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HTC’s new Vive Flow VR headset uses your phone as a controller, and it requires Android

October 15, 2021

VR isn’t as big as it once was, but HTC is still evolving its Vive lineup. Today, the company announced the HTC Vive Flow, a small VR headset that doesn’t just use your Android phone as a controller, it requires it. Coming at a cost of $499, the HTC Vive Flow is designed to be a VR headset that doesn’t require a full gaming PC to access. Instead, the 189g headset has a very slim design…

Google’s Waymo vehicles keep ending up on the same dead-end street in San Francisco

October 15, 2021

Self-driving cars may one day be the future, but as it stands today, they’re still figuring out the conditions of roads. This includes roads in San Francisco, where Google has been testing out its Waymo cars for quite some time now. Lately, though, some residents of the…

Chrome OS will soon let you set your wallpaper from Google Photos

October 15, 2021

Chrome OS will soon have a way to set your wallpaper to one of your favorite images or albums from Google Photos. Across Pixel phones, Chromecasts, and Nest smart displays, Google has made it all too easy to set your wallpaper to your favorite shot from Google Photos or…

Google directly running Galaxy Z Fold/Flip 3 ads on its main YouTube channel [Update: More]

October 15, 2021

In recent years, the Android team has released partner videos with Samsung highlighting how the OS takes advantage of new hardware, like foldables. Google today released a curious trio of ads about its apps running on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Flip 3. Update 10/14: Google has a full landing page for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Flip 3 at unfold.withgoogle.com. It released a full minute-long ad today…

Twitter is testing inserting ads into conversations on iOS

October 14, 2021

Twitter has announced it’s conducting a new test with some users in which ads start to appear in the middle of conversations. The announcement was made by Twitter’s revenue product lead Bruce Falck (via the Verge). According to Falck, if you’re part of this global…

Samsung’s new Weather homescreen widget feels right at home in Android 12

October 14, 2021

Samsung is chugging along with its work on bringing its take on Android 12 to the public, and the company has also quietly introduced a new weather widget for the homescreen. The new “Dynamic Weather” widget comes with Samsung’s Android 12 update, though it’s…

iPhone X outfitted with working USB-C port in spectacular DIY project

October 14, 2021

Just because Apple refuses to make the switch to USB-C on its phones doesn’t mean all users are left despaired. Enter – a Master’s degree student of robotics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) who single-handedly converted a regular Lightning-equipped iPhone X into the first Apple smartphone with a USB-C port. He did so after a few months of work and recently shared the…

Apple cuts iPhone 13 production estimates due to chip shortage

October 14, 2021

The ongoing chip crisis is apparently now big enough to even reach Apple – and this time we’re not talking about smartwatches, but the company’s main cash cow, the iPhone. According to a new report from , Apple is likely to slash its projected production…

Hands-on: Here’s what does and doesn’t work with offline Siri in iOS 15

October 14, 2021

One of the subtle but valuable new features with iOS 15 is that Siri works even when offline for some commands. That means faster performance, but offline requests won’t work for everything. Let’s look at what does and doesn’t work with offline Siri in iOS 15. Apple…

Alleged Bluetooth exploit can remotely wipe nearby iPhones [update: fake]

October 14, 2021

The article has been removed. The original source of this story was a tweet of a screenshot of an email purporting to be from Apple security. It has since come to our attention that the screenshot was spoofed and the bug does not appear to actually exist. Check out 9to5Mac on YouTube for more Apple news: Check out the latest Apple iPhones at great prices from Gizmofashion – our…