it’s releasing later in 2019. The company has teased online reveals for its latest Galaxy Tab (believed to be the Tab S6) and the Galaxy Watch Active 2 on July 31st and August 5th respectively. The Galaxy Watch […]
Today, Apple announced that it will be joining the project, developing interoperable systems to bring data in and out of iCloud. A number of alternative social networks have also joined the project, with Tim Berners-Lee’s Solid project enabling the import and export of contacts, and Mastodon allowing for the import and export of posts. An […]
An exploit was found in the Nintendo Switch that would allow users to run outside code. While that’s of course led to some piracy, it’s also let modders and coders have some fun with the console, up to and including getting Android running on the system, with all the features and tricks that brings along […]
Taiwanese chip manufacturer MediaTek has announced its latest flagship processors, the Helio G90 and G90T. The chips include an octa-core CPU clocked at up to 2.05GHz, which uses the same ARM Cortex-A76 and A55 cores as the latest flagship processors from Qualcomm and Huawei. MediaTek’s chip also includes a Mali G76 GPU with speeds of […]
CEO of T-Mobile, called Verizon “no idea” and “dead in the water without a strategy” for 5G. Now Verizon says it has a 5G strategy it just doesn’t share exactly what that strategy is. John Legere claimed that Verizon lacked a plan to expand 5G beyond major cities because the carrier seemed to rely entirely […]