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Amazon is working on a new feature for its Alexa voice assistant that will let the software launch Android and iOS apps using voice commands, a first for Amazon’s assistant and a bold expansion of its strategy to position Alexa as a platform-agnostic alternative to Apple’s Siri and Google Assistant. Called Alexa for Apps, the […]
Facebook now lets you add an extra layer of security when opening Messenger on an iPhone or iPad. The app itself can now be locked upon or shortly after closing, requiring you to use an authentication method like Face ID or Touch ID to open it back up. That means you could unlock your phone […]
Samsung officially announced the Galaxy Z Flip 5G this morning, and as its name suggests, the device packs the next-generation network support the original missed out on. The first Galaxy Z Flip used Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 Plus chipset, a sliver of computing silicon that was about a year old when Samsung squeezed it into its […]
LinkedIn has announced it will lay off around six percent of its workforce, in part due to a coronavirus-related worldwide hiring slowdown. The Microsoft-owned company is cutting about 960 jobs from its global sales and talent acquisition teams. The outbreak has disrupted commerce globally, closing thousands of businesses while forcing others to furlough large numbers […]
Amazon began testing its delivery bots in Snohomish County, Washington last year. They’ve been making deliveries in the Irvine area of California, and this week they popped up in Atlanta and Franklin. Only a handful of Amazon Scout devices will operate in each city. They’ll be accompanied by a human, travel at walking speed and […]
Some 17 years after slinging its Spirit and Opportunity rovers towards the Red Planet, NASA is making final preparations ahead of its Mars 2020 mission launch. NASA’s Perseverance rover is all packed away and ready to launch to Mars on Thursday, July 30. NASA will livestream the event as the car-sized rover takes off from […]
Starting today, some Instagrammers can run fundraisers for a cause that’s important to them, themselves, their small business or a friend. It’s effectively a take on GoFundMe directly within the app. Instagram is initially testing the Personal Fundraiser feature in the US, UK and Ireland, and it follows Facebook rolling out a similar function in […]
Bitcoin exchange service Coinbase said it blocked bitcoin amounting to almost $280,000 from being transferred to the attackers behind the massive hack that took over Twitter last week, according to a Forbes report. Last Wednesday hackers compromised 130 high-profile Twitter accounts, including that of former President Barack Obama, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and Kanye West. […]
Samsung will introduce five new devices at its Unpacked event on Aug. 5, the company’s head of mobile confirmed Monday in a blog post. Tae-moon Roh, the president and head of the company’s mobile communications business, shared the tidbit in a blog post Samsung published on Monday. “At this summer’s Galaxy Unpacked, we’ll be introducing […]
The first of Snap’s new Mini applications rolled out Monday, with tools from meditation app Headspace, part of an initiative “to help support the mental health and emotional wellbeing of Snapchatters,” a Snap spokesperson said in a statement. Snap Minis are built directly into Snapchat with HTML5, and they work for all users on all […]
Mario Kart Tour is finally getting widescreen support nearly a year after its initial launch. The option to flip your phone into landscape mode was a key feature missing when the Mario Kart series’ mobile iteration came out last year. Released in September 2019, Mario Kart Tour brought the popular go-kart racing series to smartphones. […]
TSMC chairman Mark Liu announced at an investor’s conference that TSMC is complying with new US legislation, and did not take any new orders from Huawei after May 15. Their final shipment to Huawei will have been completed by September 14. He didn’t say if TSMC will apply for a license, but did indicate that […]
Twitter was the target of a very public hack attack that’s still sending shockwaves across the internet. In what is a major security breach for Twitter, a handful of the most-followed Twitter accounts belonging to some of the world’s wealthiest individuals and companies all published a tweet asking followers to send Bitcoin with a claim […]
US video game spending totaled $1.2 billion in June, according to a new report by NPD Group. Spending has been dramatically higher in 2020 than it was compared to last year, with sales through June up 19 percent year over year, and June sales specifically were up 26 percent compared to the same month in […]
Facebook has enabled its screen-sharing feature for Messenger on mobile devices, allowing you to share your phone or tablet screen when calling a friend one on one, in a group chat, or while taking part in even larger conversations via Messenger Rooms. Messenger’s new phone feature lets you instantly share your screen with friends and […]