After several positive early impression, things started to go wrong for Samsung when tech journos’ review units began breaking. The company said it was canceling the release meant to take place today and recalling all the review models. The whole situation keeps refusing to normalize, and instead gets weirder nearly every day. The latest is […]
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Sony says the PlayStation 5 won’t launch within the next 12 months
Sony recently revealed that its next-generation PlayStation, we’ll call it the PS5, won’t be ready for 2019. One thing Cerny didn’t mention was the console’s potential launch date, but during the Japanese company’s quarterly financial results, Sony said the PS5 wouldn’t be released within the next 12 months. That leaves a potential PlayStation 5 launch […]
Nintendo shoots down rumors of a new Switch at E3
Nintendo has denied reports that it is planning to release a new Switch console at the annual exhibition of the computer games industry, Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), which is scheduled for June 11. Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa told reporters in Osaka that as a general rule of thumb, they’re always working on new hardware and […]
Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are $200 off
You can save $200 on Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL phones at the Google Store is offering $200 off all Pixel 3 models yet again, bringing the starting price down to a much more palatable $599 for the standard version and $699 for the XL. It’s not half off, but it’s still a […]
Two new AirPods models may be coming later in 2019
Apple released its second-generation AirPods just last month, but we may see a new version of its wireless headphones before 2019 is over. Digitimes report on ‘AirPods 3?, the veritable TF Industries’ Ming-Chi Kuo reports that Apple is set to launch two new AirPods hardware models as early as the fourth quarter of 2019, quoting […]
Nintendo opens beta signups for Mario Kart Tour
A closed beta for Nintendo’s Mario Kart Tour mobile game will run from May 22 to June 4 in Japan and the United States, Nintendo has confirmed. Applications for the beta are open from now until May 7 on the game’s official website, which notes that the test will be exclusive to Android. It was […]
Chrome arrives with Dark Mode support for Windows 10
Chrome 74 is officially out today for Windows, Mac, and Linux, marking the introduction of a new dark mode for Windows users. The same dark mode arrived last month on macOS with Chrome 73, and today’s update includes automatic Windows 10 support. Chrome will automatically theme itself to match if a dark mode is enabled […]
Facebook sets aside $3 billion ahead of record FTC fine over privacy violations
Facebook’s financial success continues unabated in the face of countless security and privacy scandals, including a potential record-setting Federal Trade Commission fine. The fine, the potential amount of which was first reported by The Washington Post in February, is related mostly to the Cambridge Analytica scandal that was revealed in March of last year, as […]
Apple is working to speed up repairs of its bad MacBook keyboards
Apple is now conducting repairs of MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro keyboards on-site at its stores, and it’s promising a next-day turnaround for pickup in many cases. The company previously sent machines out to its repair depot, but it’s now telling its Genius Bar employees to handle “most” keyboard-related repairs at the store “until […]
Honor View 20 review
Good Great battery life Intriguing, smart camera Intelligent use of the punch hole display Bad No wide or zoomed rear lenses That finish is an audience-divider No official water resistance The Honor View 20 was one of the first flagship phones of 2019 and it started the year off with quite a show. A 48MP […]
Alphabet’s drone delivery business, Wing, gets approval to deliver goods to customers in the US
Alphabet, Wing has become the first drone operator to receive Air Carrier Certification by the Federal Aviation Administration has become the first drone delivery company to get approval to make commercial deliveries in the US. US Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao described it as an important step forward for the safe testing and integration […]
Nvidia’s new GTX 1660 Ti and 1650 could power your next budget gaming laptop
Gaming laptops have never been so thin and yet so powerful as they are with Nvidia’s Graphics. You’ll want to check out the new GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and 1650 mobile GPUs, which were just announced today. Featured in laptops starting at $1,000, Nvidia says the standard GeForce GTX 1660 Ti can deliver 100 frames […]
Luminary, a New Paid Podcast Service, Launches on Tuesday Without ‘The Daily’ or ‘Reply All’
Podcasts are a remarkably popular endeavor these days, only growing in strength over the last few years. Apple saw its potential and put a renewed focus on its own podcasts platform. Spotify is even going big on the idea. A brand new paid service called Luminary is looking to shake things up. It took less […]
Microsoft’s next-gen console rumored to be more powerful than PlayStation 5
Sony’s lead architect Mark Cerny revealed details of the PlayStation 5 last Tuesday. We now know it will be powered by AMD’s 7nm third-generation Ryzen CPU (Zen 2), use a custom Radeon Navi graphics GPU, and support ray tracing and 8K resolutions. That all sounds impressive, but Microsoft is said to be going one better. […]
Samsung delays Galaxy Fold launch after early display issues
The Samsung Galaxy Fold will be delayed as reported in The Wall Street Journal that Samsung won’t release the Galaxy Fold until “at least next month” due to issues with review units that technology reporters have revealed. A string of reviewers found problems with the display, with it failing for a number of reasons. Over […]