Users on Instagram will soon be required to enter their birth date in order to use the social networking app. The Facebook-owned company previously only checked that the new user was at least 13 years old. The changes are being made in the hopes of making the platform safer for younger users, Instagram said in […]
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How to Fix Your MacBook That Randomly Shuts Down
Is your MacBook Pro randomly shutting down, even with plenty of battery life left? You’re not alone; reports of MacBook Pros shutting off prematurely are showing up on various forums and support threads. So far Apple has confirmed the random shutdown behavior on the 2019 13-inch MacBook Pro, though Mashable reports a similar issue occurring on the 13-inch […]
iPhone 11 Pro continues to track your location even after you tell it to stop
No matter what device we’re using, or how much we trust the company that made it, we like to have as much control over our privacy as possible. This is especially true when every corporation on the planet is seemingly at risk of being hacked, which is why one security researcher was surprised to discover […]
Motorola could finally start making flagship smartphones again
Qualcomm wasn’t the only company to announce some big news today at its annual Snapdragon Tech Summit. During one of the keynotes, Motorola President Sergio Buniac announced that beginning early next year, Motorola plans to release premium, flagship smartphones again. Motorola has developed plenty of budget and mid-range devices over the last several years now, […]
Qualcomm’s new in-display ultrasonic fingerprint reader can read two fingers at once
Qualcomm has announced a second-generation version of its ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor, the 3D Sonic Max, that promises to fix the issues with the original 3D Sonic Sensor by offering a sensor that’s 17 times bigger. The 3D Sonic Max is so big, in fact, that it can read two fingerprints at once for extra […]
Motorola will start making flagship phones again in 2020
Motorola has struggled to find its footing in the smartphone era. After early successes like the Droid, it increasingly fell behind the likes of Samsung and OnePlus. After focusing on cheaper phones for the last few years, Moto says it’s coming back to the flagship space in 2020. Under Lenovo, Motorola backed away from high-end […]
How new Army-developed AI technology can save infantry in a firefight
Envision a scenario wherein dismounted infantry soldiers are taking heavy enemy fire while clearing buildings amid intense urban combat — when an overhead drone detects small groups of enemy fighters hidden nearby, between walls, preparing to ambush. As the armed soldiers clear rooms and transition from house to house in a firefight, how quickly would […]
Qualcomm Goes For The Mid-Range: Snapdragon 765 and 765G
The first day of Qualcomm’s annual Snapdragon Tech Summit is often the teaser day: a slow entry into the rest of the event where the technical aspects of the announcements are disclosed. What the teaser day does is often give us the names of Qualcomm’s future products, and today we have that – one of […]
Pablo Escobar’s Brother Has Apple In His Crosshairs With… an ‘Unbreakable’ Foldable Phone?
If the Samsung Galaxy Fold, the Huawei Mate X, or that new Razr phone are too rich for your blood, consider the $350 Pablo Escobar Fold 1. Yes, you read correctly. The Fold 1 is the brainchild of Roberto Escobar, brother to famed Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar whose death also happened to disastrously unleash […]
Samsung starts Android 10 update at a record pace: Only three months late
Samsung is starting the slow and arduous process of updating its flagship smartphone to the latest version of Android: Android 10. This is just the beginning of the Android 10 rollout for Samsung, which, according to tracking from SamMobile, starts with Exynos-powered Galaxy S10s in European and Asian countries, including Germany, South Korea, the UK, […]
