NetMarketShare’s 2020 report showed that Edge’s 7.59% desktop market share pushed it past Firefox in March last year. Now, a different analytics company StatCounter reports that Edge has been adding users over the last few months as Firefox’s userbase shrinks. While the data doesn’t prove Firefox users have been leaving for Edge, we see that […]
Resident Evil Village gameplay footage drops, confirms camera mode
The trailer, courtesy of IGN’s First Look, shows around five minutes of Resident Evil Village gameplay footage on a PS4 Pro and, actually, it’s looking pretty good. Up until now, we’ve only seen footage of the game running on the latest hardware and you can see the new trailer for yourself below: This reveal comes […]
Google opens up the Play Store to more Android Auto apps
In August of last year, Google announced that it would allow more kinds of Android Auto apps on the Play Store. Developers can now publicly release new navigation, parking, and charging apps for Android Auto. Google first said it would open up its marketplace to a greater variety of Android Auto applications last August. More […]
NASA’s Mars rover drops off Ingenuity helicopter ahead of historic flight
NASA’s Perseverance rover released the Ingenuity helicopter onto the surface of Mars Saturday, leaving behind the experimental flying drone to survive on its own power until attempting a historic hop in the Red Planet’s thin carbon dioxide atmosphere. The milestone kicks off a week of checkouts and testing before NASA commits to the $80 million […]
Microsoft delays full reopening of its offices to at least September
Microsoft is delaying the full reopening of its offices the company’s “Stage 6” phase of its hybrid workplace plan until September 7th at the earliest. This marks a delay from its originally planned July window. In an email to staff, executive VP Kurt DelBene said the delay gave “additional flexibility” for staff making plans for […]
Intel forgot to release graphics drivers for their 11th-gen Rocket Lake CPUs
Intel’s graphics drivers are usually available on their downloads website, but if you search for the 11900K or its siblings, then all you get is the Performance Maximizer utility. If you download the Intel Graphics driver installer, it says it can’t find a match for your hardware. That’s a bit annoying when you’re paying over […]
This is Spotify’s ‘Car Thing’ gadget, as shown in the app’s own code
Spotify’s much-anticipated in-car gadget, a voice-controlled music player known colloquially as the Car Thing, has just shown up in a handful of in-app renders unearthed by MacRumors contributor Steve Moser, who found the images in Spotify’s app code. These renders match up quite closely with photographs of the real deal submitted as part of filings […]
Amazon apologizes for tweets attacking criticism of working conditions
Amazon has issued a rare public apology but not to its workers, and with no real admission of guilt. Mark Pocan for Twitter posts blasting the Wisconsin politician when he criticized working conditions that included drivers peeing in bottles as they faced pressure to meet quotas. The tweets were “incorrect” by focusing on warehouse workers […]
Microsoft Build will take place May 25th–27th
Possible dates for Microsoft Build have leaked a couple of times over the past few weeks. Now, it looks like it’s official. Build, Microsoft’s annual developer conference a virtual event again this year will be from May 25 to 27. A spokesperson confirmed to me these are the correct dates and said Microsoft had nothing […]
Tesla delivered more cars than it made in the first quarter of 2021
Tesla has just released its Q1 2021 production and delivery report, so the numbers are now in. See how Tesla fared this quarter right here. At 184,800 global deliveries of the Model Y, Model 3, Model S and Model X combined, Tesla beat expectations. The target numbers ranged from about 160,000 to 188,000, so Tesla […]
Official Xbox Series X mini fridges are coming
Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg promised official Xbox Series X mini fridges if the company won a Twitter brand competition, and he’s being true to his word. Xbox has won Twitter’s first-ever #BestOfTweet Brand Bracket Championship and, will be making Xbox Series X Mini Fridges for the public. Xbox was in a tough fight with Skittles in […]
MSI announces two new convertible business laptops
MSI is launching its latest Summit Series 2-in-1 laptops aimed at business professionals and those seeking a stylish productivity tool. The new Summit E13 Flip Evo (plus Summit E16 Flip) and the MSI Pen were announced in January at CES where they won “Best of CES 2021” convertible laptop awards and a CES Innovation Award. […]
Casio adds Wear OS to latest G-Shock watch for the first time
After rumors surfaced last month that Apple was again considering announcing a rugged version of its smartwatch, Casio has done just that with the introduction of the first G-Shock smartwatch featuring Google’s Wear OS. As you’d expect in a G-Shock watch, the GSW-H1000 has a brawny look with a titanium back for extra durability. That’s […]
A useful feature is returning to Google Maps on Android
Google announced the return of the compass in a support post discovered by Android Police. Apparently, Google was driven to reinstate the compass after receiving “overwhelming” feedback in support of the tool following its removal in 2019. “You wanted it and we heard you! We’re excited to announce the return of the compass on Maps […]
Apple will recalibrate iPhone 11 batteries to fix performance and capacity issues
Apple will try to fix battery drain and reduced performance issues that have affected some iPhone 11 devices by recalibrating their batteries in an upcoming update (via MacRumors). According to an Apple support document, the process will happen when you update an iPhone 11, 11 Pro, or 11 Pro Max to the upcoming iOS 14.5. […]