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Razer unveiled its 2020 Blade Stealth 13. The refresh comes with the same Intel quad-core processor as last year’s model, but the notebook traded up the GPU slightly to a GeForce GTX 1650 Ti. The new gaming laptop also has a 13.3-inch 120Hz 1080p display. Along with the 120Hz 1080p display, Razer also offers a […]
T-Mobile-Sprint merger is complete, T-Mobile is ready to make some network changes. It’s expanding access to 5G frequencies, and it will allow Sprint customers to use T-Mobile’s 5G if they have a Galaxy S20. T-Mobile is using the 2.5 GHz spectrum it acquired through the Sprint merger to bring 2.5 GHz 5G to customers in […]
Google is starting to “roll out gradually” a feature allowing you to customize voice detection sensitivity on Google Assistant devices. Mishaal Rahman, editor-in-chief of XDA Developers, was able to access the feature by tinkering with the Google Home app’s code. Screenshots that Rahman posted to Twitter show the “‘Hey Google’ Sensitivity” feature displaying a slider […]
When Fortnite originally released for mobile devices, the game was not made available for the Google Play Store. However, Epic announced today that Fortnite would be put on the Google Play Store going forward, with the game officially available in the store now for Android users. Previously, Fortnite was kept away from the Google Play […]
Movie ticketing company Fandango has agreed to buy Walmart’s on-demand video streaming service, Vudu, for an undisclosed sum. The video service today reaches more than 100 million living room devices across the U.S., including smart TVs, Blu-ray players, game consoles and other over-the-top streaming devices, as well as Windows 10 and Mac computers, and iOS […]
Microsoft plans to press ahead with a Surface product refresh this spring, with at least one virtual launch event planned, according to reports. Recent retailer leaks have hinted that Microsoft is planning to use Intel’s latest 10th Gen processors on the Surface Book 3, alongside potentially up to 32GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. […]
More than 700 fake websites mimicking Netflix and Disney+ signup pages have been created seeking to harvest personal information from consumers during the coronavirus lockdown streaming boom. Mimecast identified around 700 suspicious websites mimicking Netflix that appeared between April 6 and April 13. The world’s most popular streaming service has predicted it will add seven […]
Facebook has partnered with Carnegie Mellon University to launch an interactive Covid-19 map that shows the estimated percentage of people exhibiting symptoms of the virus on a county-by-county basis. The map uses aggregated public data from a survey conducted by Carnegie Mellon University Delphi Research Center. Worth reiterating is the fact that it only shows […]
Samsung is ongoing to fix bugs in the Galaxy S20 Ultra aren’t quite going according to plan. SamMobile reports that Samsung has pulled its latest update days after reports of glitches. While the company hasn’t outlined just what prompted the decision, users have reported green screen tinting when the display is set to use its […]
The ongoing Covid-19 outbreak has forced millions of us to work home. The same is true for the team monitoring and controlling NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover as the space agency has sent many of its employees home to help combat the spread of the virus. NASA saw the move coming in advance and planned for […]
Instagram’s founders, who have been mostly out of the public eye since leaving Facebook in 2018, introduced a website that gives live state-by-state updates on the spread of Covid-19 across the US.RT.live uses a statistic called an effective reproduction number, which tracks the average number of people who catch the coronavirus from a single infected […]
Amazon is now using thermal cameras at its warehouses to help screen workers for fevers, Reuters reports. The thermal imaging cameras are faster to use than the standard forehead thermometers Amazon had been using to test workers for fevers, which are a primary symptom of the coronavirus. Workers said Amazon still asks for a thermometer […]
SpaceX and NASA are finally ready to take a major leap forward in the space industry. SpaceX’s Crew Dragon rocket has had its fair share of troubles over time, but it’s finally stable enough to launch two astronauts (Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken) up to the International Space Station. It won’t be a long trip, […]
At this point, it’s safe to say most people know hand washing is one the most effective ways to stop the spread of the coronavirus. According to Samsung, “a small group of designers and developers from Samsung Research Institute-Bangalore, or SRI-B’s UX and wearable teams, worked round-the-clock over the last two weeks to come up […]
Google is reportedly testing its own Google-branded smart debit card that will help customers make and track purchases made online and in stores, according to a report from TechCrunch. The project is meant to be a new centerpiece for Google’s existing Google Pay system, which currently only does online and peer-to-peer payments by adding a […]