You can save $200 on Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL phones at the Google Store is offering $200 off all Pixel 3 models yet again, bringing the starting price down to a much more palatable $599 for the standard version and $699 for the XL. It’s not half off, but it’s still a […]
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Two new AirPods models may be coming later in 2019
Apple released its second-generation AirPods just last month, but we may see a new version of its wireless headphones before 2019 is over. Digitimes report on ‘AirPods 3?, the veritable TF Industries’ Ming-Chi Kuo reports that Apple is set to launch two new AirPods hardware models as early as the fourth quarter of 2019, quoting […]
Facebook sets aside $3 billion ahead of record FTC fine over privacy violations
Facebook’s financial success continues unabated in the face of countless security and privacy scandals, including a potential record-setting Federal Trade Commission fine. The fine, the potential amount of which was first reported by The Washington Post in February, is related mostly to the Cambridge Analytica scandal that was revealed in March of last year, as […]
Apple is working to speed up repairs of its bad MacBook keyboards
Apple is now conducting repairs of MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro keyboards on-site at its stores, and it’s promising a next-day turnaround for pickup in many cases. The company previously sent machines out to its repair depot, but it’s now telling its Genius Bar employees to handle “most” keyboard-related repairs at the store “until […]
Alphabet’s drone delivery business, Wing, gets approval to deliver goods to customers in the US
Alphabet, Wing has become the first drone operator to receive Air Carrier Certification by the Federal Aviation Administration has become the first drone delivery company to get approval to make commercial deliveries in the US. US Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao described it as an important step forward for the safe testing and integration […]
Nvidia’s new GTX 1660 Ti and 1650 could power your next budget gaming laptop
Gaming laptops have never been so thin and yet so powerful as they are with Nvidia’s Graphics. You’ll want to check out the new GeForce GTX 1660 Ti and 1650 mobile GPUs, which were just announced today. Featured in laptops starting at $1,000, Nvidia says the standard GeForce GTX 1660 Ti can deliver 100 frames […]
Luminary, a New Paid Podcast Service, Launches on Tuesday Without ‘The Daily’ or ‘Reply All’
Podcasts are a remarkably popular endeavor these days, only growing in strength over the last few years. Apple saw its potential and put a renewed focus on its own podcasts platform. Spotify is even going big on the idea. A brand new paid service called Luminary is looking to shake things up. It took less […]
Microsoft’s next-gen console rumored to be more powerful than PlayStation 5
Sony’s lead architect Mark Cerny revealed details of the PlayStation 5 last Tuesday. We now know it will be powered by AMD’s 7nm third-generation Ryzen CPU (Zen 2), use a custom Radeon Navi graphics GPU, and support ray tracing and 8K resolutions. That all sounds impressive, but Microsoft is said to be going one better. […]
Samsung delays Galaxy Fold launch after early display issues
The Samsung Galaxy Fold will be delayed as reported in The Wall Street Journal that Samsung won’t release the Galaxy Fold until “at least next month” due to issues with review units that technology reporters have revealed. A string of reviewers found problems with the display, with it failing for a number of reasons. Over […]
Samsung’s reported delay of two Galaxy Fold launch events casts doubt on shipping date
More bad news for the Galaxy Fold on Sunday Samsung will postpone the launch events for its foldable phone in Hong Kong and Shanghai, Engadget’s Richard Lai tweeted. They were originally scheduled for April 23 and 24, respectively. The delay follows three separate problems with the Galaxy Fold’s screen that rendered early production review units […]
Assassin’s Creed Unity gets reviewed positively
Ubisoft have earnt themselves some goodwill following their gift of €500,000 towards the Notre Dame reconstruction efforts and their decision to make Assassin’s Creed Unity available for free. Gamers have reviewed and bombed Unity’s Steam page with hundreds of messages thanking Ubisoft for this. While the fire that tore through Notre Dame on April 15 […]
Apple reportedly planning big upgrades to the cameras on the iPhone 2019
Apple is planning to give both the front-facing and rear-facing cameras on the iPhone 2019 models a significant upgrade this year according to 9to5mac. Apple plans to upgrade the front camera in the 2019 iPhones from 7-megapixels to 12-megapixels. Also that the much rumored triple-camera system will come to the 6.5-inch and 5.8-inch OLED iPhones, […]
Samsung Galaxy S10 series is getting a Night Mode for its camera
The Samsung Galaxy S10 latest update brings a dedicated Night mode to the camera app. It was rumored before that the company would be bringing a dedicated Night mode to its latest flagships with a software update in late April or early May, and that’s exactly what has happened. This update also includes the April […]
Netflix’s random play button is what we’ve all been waiting for
Netflix has begun testing a shuffle button with some users of its Android app, “We are testing the ability for members to play a random episode from different TV series on the Android mobile app,” a Netflix spokesperson said in an email. “These tests typically vary in length of time and by region, and may […]
T-Mobile rolls out its ‘Money’ checking account to all US customers with some good perks
T-Mobile has officially launched its Money checking account for all US T-Mobile customers, following its soft launch back in November 2018. If you’re wondering why you would want to sign up for a T-Mobile checking account to begin with, the company is hoping to sway you with an annual interest yield that’s considerably higher than […]