While online gaming is an everyday part of players lives, it’s still not as safe as it could be. Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo, the three gaming console giants, announced today via Xbox Wire that the teams are working together on shared safety standards across gaming. These standards are focused on three principles: prevention, partnership and […]
Ubisoft announced on Today that its game subscription service, Ubisoft Plus, is adding support for Google Stadia, meaning any subscriber can sign up for a free Stadia account and stream Ubisoft games from the cloud on supported devices. Ubisoft first announced Stadia support in October when it rebranded from UPlay Plus into its current iteration, […]
Multiple Google services and websites including YouTube, Gmail, Google Assistant, and Google Docs were down for around an hour on Monday morning after being hit with a widespread outage. Google acknowledged the issues with Gmail, affecting both its business and personal services, at 6:55AM ET, and said the problem was fixed for the “vast majority” […]
A Virgin Galactic test flight Saturday ended prematurely as the spacecraft’s rocket motor failed to ignite and it then glided down safely to its landing site in southern New Mexico. Both the craft and the crew are “in great shape,” and there are backup motors on hand. Still, the company could only promise that it […]
Google might finally bring its dark mode for search to computer users. Users have discovered testing for a dark theme for Google’s desktop web searches. The tests only appear to last briefly (Reddit user Pixel3aXL saw it come and go within hours) and don’t affect the homepage, but they work in third-party browsers like Firefox. […]
Sony posted a detailed teardown video of its own, revealing previously unseen details like the fan that pulls in air from both sides and internal SSD expansion slot. Now iFixit have attacked it with their usual detiled pulling the various boards fully part to take a look from a third-party perspective, and even put it […]
Twitter announced that it is acquiring Squad and that the team from the screen-sharing social app will be joining Twitter’s ranks. Squad’s co-founders, CEO Esther Crawford and CTO Ethan Sutin, and the rest of the team will be coming aboard inside Twitter’s design, engineering and product departments, Twitter tells us. Crawford specifically notes that she […]
In the event you’ve seen that you just’re receiving SMS texts and iMessages from folks however aren’t getting any notifications about them, you’re not alone. Removed from it. Many individuals experiencing an annoying bug the place messages with none pop-up notification and even the standard crimson badge to point that there’s an unread message ready […]
pple has announced that it will be shutting down the Music Memos app and is encouraging those who have used the app to transfer their recordings to the Voice Memos app. In a new Apple Support document, Apple points to the Voice Memos app as the new place to capture music ideas with your iPhone, […]
Microsoft made the jump to an ARM software ecosystem years before Apple, but the Windows-maker still lags far behind. Take for example machines such as Surface Pro X that run Windows on ARM, but have been severely limited by the app gap, while the Rosetta 2 emulation layer allowed Apple to sort that issue with […]
Google is introducing new advertising settings that allow users to see fewer ads related to gambling and alcohol. The feature will be available on YouTube within the US first, but will also eventually be available for all Google ads as well. The company says it will expand the feature globally “in early 2021.” The Google […]
Google is making it even easier to work with Microsoft Office files, with the company now allowing users to directly edit attached Office files in Gmail, much like it already allows with Google Docs or Sheets files. Google Workspace has offered compatibility with Office files from Word, PowerPoint, and Excel for some time. But previously, […]
The Federal Communications Commission has taken a further step towards forcing providers to remove Huawei and ZTE equipment from their networks. Commissioners voted 5-0 to create a list of banned gear. The Federal Communications Commission also formally established a program to reimburse eligible smaller providers for replacing equipment that’s deemed a risk to national security. […]
Twitter is making it even easier to spread your tweets far and wide to every social media platform imaginable. Starting today on iOS, you’ll be able to add tweets into a snap as a sticker. Before, if you wanted to share a tweet on Snapchat, you would have to take a screenshot of it and […]
The software that runs on Amazon’s Fire TV streaming devices is set to undergo a significant overhaul in the coming weeks, and the rollout of the “new Fire TV experience” begins today on some devices. After the update is installed, you’ll have access to new features like multiuser support and a streamlined interface that makes […]