The COVID-19 disruption to iPhone 14 production at Foxconn’s primary assembly plant was bad enough for Apple to issue a warning about limited availability, and Foxconn has now issued a warning about the impact on its own prospects for the current quarter.
Foxconn says that revenue from consumer electronics assembly will fall in the all-important holiday quarter, which is usually a busy one for…
Emergency SOS via satellite for iPhone 14 launching later this month, Apple announces $450 million investment
November 10, 2022
Apple confirmed today in a press release that the new satellite features for iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro will indeed launch in November for customers in the United States and Canada, as originally announced. When out of cell service, iPhone 14 users will be able to connect…
Twitter chaos continues: Epic trolling, and new blue checkmarks for iPhone owners only
November 10, 2022
There’s no let-up in the Twitter chaos, as new owner Elon Musk continues to make things up as he goes along.
Musk has today stated that the rollout of “new verified Blue” is currently limited to iPhone owners only, and that new accounts are banned from applying for a…
Twitter has altered the rules for its $8 Blue subscription service to prevent new accounts from getting a blue checkmark. The company clarified on the service’s help page that accounts created on or after November 9th, 2022 “will be unable to subscribe to Twitter Blue at this time.” The website also added that Twitter Blue is only available on iOS for users in the US, Canada…
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In the wake of last week’s release of the DALL-E API, a crowd of startups is sure to follow…
Ricoh has announced the Pentax KF, the company’s newest APS-C DSLR. While the company calls this camera an ‘extension’ of its K-70 DSLR, the reality is the KF is the K-70 DSLR with only a few very minor tweaks, most of which were made as a result of changes in…
Binance and FTX deal falling apart? Fallout for games and esports
November 10, 2022
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In less than a day, Binance might be reneging on its offer to acquire the assets of fellow cryptocurrency exchange FTX.
According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, this is a result of Binance’s due-dilligence investigation into FTX.
The Pixel Watch is the first Wear OS smartwatch to integrate support for Fitbit, and it works fairly well on the whole. However, a bug with the Fitbit app and the Pixel Watch leaves calorie counts inaccurate, but Google is looking into it.
Since the launch of the Pixel…
Google One VPN coming to desktop with Mac and Windows apps
November 10, 2022
Following iOS availability earlier this year, the Google One VPN is now available for Mac and Windows through new desktop apps.
The Google One VPN is available to those on the 2 TB or greater “Premium” plan, which is above the 100 GB “Basic” ($1.99/month or…
After the abrupt shutdown of Google Stadia in September, Google is today starting the process of refunding players for their game purchases and hardware.
Starting today, November 9, Stadia refunds will start heading out to the original transaction method that Stadia players used for their purchases. As previously detailed, this includes game purchases, game expansions, and hardware purchases such…
