Motorola has a pair of new budget smartphones: the entry-level $149.99 Motorola E and the $199.99 Moto G Fast. The two new phones help solidify Motorola’s lineup across the budget and midrange space, with the Moto E and the Moto G Fast joining the already released Moto G Power ($249.99) and G Stylus ($299.99). The […]
Sega wants to turn Japanese arcades into ‘fog gaming’ data centers
Sega marked its 60th anniversary this week with a tiny version of the Game Gear. But that’s not the only thing on the company’s mind at the minute. It’s working on a system that would turn Japanese arcades into small data centers. Arcade gaming is still pretty big in Japan. A report by the Japanese Amusement […]
Sony fined $2.4 million over illegal return policy in Australia
Sony has been hit with a fine in Australia for misleading customers about its refund policy. In a statement on Friday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it fined Sony Europe 3.5 million Australian dollars ($2.4 million U.S.) for not giving refunds to customers for digital game purchases that players said were faulty. […]
Instagram says sites need photographers’ permission to embed posts
Instagram lets you embed posts from any public account on the platform. This may however get difficult as you may need to get permission to embed someone’s Instagram post. This new development was confirmed by Instagram itself following a lawsuit was filed by photographer Elliot McGucken against Newsweek for embedding his Instagram post. Newsweek on […]
Slack and Amazon partner to take on Microsoft Teams and Zoom
Enterprise messaging platform Slack has joined Amazon in a multi-year agreement to take on its closest rival Microsoft Teams. Under the new deal, all Amazon employees will get access to Slacks office tools. Once Amazon’s rollout to its employees is complete, the company could potentially overtake IBM to become Slack’s biggest customer. The e-commerce giant […]
Sony WH-1000XM4 upgrades detailed in early Walmart product page
Walmart has prematurely listed the WH-1000XM4 which reveals basically everything else there is to know about the refreshed headphones. This includes new AI features to enhance compressed music, the ability to connect to multiple devices at once, and a $348 price tag. Most of the 1000XM4s appear to be identical to the M3s, with what […]
Facebook now lets everyone export media to Google Photos
Facebook’s Google Photos transfer tool, first announced for the US and Canada back in April, is now available globally. The new data transfer tool allows you to create copies of all of the photos or videos on your Facebook account and transfer them to a linked Google Photos one. The tool was first made available […]
Fitbit’s ventilator gets emergency FDA approval
Fitbit has officially unveiled the Fitbit Flow, a new ventilator with FDA approval for use during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ventilator has been granted emergency use authorization by the FDA, meaning it can only be used to treat people during the current health crisis. The Fitbit ventilator is based on the MIT E-Vent system, as […]
{Guest Post} The Top 5 Internet Browsers for Improved Data Privacy and Security by Chris Jones
We don’t need to be the ones to tell you this, but we will say it anyway: There are a lot of internet browsers out there today.Besides the common ones that you know, mobile phone OEMs have even developed a habit of bundling their devices with in-house browsers out of the box too. This does […]
Microsoft’s Chromium-based Edge browser rolls out through Windows Update
Microsoft is starting to roll out its new Edge browser through Windows Update. The new Chromium-based version of Edge launched in January, but Windows users had to specifically download it. A Microsoft support article notes that it’s now available on Windows Update, meaning it will soon arrive on the more than 1 billion Windows 10 […]
Apple’s 2021 iPad Pros could have 5G
Apple plans to launch new iPad Pro models with an A14X chip, 5G connectivity, and a Mini-LED display in the first or second quarter of 2021, according to the increasingly reliable Twitter account L0vetodream. This isn’t the first we’ve heard that iPad Pros could be getting Mini-LED displays. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo stated in December […]
BBC releases its own ‘Beeb’ voice assistant in beta
The BBC announced last year that it was working on a voice assistant called “Beeb.” Today, developers moved the software to the beta phase. The testing will be semi-open to the public. Windows Insiders in the UK can download Beeb from the Microsoft store for use on Windows 10 only the UK broadcaster announced today. […]
Google pulls popular app that helped remove Chinese apps from phones
Google has removed a popular Indian-developed app from its Play Store that promised to find and remove Chinese apps from smartphones. The search giant confirmed to Gadgets 360 that the app, which was called “Remove Chinese Apps,” was removed for violating its Deceptive Behavior Policy, which prohibits software from encouraging or misleading users into “removing […]
Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and Amazon unite in support of Blackout Tuesday
All major streaming services from across the world including Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube etc have come together to pledge their support for Blackout Tuesday. The platforms are marking their support with special playlists, social media blackout and moments of silence to protest against police violence and racism and also to honour George Floyd. […]
Apple News+ will feature audio versions of stories, iOS update shows
While Apple has released iOS 13.5.1 to the public, Apple has also made the first beta version of iOS 13.5.5 available hidden within is “Apple News+ Audio,” which will offer audio stories to News+ subscribers as reported by 9to5mac. It looks like the existing News app will get a new “Audio” tab, which will give […]















