Samsung may have finally fixed the Galaxy Fold and confirmed new release dates for the foldable phone, but anyone who preordered the phone earlier this year may still be out of luck: Samsung is emailing customers to cancel all preorders while it “rethinks the entire customer experience” ranging from the actual purchase through to after-sale […]
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Facebook security breach exposed the phone numbers of over 400 million users
A researcher has found several databases stored on an unprotected server that held personal information mostly phone numbers of hundreds of millions of Facebook users. When Mark Zuckerberg outlined Facebook’s “privacy-focused” future earlier this year, everyone was right to treat his promises with skepticism. The latest security breach exposed the phone numbers of 419 million […]
The New York MTA would like you to stop dropping your AirPods onto the tracks
New York City commuters have lost so many AirPods over the summer that the Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) is considering recording a new public service announcement aimed directly at AirPods owners. The potential PSA would ask commuters to refrain from taking their AirPods on or off when entering or exiting a train. The hope is […]
Samsung confirms Galaxy Fold will relaunch on September 6 in South Korea, hits US in “coming weeks”
Samsung has confirmed the Galaxy Fold relaunches tomorrow. It will be available in South Korea on September 6, arriving in other markets, including the US, “in the coming weeks.” According to some sources, it will hit American shores on September 27. The saga of when the Fold would be re-released has been ongoing since the […]
Acer announces the Predator Thronos Air, a $14,000 PC gaming throne
Acer‘s Predator gaming line just received another gaming throne the Predator Thronos Air Gaming Chair. Obviously, $14,000 is still an insane amount of money for the average consumer to pay for pretty much anything, much less a gaming chair. At $14,000 the Thronos Air is a full $6,000 cheaper than its $20,000 predecessor. To make […]
20 SNES games are coming to Nintendo Switch tomorrow
Nintendo announced that it will be bringing some of the most iconic games of the Super Nintendo era to the Switch for no additional cost. Games like Super Mario Kart, Super Metroid, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and the classic Super Mario World which are all on our list of the best SNES games […]
Nintendo confirms ‘Overwatch’ is coming to Switch October 15th
Nintendo has confirmed one of the biggest rumors in gaming over the last week or so is true Overwatch will be available on Switch this fall. It revealed the news in its latest Direct, after a couple of leaks and a Kotaku report indicated Blizzard’s FPS was making its way to the console. You’ll be […]
Steam Library revamp arrives on September 17 with a streamlined interface and ‘Dynamic Collections’
Steam has received a few big redesigns over the years, but usually, the core aesthetic and functionality of the software remains relatively unchanged. It’s almost done though starting on September 17, Steam’s long-awaited Library revamp will begin rolling out. Aesthetics and taste in general are subjective, so it’s tough to say whether or not the new Library […]
The first Amazon Fire TV with an OLED screen and built-in Alexa mics is here
TVs that come loaded with Amazon’s Fire TV software (or even Roku OS for that matter) have stuck to LCD. But today Amazon has announced that an OLED Fire TV Edition is on the way just not in the United States, unfortunately. The company has partnered with Grundig to release two versions of an OLED […]
Twitter temporarily disables tweeting via SMS after account hijacks
Twitter isn’t taking any chances in the wake of hackers compromising the accounts of celebrities and its own CEO. The social site is “temporarily” disabling the option to tweet via SMS until there’s greater security in place. Carriers need to address “vulnerabilities” in their systems, the company said, while Twitter itself planned to tackle its […]
Amazon reportedly has ‘more than 20’ Fire TV devices coming, including an OLED TV
Amazon looks set to release a new Fire TV Cube and a host of new “Fire TV Edition” devices soon as well as what could be the first OLED Fire TV television set. Now-deleted posts on TechCrunch and CordCutters had the details, which have since made the rounds the BBC, and elsewhere. Reportedly, the new […]
Spotify is bringing back its Android home screen widget
Spotify says it’s bringing back a popular Android home screen playback widget it had quietly phased out last month. The user outcry was strong enough to convince Spotify to bring it back, and a Spotify manager confirmed in the community forums that the widget would be arriving in a future update. Spotify first explained the […]
Asus announces ROG Phone II Ultimate Edition with 1TB of storage
PC hardware and smartphone maker ASUS introduced the ROG Phone II at an event held in China in July this year. The company today announced at its IFA 2019 press event that the gaming smartphone will go on sale in Europe by the end of this month and will also arrive in the U.S. sometime […]
YouTube says it’s being responsible but what it needs to be is accountable
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki wrote a blog post in which she talked about the platform’s commitment to leaving up controversial videos even when they are offensive. This week, the company posted a new message about the videos they have decided to take down and, YouTube says, it’s taking down many more videos than it ever […]
DJI is now making you pay Trump’s tariffs when you buy its drones
China-based drone maker DJI is passing on the cost of President Donald Trump’s latest round of tariffs on imported Chinese goods to American buyers. Following the new 15% tariff increase which came into effect at the start of September, DJI has made several alterations to its online catalog and ratcheted up prices of a handful […]















