A young man in Taiwan said he accidentally swallowed one of his Apple AirPods recently. While it’s not clear how he managed to do that, he claims the earbud survived a journey through his digestive system, and even worked after he retrieved it from his faeces. That’s something the tech giant definitely didn’t promise the […]
Google I/O kicks off on Tuesday, May 7th, and while the annual developer conference goes until May 9th, most of the big announcements will happen during the 90-minute keynote starting at 1PM ET 6PM GMT. We expect to hear a lot more about Android Q during the keynote, building on what’s already in the beta […]
YouTube has hit a new milestone, with over two billion viewers logged into the service. As CNET reports, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced the news in a presentation to advertisers on Thursday. The site has been hovering just under two billion active monthly users since February, and has just tipped over the line. It’s not […]
The official OnePlus Twitter account just published a short teaser video. The video shows what appears to be a OnePlus 7 (or possibly OnePlus 7 Pro) getting dropped into a bucket of water. The video also says in the fine print that the device depicted does not have an IP rating for water resistance. OnePlus […]
The unannounced Google Pixel 3A XL has been spotted at a Best Buy in Springfield, Ohio. The leak is courtesy of Android Police reader who shared the leaked retail box with Androidpolice. Well OK, the reader wasn’t exactly in possession of the phone but was spotted on a Best buy retail store locked up in […]
It looks like Microsoft is planning a subtle change to the design of future versions of Windows 10, with a new screenshot revealing that rounded corners are coming back to the operating system in Windows 10 20H1, which will be the first major update of 2020. Based on the vast majority of replies to Bowden’s […]
Preorders for the $999 Valve Index full bundle have now fully sold out. The preorder button has been replaced with a Reserve button, with the full bundle reading “Ships by Sep 30, 2019” in the USA. The other packages are more available, with the headset and controllers still listed as shipping by July 31. Controllers […]
Verizon is seeking a buyer for Tumblr, the blogging platform it acquired along with other Yahoo assets in 2017. The Wall Street Journal reports that Verizon has approached other companies in recent weeks that could be potential new homes for Tumblr. Last year’s decision to ban porn from its platform has had a massive averse […]
Smartwatch shipments jumped a very healthy 48 percent year over year in the first quarter of 2019, according to a new Counterpoint research note. Interestingly, the top nine brands account for 75 percent of the market. Apple leads the smartwatch market and grew just faster industry pace: 49 percent. That helped Apple expand market share slightly […]
Facebook announced Thursday afternoon that it had designated some high-profile people, including Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who’s notorious for using anti-Semitic language, and right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, as “dangerous” and said it will be purging them from its platforms. “We’ve always banned individuals or organizations that promote or engage in violence and […]
LG’s G8 ThinQ went on sale April 11, and while it seems like a stellar smartphone on paper, its premium qualities are sabotaged by gimmicks like vein recognition and difficult-to-use hand-gesture controls. That doesn’t mean people won’t buy the G8, especially because retailers such as Best Buy have slashed the list price of $820 by […]
Samsung unveiled what it said is its thinnest, lightest tablet ever: the $399 Tab S5e. Sadly for the company, the tablet appears to suffer from a major design drawback. It’s been nearly a decade since Apple received a lot of flak for its “you’re holding it wrong” response to problems with the iPhone 4’s reception. […]
Intel announced the news at this week’s FMX graphics trade show in Germany. Xe is primarily designed for data centers, but according to Tom’s Hardware, there will be a second architecture for discreet graphics card aimed at the consumer market. For gamers, ray tracing brings cinematic rendering by rendering how light is absorbed, reflected, or […]
The Apple / Qualcomm settlement was an unexpected shift that came early in the trial between the two companies. According to a report from Bloomberg, Apple had decided that Intel’s modems (which Apple had been exclusively using in the interim due to its fight with Qualcomm) wouldn’t be ready in time for a 5G iPhone, […]
Google is introducing a new feature for your Google account that will allow you to automatically delete your Location History and Web and App Activity data after a set period of time. You’ll be able to delete the data after either three or 18 months, and it will then continue to be deleted on a […]