Google today rolled out the new Privacy Screen feature for Google Drive on iOS and iPadOS, which allows you to require Face ID or Touch ID authentication whenever anyone tries to open the app on your device. That way, your important work documents or sensitive personal files will be kept away from snooping eyes.
You can choose to have Privacy Screen activate immediately as soon as you switch to…
Instead of requiring a full OS update, Google is bringing exposure notifications to Android by leveraging Play services. Ahead of this month’s launch, the two companies are previewing contact tracing apps and what settings Android users will have to control COVID-19…
Making a specific version of a smartphone just for a single carrier isn’t uncommon, but for the past several years we’ve seen hardware variations on those devices kept to a minimum. The “OnePlus 8 5G UW” on Verizon, though, makes a few more changes which, in turn…
Samsung’s Galaxy A51 is now available as an unlocked device in the US following its release via Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, and Xfinity Mobile. The unlocked 4G handset can be bought from Amazon or Samsung.com, where its price is listed as $399.99. If you’ve been waiting for a version of the phone without all the bloatware that tends to come with carrier devices, then this is the one to get.
The…
EA Play Live goes digital on June 11
May 4, 2020
Electronic Arts announced today that its EA Play Live digital event will broadcast on June 11 at 4 p.m. Pacific.
EA Play was an event that the publisher has held concurrent to the Electronic Entertainment Expo that takes place in Los Angeles each June. EA dropped out of that…
Researchers affiliated with the University of Washington and Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence say they’ve developed an AI system — VeriSci — that can automatically fact-check scientific claims. Ostensibly, the system can not only identify abstracts within…
The OnePlus 8 series is sold unlocked and, for the most part, works with pretty much every carrier you can go out and find in the US. Verizon, though, held certification back on the unlocked OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro which, in turn, broke a few core functions. Now, though, compatibility has been “fast-tracked” to get things up and running.
reports that, over the past few days, Verizon and OnePlus…
If you’ve been following the saga of Apple’s troubled butterfly keyboards, you know that the failure-prone typing surface has been the weakest link across all of the company’s laptops since 2016 — including its most popular 13-inch models. Today, Apple is finally…
OxygenOS 10.5.6 now rolling out for OnePlus 8 Pro w/ front- and rear-facing camera tweaks
May 4, 2020
OxygenOS 10.5.6 is now rolling out for the OnePlus 8 Pro with a series of camera fixes for the latest and greatest flagship OnePlus.
The update was spotted over on Reddit on the /r/OnePlus community, with the OxygenOS 10.5.6 update already available from the fantastic…
The Samsung Galaxy S8 is now set to move from regular monthly to quarterly security patch updates.
While Samsung has really upped their game in recent months with update speed, this is bound to be a blow for those still hanging on to one of 2017’s truly top tier devices. However, this move was not unexpected, as we recently saw the Galaxy S7 lose long-term support, which means that the Galaxy…
