Currently in beta, Apple’s iOS 13 gets a few iterations before its gold release in fall as developers and curious users get to test new features and give feedback on their experience. A recent flaw that was first reported on Reddit is worth the attention of users running the iOS 13 beta 3 on their […]
Sprint is in the process of informing customers about a security breach that occurred last month. In a letter to affected customers, Sprint said it learned of the unauthorized access on June 22, 2019. According to the nation’s fourth largest wireless carrier, hackers gained access through the “add a line” portal on Samsung’s website. Potentially […]
Back in June, during E3, we learned that Ubisoft was getting ready to debut its all-you-can-play subscription service called “Uplay+.” It claimed subscribers would have access to over 100 games at launch, but was shy with a list of what those games would be other than a few titles like Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Far Cry […]
LG Pay, LG’s copy and paste alternative to Samsung Pay, has been available in South Korea ever since 2017. There have been lots of rumors between then and now regarding its U.S. launch, but now on July 16, it’s finally arrived. To no one’s surprise, LG Pay is limited to select LG phones. At launch, […]
A group of senators introduced a bipartisan piece of legislation Tuesday that would limit the Trump administration’s abilities to scale back pressure on the Chinese tech giant Huawei without an act of Congress. House representatives have introduced equivalent legislation on their side of Congress. The politicians saw this as absolutely vital to protecting 5G networks. […]
Twitter said that it would label tweets from political figures that violate its rules, but it’s not clear if the social network is applying that policy yet. CNET noted that Twitter hasn’t labeled a series of President Trump tweets that are widely considered to be racist. The politician suggested that “Progressive Democrat Congresswomen” critical of […]
This spring Alphabet subsidiary Wing LLC became the first drone delivery company to receive FAA certification, and the company has successfully launched drone delivery service in Australia and Helsinki. Now, with more drones in the sky, it needs a way to keep them safe. Today, Wing formally introduced its OpenSky app, which could serve as […]
Twitter has been having a problem with user growth, mostly due to its slow progress on reducing abuse on its platform, but also because it has a history of making bad design decisions that make it harder to navigate and communicate, such as fiddling with its reverse-chronological feed. Quality of life improvements such as rich […]
Microsoft is opening up Windows 10 even further to third-party digital assistants. In the next update to Windows 10, due in September, Microsoft will allow voice assistants like Amazon’s Alexa to activate on the lock screen. It’s a relatively minor change, but it does show Microsoft is willing to open up how it handles voice […]
We’re halfway through the first day of Amazon’s Prime Day megasale, and on Monday afternoon the internet retailer revealed some of its best-selling items so far. It might not come as too much of a surprise to learn that Amazon’s own devices, which are heavily discounted during Prime Day, are proving massively popular. Thanks to […]
Microsoft has announced that version 1903 of Windows 10 will be blocked from Surface Book 2 users. It seems that the update conflicts with the Nvidia GPUs that those computers use. A compatibility glitch with the May 2019 update is causing the discrete GeForce GTX 1050 used in the high-end Surface Book 2 to become […]
Apple has cut the prices of SSD upgrades across much of its Mac lineup. Rather than ditching a feature like Touch ID, Apple went with a more affordable solid state drive that isn’t quite as fast as its predecessor in terms of read speeds. Apple last week refreshed its base model MacBook Air and MacBook […]
eBay doesn’t want Amazon to get all of the spotlight during Prime Day 2019, and it’s taking a dig at the glitch that interrupted the consumer holiday last year to offer a Crash Sale. If Amazon goes down, eBay will release a flood of “too-good-to-be-true” deals. But you don’t have to wait around for an […]
The US isn’t the only country that wants to create a dedicated space force within its military. French President Emmanuel Macron has greenlit plans to create a space command within his country’s air force. Beginning this year, the new space command will form part of the Air Force, which will later be renamed to the […]
Microsoft is ready to pack up its board and card games once and for all. The software giant has published a post on Microsoft Answers announcing the retirement schedule for the old-school games bundled with now retired versions of Windows, including Backgammon, Checkers, Spades, Hearts, Reversi and MSN Go. “Hello, Microsoft Internet Games players,” the […]