Google Fi is joining the growing list of apps with a built-in dark theme. We saw hints that this theme was being developed — starting with a data usage widget —back in April. Now, it seems that the full theme is finally ready for deployment. This latest update to the app brings a dark mode consistent […]
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Haptic Touch vs 3D Touch: What’s the Difference?
With the iPhone 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Max, Apple did away with 3D Touch across its entire iPhone lineup, replacing the former 3D Touch feature with Haptic Touch. In this guide, we’ll go over everything you need to know about Haptic Touch and how it differs from the 3D Touch feature that’s been […]
Halide’s latest update makes switching lenses on the iPhone 11 Pro more intuitive
Halide has released a massive iOS update that offers extended support for the multi-lens camera systems on the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro. The most important new feature is the “Tactile Lens Switcher,” which lets you switch between the three lenses of the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max at will. This […]
What to expect from Microsoft’s Surface hardware event
Microsoft is holding a big Surface hardware event in New York City on Wednesday, October 2nd. The company has been teasing this event continually on Twitter, and is even inviting Surface fans to attend. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will be in attendance, alongside Surface chief Panos Panay. It seems like we’re on the cusp of […]
Google brings its Jacquard wearables tech to Levi’s Trucker Jacket
Back in 2015, Google’s ATAP team demoed a new kind of wearable tech at Google I/O that used functional fabrics and conductive yarns to allow you to interact with your clothing and, by extension, the phone in your pocket. The company then released a jacket with Levi’s in 2017, but that was expensive, at $350, […]
Microsoft Says AI-Powered Windows Updates Have Reduced Crashes
Microsoft has invested heavily in AI and machine learning, but you wouldn’t know it from how little attention it gets compared with Google. Microsoft is using its machine learning technology to address something all long-term Windows users have experienced: faulty updates. Microsoft says that AI can help identify systems that will play nicely with updates, […]
Linux to get kernel ‘lockdown’ feature
After years of countless reviews, discussions, and code rewrites, Linus Torvalds approved on Saturday a new security feature for the Linux kernel, named “lockdown.” The new feature will ship as a LSM (Linux Security Module) in the soon-to-be-released Linux kernel 5.4 branch, where it will be turned off by default; usage being optional due to […]
Motorola’s Razr V4 Releases In 2019: Here’s What It Needs
Cnet is reporting that Motorola’s heavily rumoured foldable phone – the Razr V4 – is going to be released by the end of this year. If that turns out to be accurate, the rehashed flip phone will need to offer more than a foldable – but familiar – shape to have long-term success. Foldable tech […]
Developer shows a jailbroken iPhone X on iOS 13.1.1 achieved by a new exploit
Developer and hacker Axi0mX recently shared a new exploit called “checkm8” that offers the possibility to jailbreak almost every Apple A-series CPU up to A11 Bionic chip. Today, the developer has posted a video that shows an iPhone X (which runs on A11 chip) booting up in verbose mode — something that is only possible […]
How to Watch Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship Update Live Today
Elon Musk will provide an update about SpaceX’s new Starship and Super Heavy rocket, and you can watch him announce the news live online. Tune in at 8 p.m. EDT (0000 GMT) to hear Musk discuss the new design of the rocket-spacecraft combo, which is being built to launch human missions to the moon, Mars […]
Google turns 21: A look back at the search engine giant’s iconic life
Raise a glass to Google, it’s finally old enough to drink. The popular search engine celebrated its 21st birthday Friday. In its lifetime, the tech giant has gone from a viral startup that quickly became the best way to look up info online to a behemoth corporation that affects so much of daily life (some […]
Think AMD is killing it now? Just wait until Black Friday 2019
AMD has been absolutely dominating Intel in sales and we have the graphs to prove it. Ever since it dropped the 3rd-generation AMD Ryzen processors, Team Red has been giving its competition an absolute walloping when it comes to sales, and that probably won’t change any time soon. If you weren’t aware, Black Friday is […]