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Sprint has launched an affordable screen repair program for Samsung Galaxy phones, and it doesn’t even matter if you’re a subscriber. The company will fix cracked screens on eligible devices for $49 until February 9th, 2020 “no matter who your carrier is,” according to the program’s website. While it doesn’t cover Samsung’s latest flagship devices […]
Tinder is launching new safety features today, including a photo verification system that’ll place a blue check mark on daters’ profiles, a partnership with the safety app Noonlight to give daters an easy way to call emergency services, and a feature that flags potentially offensive messages. The photo verification system requires daters to take a […]
Microsoft upcoming foldables The Windows 10X-powered Surface Neo and the smaller Android-powered Surface Duo. Microsoft’s developer documentation on creating apps for dual-screen devices includes the preview SDK for the Surface Duo (coming soon for Mac OS), letting developers test their apps on the new emulator integrated into Android Studio for simulating “postures, gestures, hinge angle, […]
Twitter’s direct messages now support emoji reactions, the company has announced. To use them, you can either tap the small “heart and plus icon” that appears to the right of each message received, or else you can double tap a message on mobile to access the emoji reactions menu. Research engineer Jane Manchun Wong, who […]
Motorola’s revived Razr phone was supposed to be available for pre-order back in December, but the company chose to push it back due to significant consumer demand. Now has a release date: it’ll be out on February 6th for $1,499, with preorders starting on January 26th. The new preorder date is exactly a month after […]
Images of an alleged prototype have surfaced on Twitter and the gaming forum Neogaf, hinting at the various ports that will be available on Microsoft’s next console. The images show the Series X’s vents, two USB-A ports on the back, one on the front, a single HDMI-out, an optical audio port, Ethernet, and a power-in. […]
Under Armour may have stopped making connected health gadgets since 2017, but it’s now halting software support entirely for its HealthBox collection, which included a scale, a wristband, and a chest-strapped heart rate monitor as Ars Technica has learned. The app will stop working entirely on March 31st, preventing the gadgets from syncing their data […]
Amazon may be expanding its prescription drug delivery business to other countries. The e-commerce titan has applied for a trademark on the name “Amazon Pharmacy” in Canada, the UK and Australia, according to CNBC. Amazon reportedly filed its applications on January 9th, in what could’ve been one of the earliest steps it took to start […]
Apple might launch a new low-cost iPhone very soon. According to Bloomberg, Apple’s suppliers will start assembling an affordable iPhone model, Apple’s first since the iPhone SE, and could be as soon as February. Further, Apple will reportedly unveil the device in March. Reports, rumors and predictions about a low-cost iPhone model started coming out […]
Boeing announced that it’s now estimating its troubled 737 Max aircraft won’t fly again until at least mid-2020, a delay from the earlier January 2020 time frame. The newly announced delay means that the 737 Max will have been grounded for at least a year, regardless of when it returns to flight. The clearest sign […]
Disney’s new streaming service is set to launch in the UK on March 24, a full week earlier than originally scheduled. The powers that be have also revealed pricing – locals will pay £5.99 per month for access, or a discounted rate of £59.99 when paid annually. That is in line with US pricing which […]
The 864-piece kit features the space station itself complete with two rotating joints and eight adjustable solar panels as well as a posable Canadarm2 robotic arm. The kit includes a stand, two astronaut microfigures, a mini NASA space shuttle and three mini cargo spacecraft. Fully constructed, the model measures 12 inches long, 19 inches wide […]
Apple encrypts your iOS device’s locally stored data, but it doesn’t fully encrypt iCloud backups and that was apprently a conscious choice. Reuters sources say Apple dropped plans for end-to-end encryption of iCloud backups codenamed KeyDrop and Plesio. Without any public announcement, Apple dropped plans two years ago that would have given access to iPhone […]
Sonos is continuing to distance itself from some of the oldest products it has sold over the years. Starting from May, legacy Sonos products will be dropped from the company’s update cycle, and will no longer receive new features. If you own a first-generation Play:5, an original Zone Player (ZP80, ZP90, ZP100 and ZP120), a […]
PlayStation Vue subscribers on the January 30th, will lose live TV service. But the death of Vue doesn’t mean PS4 users will have to move to different hardware for their live and on-demand fix, as YouTube TV is now available on the console. The service has a solid lineup of channels and DVR functions for […]