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Facebook is taking new steps to encourage its billions of users to take social distancing seriously amid the coronavirus pandemic. The social network will start placing a coronavirus “information center” at the top of users’ News Feeds, Mark Zuckerberg announced. The messages will begin appearing in users’ News Feeds in the next 24 hours in […]
Apple’s new iPad Pro, available online for either $799 or $949 for 128GB Wi-Fi configurations, depending on the size. They’re available to order online now, and Apple says they will ship on March 25th. Both the 11-inch and 12.9-inch sizes look identical to last year’s models, but there’s a new processor and new camera system […]
Apple is upgrading the MacBook Air with better internals, its new more reliable Magic Keyboard and is hacking the price down to $999. The upgraded model also gets double the amount of storage, making it a better machine for folks who want to work on the go. The new Air also offers double the performance, […]
An iPad Pro refresh could be imminent if what appears to be an accidental leak on Apple’s part is any indication. Over on its Chinese website, the company temporarily listed four new iPad Pro models in a support document. Canadian Apple blog iPhone in Canada was the first website to spot and screenshot the manual […]
Sony has announced that its PS5 lead system architect, Mark Cerny, will provide a “deep dive” into the forthcoming console’s system architecture tomorrow. The video will stream on the PlayStation Blog at 9am PT (12pm ET / 4pm GMT). he special event follows Sony’s confirmation of the PlayStation 5 name back in October, and details […]
Dixons Carphone to close UK mobile only stores with nearly 3,000 job lossesare being axed at Dixons Carphone after the retailer announced plans to shut all 531 of its standalone Carphone Warehouse mobile phone stores in the UK. In its announcement, Dixons Carphone blamed changing consumer habits for the shift, and expects its mobile division […]
Facebook announced a $100 million program to help small businesses as governments throughout the country urge gyms and restaurants to close their doors to slow the coronavirus pandemic. In a blog post announcing the grants, Facebook said, “We know that your business may be experiencing disruptions resulting from the global outbreak of COVID-19. We’ve heard […]
Sonos is today detailing the future of its multiroom home audio strategy, which revolves around a new app and operating system called Sonos S2 that will run on many current Sonos products and be the foundation for all of the company’s future devices. Sonos S2, will arrive in June of this year. Sonos says that […]
Samsung today announced that it has started mass-producing the world’s first 512GB eUFS (embedded Universal Flash Storage) 3.1 storage, designed for flagship smartphones capable of shooting 8K videos. The company claims that its new eUFS 3.1 storage delivers nearly three times the write speed of the 512GB eUFS 3.0 mobile memory. The new chips can […]
Microsoft is officially closing all of its store locations across the globe in an effort to mitigate the risk of coronavirus. The company sent out an email to customers notifying them of the closures. Microsoft also stated that it would continue to pay employees while the stores are closed. The email Microsoft sent around stated: […]
Microsoft is revealing today that 1 billion active machines are now running Windows 10. “Today we’re delighted to announce that over one billion people have chosen Windows 10 across 200 countries resulting in more than one billion active Windows 10 devices,” says Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of Modern Life and the Search & […]
Apple has been hit with a record-breaking fine for antitrust practices. French competition authority Autorité de la Concurrence has found Apple and its wholesale distribution partners Ingram Micro and Tech Data guilty of running a cartel for Apple products, and has fined the companies €1.1 billion ($1.2 billion), €62.9 million ($70.2 million) and €76.1 million […]
Microsoft has published a deep dive into the console’s specs, including just what the company hopes to achieve with all that tech. To begin with, the semi-custom AMD Zen 2 processor runs its eight cores at 3.8GHz (3.66GHz with SMT in use), with one core set aside for basic system functions. The Xbox will also […]
SpaceX aborted the launch of 60 new Starlink satellites at the last second due to an engine power issue with the mission’s Falcon 9 rocket. The Falcon 9 rocket’s onboard computer triggered an abort just before a scheduled 9:22 a.m. EDT liftoff after detecting an issue with one of its nine Merlin 1D engines. The […]
Amazon says its Prime delivery service is experiencing delays, and it’s running out of stock due to the coronavirus outbreak, CNBC reports. Amazon said in a blog post that the problems are due to a “dramatic increase in the rate that people are shopping online,” leading to “delivery promises [that] are longer than usual.” Amazon […]