Every year, the popular YouTuber Marques Brownlee — better known as MKBHD — shares its own blind smartphone camera test based on the choice of its followers on the web. MKBHD has just posted its 2020 blind camera test and surprisingly, iPhone 12 Pro Max lost to OnePlus 8T in the first round.
The test is not scientific and it consists only in revealing which photo people think is best based…
Immortals: Fenyx Rising is now available on Google Stadia
December 3, 2020
Following the massive releases of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Watch Dogs: Legion, Ubisoft has one more major release to close out 2020. Immortals: Fenyx Rising has just arrived on Google Stadia among other platforms.
Previously known as “Gods & Monsters,”…
Bug causing ‘new Google Assistant’ functionality, UI to disappear for some Pixel 5/4 owners
December 3, 2020
The new Assistant consists of a transparent, compact UI and faster responses thanks to on-device processing. A strange bug this evening is responsible for the new Google Assistant disappearing from some Pixel 4, 4a, 4a 5G, and 5 phones.
Over the past few hours, Google’s…
iPhone exploit gave hackers control over WiFi without your input
December 3, 2020
Many security exploits require at least some kind of interaction on your part, but that wasn’t true for an iPhone exploit earlier this year. As Ars Technica reports, Google Project Zero researcher Ian Beer has detailed an iOS 13 exploit that let someone remotely control a device over WiFi using a “zero-click” attack — that is, with no input required from the target.
The exploit took…
Apple is releasing the third developer beta of iOS 14.3 today, which includes new features such as Apple ProRAW for iPhone 12 Pro users. Today’s release of iOS 14.3 beta 3 comes two weeks after iOS 14.3 beta 2 was released to developers.
Update: Public beta now available…
Earlier this year, Google’s 2FA authentication app received a big Android update that modernized its design. That dark theme, along with an account transfer feature, is now available in Google Authenticator for iOS.
The app provides 2-step verification codes when…
While Apple has basically removed all accessories that come with new iPhones in the box, it was reported in October that the company had to keep shipping them with EarPods in France due to local laws. Something similar will happen in Brazil with the power adapter, as the Brazilian state of São Paulo decided that Apple is now required to sell new iPhones with the accessory.
The decision was…
The iPhone 12 lineup brings a host of new features beyond the design change and one in particular that can reduce battery life is 5G support. However, a growing number of users are finding their iPhone 12 battery draining quickly on standby, even when on Wi-Fi or with 5G…
The best part of Google’s new Chromecast is how easy the device makes content discovery. Now that feature is about to get even better as an update heading to Chromecast with Google TV will improve recommendations.
Rolling out starting this week, Chromecast with Google TV…
People are increasingly turning to their mobile devices to shop for goods and order food. Google is now making it easier for customers to message stores through posts, while businesses can reply through the Maps app and get more customer stats.
At the moment, you tap the messaging button on listings in Maps or Search to reach out. Posts from businesses that appear in the Updates tab or elsewhere…
