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Twitch has announced its latest benefit for its Twitch Prime subscribers: a free year of Nintendo Switch Online service, which usually costs $19.99. The streaming site is giving out the free service in a two-stage process: first, subscribers will be able to claim a free three-month membership, and after 60 days, they’ll be able to […]
We were expecting to see Google announce Google Fuchsia, or Google Andromeda – a fusion of its Chrome and Android operating systems (OS) – back in October 2017. That announcement never happened and we are still waiting. What will Google Fuschia look like, though? Well, the Google Pixelbook, alongside some other Chromebooks, are able to […]
OPPO announced a few weeks ago that it will present its new series of smartphones under the Reno brand on April 10. After taking a look at some of the smartphone’s renderings, today another one has appeared in which the smartphone pop-up camera is shown in the style of a…shark fin? In the quest to purge the […]
A British watchdog monitoring Huawei products warned of security flaws in its networking equipment and suggested they’ll be difficult to fix. The Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) Oversight Board report, released Thursday, notes that the suspicion-scarred Chinese telecom’s approach to software development brings “significantly increased risk to UK operators.” The government-led group also noted […]
At launch, YouTube TV was limited to just a few supported markets, but it’s spread rather quickly. As of August, it had expanded to 100 service locations. Google is rolling YouTube TV. YouTube TV has officially completed its US rollout, with the company announcing that the over-the-top internet streaming service is now available in the […]
We’ve already seen the Xiaomi foldable phone after the company released a video of its CEO playing around with the concept device, but now we’ve been given another, 10-second sneak peek of this intriguing handset. Unlike its foldable rivals – the Samsung Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X – Xiaomi’s flexible device boasts two hinges. […]
Apple is enabling its electrocardiogram (EKG) reading feature for Apple Watch Series 4 owners in Europe and Hong Kong today as we rumoured on Monday The iPhone maker previously launched the EKG feature in the US in December, after making it a big part of the Apple Watch Series 4 that was originally introduced back […]
In a dramatic shift in policy, Facebook announced today that it is banning white nationalism and separatism on its platform. The decision, which was first reported by Motherboard, comes just under two weeks since a white supremacist killed 50 people in Christchurch, New Zealand. In a blog post, Facebook said that any “praise, support, and […]
With its MacBook keyboards in the spotlight again thanks to a bruising column from Joanna Stern at The Wall Street Journal, Apple today acknowledged that a “small number” of its customers are still experiencing reliability issues and failing keys when using the company’s third-generation butterfly keyboard. In a statement, an Apple spokesperson acknowledged the issues […]
Samsung has dropped a behind the scenes video, in which the forthcoming foldable is put through Samsung’s in-house stress testing. Claims of lasting around 200,000 folds and unfolds are pretty standard for these kinds of devices. As noted, that amounts to around 100 folds a day for over five years longer than most of us […]
A viral prank trying to get people to change their Twitter birthdays to 2007 is getting users locked out of the platform for being under 13. The prank tweets tell users that changing the Twitter birthdays on their profiles will do everything from unlocking new color schemes, getting them admin privileges, or even a verified […]
Huawei has partnered with Korean glasses brand Gentle Monster to create what it calls its first pair of “smart glasses”. The Huawei Eyewear glasses, designed in partnership with luxury Korean sunglasses designer Gentle Monster, was announced at Huawei’s P30 smartphone launch in Paris Key Points • South Africa will be one of the first countries […]
The latest chapter in the ongoing and messy Apple versus Qualcomm legal battle might mean a US import ban on some iPhone models. A US trade judge has found Apple guilty of infringing on two Qualcomm patents related to power management and data download speeds. As a result, the judge — International Trade Commission Judge […]
At Apple’s March Special Event, Tim Cook and Co. announced a bevy of new subscription services, Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade chief among them. And while this isn’t Apple’s first foray into the world of digital subscriptions, these two new services go a long way to making some of Apple’s older devices – like the […]
UPS is partnering with autonomous drone company Matternet and hospital WakeMed in Raleigh, North Carolina. The drone delivery service aims to replace WakeMed’s reliance on a fleet of courier cars, which currently transports most of the hospitals medical samples. UPS is teaming up with autonomous delivery drone startup Matternet to experiment with using drones to […]