Microsoft re-unveiled the Surface Duo and announced that it’ll be shipping on September 10th. (Pre-orders are now live, if you fancy buying one.) That means the hardware could come to market before Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 2, which doesn’t have a release date just now the company has merely confirmed that it’ll be available to […]
Google has announced intentions to turn Android devices into mini seismometers that can be used to issue a warning to other devices in the region when shaking has been detected. Modern smartphones include a wide array of sensors, one of which is an accelerometer to detect motion. It’s this sensor that Google is relying on […]
Facebook’s latest attempt to help combat the spread of potentially harmful COVID-19 misinformation involves a new notification screen that will provide more context about an article or other link, like when it was first shared and its source. Facebook acknowledged that old stories shared out of their original context play a role in spreading misinformation. […]
TikTok’s Android app collected users’ MAC addresses for 18 months in violation of the platform rules, as discovered by a Wall Street Journal investigation on Tuesday. The addresses would have served as a unique identifier for each user’s device, making them valuable for both advertising and potentially more invasive forms of tracking. Both the iOS […]
After a Twitter call-out from Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, Reddit has banned a community dedicated to posting degrading images and comments about Black women. The subreddit, called r/DegradeEbonyThots, was started in mid-March and had almost 4,000 subscribers. But when Motherboard viewed it following Ohanian’s tweet, an automated notification by Reddit said that the subreddit was […]
Microsoft is committing to launching its next-generation Xbox Series X console in November. The company had previously only confirmed a vague “holiday 2020” release date for the Xbox Series X. Microsoft isn’t providing a specific date, however we have been hearing recently that the first week of November looks like it’s lining up to be […]
Twitter is making its reply-limiting feature available to all users starting today, and it’s for real this time: You can finally say goodbye to the reply guys. The company’s director of product management, Suzanne Xie, writes in a blog post published Tuesday that the feature is part of the platform’s efforts to give people more […]
Google for Education has announced a robust set of updates that will enhance Google Meet, Google Classroom and other aspects of the service. The updates were unveiled at Google’s The Anywhere School event but if you missed the product keynote, here’s what you need to know about Google’s new tools to facilitate learning in 2020. […]
Mozilla Corporation CEO Mitchell Baker said their pre-Covid plan for 2020 already included a great deal of change but thanks to the virus, that plan is no longer sustainable. Like many, Mozilla is feeling the economic impact brought about by the global pandemic and sees no other choice but to reduce the size of its […]
Microsoft is permitting Xbox Sport Move Final subscribers to strive its new sport streaming function (xCloud) early tomorrow, August 11th. The software program large will launch a brand new model of the Xbox Sport Move beta app for Android, which incorporates sport streaming. Whereas the sport streaming function, recognized beforehand as xCloud, might be formally […]
Apple has released the first public beta for watchOS 7. You can start the process of downloading the software by visiting the Apple’s website. While Apple has for years allowed people to check out its tentpole iOS and macOS updates before they’re publicly available, 2020 is the first year that it has done a public […]
The E Ink Corporation has shown off its latest foldable e-reader prototype, which has a huge 10.3-inch screen. We’ve seen dual-screen devices with E Ink tech in the past, and this prototype takes a slightly different approach. It has buttons down one side and a seemingly robust hinge, along with fold-down lightbars at the top […]
According to The NPD Group’s Q2 2020 Games Market Dynamics report, consumer spending on video games in the US was up 30 percent year-over-year in the second quarter (April – June), reaching a record $11.6 billion, and up seven percent sequentially versus the $10.9 billion spent in the first three months of the year. Breaking […]
Well-known leaker Evan Blass has shared (via Windows Central) a batch of renders for the Surface Duo while claiming the dual-screen Android device will launch with AT&T. He didn’t provide release details or pricing, but it’s safe to say that monthly payments could make it easier to justify the unique clamshell device. Windows Central has […]
Apple has filed a notice of opposition against a meal prep company because it claims the Prepear app’s cartoon fruit logo in this case, a pear is too close to Apple’s own trademarked logo which is, of course, an apple. The company claims the pear logo would “cause dilution of the distinctiveness” of the Apple […]