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WeChat, the Chinese messaging app that was set to get effectively switched off for American users Sunday night, for now will still be available and operational in the U.S A group of WeChat users calling themselves the WeChat Alliance, filed a lawsuit last month, arguing that the ban would violate users’ due process and free […]
Sony has apologized for PS5 preorders being a bit of a mess. “Let’s be honest: PS5 preorders could have been a lot smoother,” says Sony from the official PlayStation Twitter account. “We truly apologize for that.” Preorders for the new PS5 console began on Wednesday, a day earlier than Sony had said retailers would take […]
Google is planning to reveal its new Chromecast at a big hardware event on September 30th. Thanks to a leak, we know what the remote will look like too. 9to5Google shared images, obtained by WinFuture, of the remote. The remote has a D-Pad at the top and a volume rocker on the side, as well as […]
Sony’s upcoming PS5 hardware has appeared at Taiwan’s National Communications Commission (NCC), providing us with the first close up photos of the next-gen console. The NCC has published a variety of images (PDF), showing the standard PS5 laying horizontally, the included cables, and the removable base that holds the console in both vertical and horizontal […]
Amazon postponed its annual Prime Day from July to a date TBD, but new rumors with a hint of evidence suggest it may be happening in mid-October. The latest rumor mill was set off after tech site T3 discovered a promotional poster from Braun, titled “Braun x Prime Day,” which reads, “In mid-October Braun will […]
TikTok and WeChat will be banned from US app stores from Sunday, unless President Donald Trump agrees to a last-minute deal. The Department of Commerce said it would bar people in the US from downloading the messaging and video-sharing apps through any app store on any platform. The Trump administration says the companies threaten national […]
Hours after Sony announced the PlayStation 5’s release date and pricing, pre-orders went up. Several retailers, including Amazon, and GameStop, went live with their pre-order pages for the PS5, but as of right now. They all seem to have sold their allotments within less than 24 hours, and there is no indication when or if […]
Mozilla is shutting down two of its legacy products, Firefox Send and Firefox Notes, the company announced today. “Both services are being decommissioned and will no longer be a part of our product family,” Earlier in the summer, Mozilla saw that some malicious users had started to use Send to carry out phishing attacks and […]
YouTube’s recommendations algorithms usually do a decent job of steering viewers toward content they’re legitimately interested in. Occasionally, however, things seemingly go off the rails and before you know it, you’re down a rabbit hole on the “weird” part of YouTube. Mozilla is just as curious about the origins of these unusual recommendations as the […]
Sony finally announced both. The Sony PS5 will cost a whopping $500, and the disc-free Digital Edition will retail for $400. Both will ship Nov. 12 in the U.S. and Nov. 19 elsewhere. However, players in China are facing a longer wait. “PS5 launch date for China is still under exploration and will be announced […]
Ubisoft has announced new Assassin’s Creed and Splinter Cell games built entirely for virtual reality. The games, announced during the Facebook Connect virtual keynote on Wednesday, mark a long-rumored but still potentially exciting addition to VR. Ubisoft will develop the VR versions of both games. They’ll be built from the ground up but will stay […]
Facebook’s next-generation Oculus Quest 2 standalone VR headset ships in October starting at $299 with Qualcomm’s latest XR2 chipset driving major upgrades including a 90 hz mode and much higher resolution. The new Oculus Quest 2 “all-in-one” arrives to buyers starting October 13. Pre-orders start today for the 64 GB headset and Touch controllers priced […]
Apple’s next major software upgrades for the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV are almost ready. At today’s “Time Flies” event, the company announced that iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, along with the latest watchOS and tvOS updates, will start rolling out on Wednesday, September 16th. iOS 14 brings widgets to the iPhone home […]
Apple is refreshing its entry-level iPad with an updated chip. The 8th-generation tablet includes the company’s A12 Bionic chipset, which Apple debuted with the iPhone XS in 2018. Apple says the chip delivers significantly improved graphical performance over the A10 processor that was in its previous entry-level iPad model. The A12 chip brings Apple’s “Neural […]
Apple is unveiling a new iPad Air today that looks very similar to the company’s iPad Pro. It’s a significant design change from the current Air, which was brought back to life last year to sit in between the iPad and iPad Pro. Last year’s Air has thick top and bottom bezels and a button […]