YouTube is testing a streamlined way to buy items that are used or mentioned on your favorite channels. The service says that creators who are part of the pilot can include certain products in their videos. If you click or tap on a shopping bag icon in the bottom left of the screen, YouTube will […]
Samsung partners with Audi, BMW, Ford, and Genesis to turn your phone into a car key
Samsung has announced partnerships with Audi, BMW, Ford, and Genesis to do just that, saying the feature may be available as soon as August 2021. And excitingly, those digital car keys should work with Apple iPhones and across other Android brands, too. Samsung is part of multiple standards bodies that are working on the tech, […]
You’ll soon be able to upload files as big as 250GB to OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, and SharePoint
Microsoft will soon let you upload even bigger files to OneDrive, Teams, and SharePoint, increasing the limit from 100GB to 250GB. The bigger file size limit could be good news for people who are working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic and need to upload large projects like 4K and 8K video, CAD files, […]
Belkin wireless charger sold by Apple is being recalled for fire hazards
Belkin is voluntarily recalling its Portable Wireless Charger + Stand Special Edition that was sold in Apple retail stores and online on Apple and Belkin’s sites because of fire and shock safety hazards. No incidents or injuries have been connected to the charger, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and the malfunction should only […]
GoPro Labs adds more experimental features to its cameras
Today, GoPro is expanding support for GoPro Labs to include the recently released Hero9 Black and its older Hero7 Black and Max models. The update comes with seven new features for the owners of those action cameras to check out. Most fall into the “why didn’t they think to add these earlier?” category than the […]
The ASUS Chromebook CX9 is rugged, light and powerful
s part of its CES 2021 lineup, ASUS has a new Chromebook that’s a little different, though the Chromebook CX9 is a thin, light and rugged laptop meant for getting work done in harsh environments. Indeed, the CX9 meets MIL-STD 810H US military standards though ASUS hasn’t specifically said what it tested for or what […]
Google is adding a ‘Guest Mode’ to its smart speakers
Google smart speakers like the Nest Hub and Nest Mini will have a new option called “Guest Mode.” When enabled by saying “Hey Google, turn on guest mode,” the speaker will act a bit more like a public Google Assistant terminal and a bit less like your own personal assistant. When Guest Mode is turned […]
LG’s new batch of gaming monitors includes 4K / 144Hz panel with HDMI 2.1
LG announced three new game monitors as part of the announcement of the CES 2021. The new batch of displays includes a model update of the LGs27GN950 gaming monitor that supports HDMI 2.1, a 32-inch 1440p display, and a 34-inch 1440p ultra-wide monitor. The LG UltraGear 27GP950 is a 27-inch 4K gaming monitor that uses […]
Dell updates its Alienware m15 and m17 laptops with Nvidia’s new RTX 3000 GPUs
Alienware is upgrading its m15 and m17 gaming laptops with some boosted specs at CES 2021, with the new R4 models offering Nvidia’s latest RTX 3000 series GPUs for laptops, faster memory options, more internal storage, and for the m17 R4, specifically an optional 360Hz display, a first for Alienware. Both the 15-inch and 17-inch […]
Lenovo’s second-gen ThinkBook Plus features a much-improved E Ink screen
The new Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 2 i features a larger, external-facing 12-inch touchscreen E Ink display that boasts a 68 percent screen-to-body ratio and a resolution of 2,500 x 1,600. Last year’s model only had a screen-to-body ratio of 48 percent. On the flip side, you get a 13.3-inch LCD panel with a matching […]
Western Digital adds 4TB options to its portable SSD lines
Western Digital as CES 2021 this week introduced a quartet of high-capacity, portable solid-state drives across its consumer-facing brands. Collectively, the new 4TB drives focus on performance, durability and of course, capacity, catering to a variety of target users. The WD Black P50 Game Drive SSD is compatible with PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC […]
Mozilla brings its VPN to Mac and Linux
Mozilla rolled out a Windows and Android VPN in July. It later introduced an iOS version. Now Mozilla VPN has been released on Mac and Linux. The VPN is currently available in six countries the US, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia and it’ll open in more regions soon, according to Mozilla. A […]
Honor’s Band 6 wearable is coming to the US for around $35
Honor will start selling its Honor Band 6 fitness tracker in the US. The barebones wearable, which launched in China back in November, will arrive on these shores at an as-yet unspecified date in the very near future. The wearable packs a 1.47-inch, 194 x 364 (282ppi) vertical AMOLED display, and offers sleep, heart rate […]
Qualcomm’s second-gen ultrasonic fingerprint reader is bigger and faster than the original
Qualcomm has just announced the 3D Sonic Sensor Gen 2, the latest version of its ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor that looks to improve on the original model in nearly every way. The new version offers a larger surface area for the sensor and faster processing to unlock phones even quicker. The company is making a […]
Cowin’s latest earbuds and headphones balance budget and battery life
Cowin has spent the last couple of years making and selling affordable audio products. On Monday, Cowin announced two new Bluetooth headphones with active noise cancelling: the in-ear Apex Elite and the over-ear SE9. With the Apex Elite, two things stand out. The first is battery life. Cowin claims you can get more than seven […]