Earlier this month, we saw two Motorola smartphones pass through the FCC which we assumed were the Moto G7 and G7 Plus. Now, thanks to a filing on the FCC website found by Droid-Life, we have real-life photos of the Moto G7 Play and details about the handset’s internals. First, looking at the exterior of […]
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Google Home Hub and Home Mini bundle just $99 from Walmart
We’ve seen plenty of good deals on Google’s recently-released Home Hub smart display this Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend. Most retailers have had it discounted to $99, and there were some even better deals to be had with a bit of research. However, Walmart’s $99 Home Hub and Home Mini bundle is the best offer we’ve […]
Google just found malware apps hiding in the Play store that were downloaded over 500,000 times
Google has taken swift action after it was discovered that more than a dozen apps that install malware on user devices were found in the Google Play store. The company has yanked the 13 Android apps, which included car and truck driving simulations as well as a couple that actually got featured in the store’s […]
Google settles with contractor over alleged racial discrimination
As much as Google talks about being inclusive of other cultures, it might have some more work to do. The Guardian has learned that Google recently settled a racial discrimination claim from a British contractor who collected shopping mall WiFi data for the Maps team in Europe. Allegedly, the company withdrew an offer for a […]
Black Holes, Quantum Systems, Superconductors and Planck’s Constant are Related
Researchers from the CNRS and Université de Sherbrooke, have discovered a universal law for the electronic properties of high-temperature superconductors. They exposed superconductors to an intense magnetic field to weaken superconductivity and reveal underlying properties. They measured the variations of electrical resistivity up to -263 °C, and developed a predictive model that can be applied […]
Whoa. A Pair Of Genetically Edited Babies Might Have Been Successfully Born In China
A Chinese scientist is claiming to have helped create the world’s first genetically edited babies after a couple gave birth earlier this month to two twin girls whose DNA was engineered to have the capability to thwart off HIV and AIDS. Jiankui He, the lead researcher, and a team of scientists at the Southern University […]
LG, Huawei, and Samsung all think Flex is a great name for a foldable phone
Some of the big tech companies leading the way when it comes to foldable phones aren’t exactly flexing their creative muscles when it comes to choosing a name for their novel handsets. Ok, granted, there are probably only so many naming conventions that accurately convey what you as a consumer are getting when you buy […]
Apple restarts iPhone X production over poor iPhone XS, XS Max sales
Poor iPhone XS, XS Max sales force Apple to restart production of iPhone X Apple had halted the production of its 10th-anniversary smartphone, iPhone X to make way for its three new iPhones for 2018 – the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR. However, Apple has restarted the production of iPhone X in […]
Mobile and IoT attacks – SophosLabs 2019 Threat Report
As internet users migrate from desktop and laptop computers to mobile and Internet of Things (IoT) platforms, cybercriminals are making the journey with them. The SophosLabs 2019 Threat Report has tracked this shift across a range of mobile threat types, most of which target Android. The simplest tactic here is to try and sneak malicious […]
Bethesda Promised Refund On Fallout 76, Then Bailed Out The Next Day
In recent reports, one of many disappointed Fallout 76 players contacted Bethesda for a refund on the disastrous and catastrophic online survival-RPG Fallout 76 (and those aren’t just one man’s words). Although Bethesda promised a refund, they bailed out the next day with an unconvincing excuse. A lot has been going on with Bethesda and […]
Quantum sound waves to open doors for more powerful sensors
For the last decade, scientists have been making giant leaps in their ability to build and control systems based on the bizarre rules of quantum mechanics, which describe the behavior of particles at the subatomic scale. But a challenge is getting delicate quantum systems to play well with mechanical ones—anything with moving parts—which underlie a […]
Apple knows 5G is about infrastructure, NOT mobile phones
With Apple shares down more than 20 percent from their all-time highs of only a few weeks ago, writers are piling-on about what’s wrong in Cupertino. But sometimes writers looking for a story don’t fully understand what they are talking about. And that seems to me to be the case with complaints that Apple is […]