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Nintendo revealed a cheaper, handheld-only version of its ultra-successful Switch a couple of weeks back. The Switch Lite won’t ship until September 20th, though you can pre-order one as of today. You can stump up $200 for the device in grey, yellow or turquoise on Amazon, or you can pre-order the Zacian and Zamazenta Edition […]
The introduction of Android Auto and CarPlay got automakers to finally start thinking about how people use touchscreen devices. Google and Apple took what they knew about touchscreens, voice assistants and media, creating easy-to-use interfaces. Automakers wised up and now most have systems that no longer try the patience of drivers while delivering useful information. […]
Samsung isn’t waiting until its Galaxy Note 10 event on August 7th to show all the hardware it’s releasing later in 2019. The company has teased online reveals for its latest Galaxy Tab (believed to be the Tab S6) and the Galaxy Watch Active 2 on July 31st and August 5th respectively. The Galaxy Watch […]
Today, Apple announced that it will be joining the project, developing interoperable systems to bring data in and out of iCloud. A number of alternative social networks have also joined the project, with Tim Berners-Lee’s Solid project enabling the import and export of contacts, and Mastodon allowing for the import and export of posts. An […]
An exploit was found in the Nintendo Switch that would allow users to run outside code. While that’s of course led to some piracy, it’s also let modders and coders have some fun with the console, up to and including getting Android running on the system, with all the features and tricks that brings along […]
Taiwanese chip manufacturer MediaTek has announced its latest flagship processors, the Helio G90 and G90T. The chips include an octa-core CPU clocked at up to 2.05GHz, which uses the same ARM Cortex-A76 and A55 cores as the latest flagship processors from Qualcomm and Huawei. MediaTek’s chip also includes a Mali G76 GPU with speeds of […]
CEO of T-Mobile, called Verizon “no idea” and “dead in the water without a strategy” for 5G. Now Verizon says it has a 5G strategy it just doesn’t share exactly what that strategy is. John Legere claimed that Verizon lacked a plan to expand 5G beyond major cities because the carrier seemed to rely entirely […]
Google just announced a face unlock feature for the upcoming Pixel 4, which claims to be just as accurate and fast as the iPhone’s Face ID. There have been hardware and code leaks that suggested this feature was coming to the Pixel 4, but there was also another big hint: Google has been publicly gathering […]
Slack had some service issues. It said on its status page some people had issues sending messages and that others couldn’t access their channels at all. Slack said it was fully up and running again about an hour after the issues emerged, so you shouldn’t have any more problems contacting your co-workers. We're happy to […]
Ming-Chi Kuo reported that Apple would launch three new iPhones in 2020, all of which will have OLED screens, but only two of which would have 5G connectivity. The lower end model would be the obvious outlier, being that many people are wary about dropping $1,000+ on a phone and prefer to give up some […]
It’s only been a year since Vivo and Oppo kicked off the all-screen, notch-less smartphone race, and now, the latter is literally pushing the boundaries with a new type of curved display. Earlier today, Oppo showed off a prototype device packing a “waterfall screen,” both sides have an 88-degree slope, meaning the bezels are pretty […]
PledgeMusic, a crowdfunding site designed to allow fans to back projects from artists, has gone offline, according to Variety. The company closed down its operations earlier this year as it went into bankruptcy proceedings, and the site’s closure means that artists won’t be able to retrieve information on their profiles and fans. In place of […]
France’s finance minister says that it will continue to carry out a plan to tax technology firms, despite a threat of tariffs on French goods from US President Donald Trump, according to Reuters. The bill places a 3 percent tax on technology firms that earn more than €750 million ($834 million) in global revenue and […]
Apple today registered two unreleased iPad models in the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) database, using the model identifiers A2200 and A2232, according to listings uncovered by MySmartPrice and confirmed by MacRumors. There appear to be three families in the mix: one A2000-series iPad (A2068), two A2100-series variants (A2197 and A2198) and four A2200 editions (A2200, […]
Apple is paying contractors to listen to recorded Siri conversations, according to a new report from The Guardian. A former contractor revealing that workers have heard accidental recordings of users’ personal lives, including doctor’s appointments, addresses, and even possible drug deals. According to that contractor, Siri interactions are sent to workers, who listen to the […]