Apple and Facebook are fighting again, and how you feel about it says something about who you trust to represent your interests in the strange tech landscape of 2020.
Start with a rather academic question that may make your eyes glaze over in spite of yourself: When does pro-privacy regulation overstep its bounds to become anticompetitive? It’s a question I found myself asking last year, when…
Fortnite on iOS already feels empty and dated
August 27, 2020
Today sees the launch of an exciting new season in Fortnite — but not for everyone. Because of the ongoing legal battle between developer Epic Games and Apple, the game’s latest season won’t be appearing on Apple hardware, including the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. This…
The first press render of the upcoming Sony Xperia 5 II has leaked, giving us a glimpse at the follow-up to one of the most impressive Sony-branded smartphones in recent years.
Coming direct from OG leaker Evan Blass via his paid-Patreon channel, the design simply refines…
LG has officially announced a portable air purifier that you wear on your face like a mask. The PuriCare Wearable Air Purifier uses a pair of replaceable filters similar to what you’d find in LG’s range of air purifiers for the home, pairing them with battery-powered fans to help you breathe. LG says the device has sensors to detect when you’re breathing in or out, and adjusts the fans’…
Alongside the debut of Galaxy Note 20, Watch 3, and other new devices at Unpacked, Samsung also teased its next foldable, the Galaxy Z Fold 2. This morning, the company has confirmed it will hold an “Unpacked Part 2” event on September 1st to fully reveal the…
LG made an air purifier for your face
August 27, 2020
These days, it’s natural to be concerned about the air that you’re breathing, given what airborne nasties are lurking in front of our faces. LG has decided that the smartest thing you can do is to strap an electronic air purifier onto your face to scrub your inhalations…
NVIDIA Shield update makes its 4K upscaling even better
August 27, 2020
NVIDIA has just released the latest Shield TV update, marketing the 25th time that the streaming device has been refreshed since the original model launched in 2015. The anniversary update includes a few interesting features like 4K AI upscaling tech with improved sharpness and higher frame rates.
While it previously only worked on HD content at 30 fps, NVIDIA Shield TV will now do 4K upscaling…
Hands-on with iOS 14 beta 6 changes and features
August 27, 2020
This week, Apple released the sixth beta for iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, and like last week’s beta 5 release, beta 6 includes several new changes and features. Watch our hands-on video walkthrough for a look at what’s new.
What’s new in iOS 14 beta 6?
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After a judge ruled that Apple couldn’t terminate Epic Games’ developer accounts relating to its Unreal Engine but could eliminate its dev accounts tied to Fortnite, Epic confirmed that it won’t be budging before the August 28 deadline. And now that Fortnite versions…
Google: Jetpack Compose lets Android developers write apps with ‘dramatically less code’
August 27, 2020
Google today released the alpha version of Jetpack Compose, its UI toolkit for helping developers “build beautiful UI across all Android platforms, with native access to the platform APIs.” While an alpha release means it is definitely not production ready, Jetpack Compose promises to let Android developers build apps using “dramatically less code, interactive tools, and intuitive Kotlin…
