Facebook said Saturday it would block the livestream of a Frenchman suffering from an incurable condition who wanted to broadcast his death on the social media platform. Earlier, Alain Cocq announced that he was now refusing all food, drink and medicine after French President Emmanuel Macron turned down his request for euthanasia. Alain Cocq, 57, […]
Home automation company Lutron’s smart lighting systems will soon be able to link up with Ring’s doorbells and cameras. As such, whenever someone rings your doorbell or Ring devices detect motion, Lutron can switch on your lights automatically. Lutron Caseta, Caseta Pro, and RA2 Select systems will support the integration with all generations of Ring […]
Fortnite developer announced it has filed for a preliminary injunction that would put its game back in the app store and restore its developer account. n a statement, Epic Games said “Today we ask the Court to stop Apple from retaliating against Epic for daring to challenge Apple’s misconduct while our antitrust case proceeds. Apple […]
Facebook is testing a new feature that allows users to view Instagram Stories from the main Facebook app. The new feature, which was spotted by Twitter user @ec_wife and confirmed by Facebook to social media consultant Matt Navarra, is “a limited test for now.” While Facebook has allowed users to cross-post their Instagram Story to […]
Huawei sub-brand Honor has announced its first rugged smartwatch, the Watch GS Pro, at this year’s scaled-back IFA trade show in Berlin. The GS Pro has a 1.39-inch round AMOLED display, a stainless steel bezel and a polycarbonate body. It’s got chunky, aggressive styling that screams to everyone that you may be familiar with camping. […]
Removing Chinese equipment will cost small carriers as much as $1.8 billion, according to a new report from the Federal Communications Commission. The report estimates that as much as $1.6 billion of the cost would be eligible for federal reimbursement but Congress has yet to appropriate the necessary funds. In June, the FCC deemed ZTE […]
Apple today shared a humorous new privacy-focused iPhone ad in which people awkwardly overshare their personal information with strangers, such as their credit card number, login details, and web browsing history. A man yells in a bus full of people that he browsed eight sites for divorce lawyers. A woman blithely tells her log in […]
Windows 10 is getting an integrated GIF search, improvements to voice typing and other new features, Microsoft Senior Program Manager Brandon LeBlanc wrote in a Windows blog post. All are currently in beta testing. The overall goal of the new features, LeBlanc said, is to improve the system’s ability to help you communicate via voice and […]
YouTube TV is making some significant changes to its sports coverage. Beginning today, the NFL Network is available as part of the YouTube TV base membership. Football fans will be able to watch live games, popular shows, like NFL Total Access and NFL Now, and league events, like the NFL Draft and Super Bowl coverage. […]
Amazon on Wednesday announced two new additions to its lineup of home security cameras — the Blink Indoor Wireless Security Camera and the Blink Outdoor Wireless Security Camera. Both models are available for preorder now, with shipping starting 16th September. The new Blink Outdoor ($99.99) and Indoor ($79.99) cameras include a free trial to Blink’s […]
Intel launched its 11th Gen Tiger Lake mobile processors. It also announced its newest badge of honor for laptops: the Intel Evo brand, building on last year’s Project Athena program. And in tandem with Samsung, it unveiled the first 5G-enabled system to meet the Evo requirements: the Galaxy Book Flex 5G. The Flex 5G is […]
Intel is offering Tiger Lake chips in two packages: One with a 12 to 28-watt thermal profile and other reaching 7 to 14 watts. That gives PC makers the flexibility to use the CPUs in a variety of hardware designs. The fastest Tiger Lake chip will be the quad-core i7-1185G7, which features Intel Xe graphics […]
Apple, Google, and Amazon have all announced price increases for UK enterprise customers specifically designed to offset a new “digital services tax” introduced by UK government. This increases tax on any revenue produced by “search engines, social media services and online marketplaces” by 2 percent. In response, Apple is increasing its cut of developer fees […]
Alienware has applied its 360Hz refresh rate technology to its latest and greatest laptops. The Alienware Area-51m R2 and m17 R3 will both support 360Hz FHD panels, bringing that esports vibe to mobile players. The Area-51m R2 runs on 10th Gen Intel Core i9 CPUs with NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs, while the m17 R3 is […]
Alienware is unveiling a handful of new gaming gear and updates. Most exciting is the new Alienware 25 Gaming Monitor, which comes with a 360Hz refresh rate for super-fast gaming. It also supports NVIDIA’s Reflex Latency Analyzer to give users more data on their system latency and performance. Most displays have had refresh rates that […]