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Motorola's foldable Razr is unsurprisingly hard to repair

February 13, 2020

Motorala’s contemporary take on the Razr has been quite publicly panned by testers. CNET, for example, wanted to see if the device could withstand 100,000 folds — it only made it to the 27,000th fold before it started showing problems (which Motorala has subsequently defended). With foldable smartphones still far from the norm, consumers are understandably wary of making such a…

Pokémon Home is now available on Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android

February 13, 2020

After a short wait, Pokémon Home is now available to download on iOS, Android and Nintendo Switch. The Nintendo-made app allows you to transfer your Pokémon to the franchise’s latest entry, Pokémon Sword and Shield, from past Switch and 3DS games like Pokémon X and…

Android saw a 98 percent drop in apps asking for call and text data

February 13, 2020

Google has been clamping down on Android apps that abuse permissions, and that appears to have had a very tangible effect on the Play Store. As part of a larger piece explaining how Google continues to fight “bad apps,” the company revealed that there was a 98…

Microsoft's Project xCloud preview extends to iOS devices

February 13, 2020

After first launching in preview on Android phones, Microsoft’s Project xCloud is making its way over to iOS devices. Starting today, iPhone and iPad owners can check out the game streaming service through Apple’s TestFlight platform. With this being a TestFlight beta, there are a couple of things to keep in mind. The first is that the preview is limited to 10,000 individuals, so…

The base Galaxy S20 for Verizon won't arrive until the spring

February 13, 2020

The ‘entry’ Galaxy S20 doesn’t have support for millimeter wave 5G, and it’s now clear that will be a pain for some would-be early adopters. Verizon (Engadget’s parent company) quietly mentioned in its press release for Samsung’s phones…

The Galaxy Home Mini is finally available, but most people can't get it

February 13, 2020

After almost two years, it looks like at least one of Samsung’s long-in-development Bixby smart speakers will finally make its way out to consumers — though likely not in the way most of us imagined. After Samsung skipped announcing the Galaxy Home Mini at its…

Pokémon Home is now available on Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android

February 13, 2020

After a short wait, Pokémon Home is now available to download on iOS, Android and Nintendo Switch. The Nintendo-made app allows you to transfer your Pokémon to the franchise’s latest entry, Pokémon Sword and Shield, from past Switch and 3DS games like Pokémon X and Y. In the future, it will also work with Pokémon Go. The app is free to download, but if you want all to take advantage…

Comment: A few hours with Project xCloud for iOS preview shows a lot of promise

February 13, 2020

Growing up, I was a video game junkie. I played games in all my free time. My first game system was the NES, and the final one I personally owned was the PS2 and original Xbox. I even worked at EBGames (I still don’t accept the EBGames/GameStop merger). I have fond…

Gboard for Android combines old emoji to create new ones

February 13, 2020

Google has launched a new feature for Gboard on Android, which uses existing emoji as ingredients to create new stickers. The tech giant aptly calls it Emoji Kitchen, and it’s rolling out to Android users starting today. Unfortunately, you can’t create your own…

Activision Blizzard pulls its games from GeForce Now

February 13, 2020

GeForce Now, NVIDIA’s game streaming service, went live for everyone last week. It allows you to play hundreds of games from dozens of publishers in the cloud, but Activision Blizzard’s titles are no longer among the options after the publisher asked NVIDIA to remove its titles from the service. “While unfortunate, we hope to work together with Activision Blizzard to reenable…