In May, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a report about “anti-competitive repair restrictions” in the US, including multiple concerns about Apple’s business practices around iPhone. Now the Biden administration is expected to ask the FTC to write up new rules that could expand the ability for individuals and independent shops to perform smartphone repairs and more.
Reported by…
Google moves Search Settings to new button, tests dark mode toggle and background images
July 7, 2021
In its latest usability tweak, Google Search has rolled out a new Settings button that makes it easier to access common options from one place as the company also tests out a dark mode toggle that’s easier to access.
Over the past day or so, Google appears to have widely…
A new feature being tested in Chrome for Android lets you quickly swap between Google Search results with a single tap.
There’s more than one way to do a Google Search on Android. Besides the obvious options like the Google Assistant or a search bar on your home screen…
Samsung starts selling certified refurbished Galaxy S20 from $650; Note 20 and S20 FE coming soon
July 7, 2021
Refurbished smartphones are a common way to save a few bucks on an upgrade, and this week, Samsung is expanding its list of official offerings. Now, you can buy a refurbished Galaxy S20, S20+, or S20 Ultra that’s certified by Samsung itself.
Starting at $650, these have been refurbished by Samsung and “thoroughly inspected and updated to like-new condition.” The refurbishment takes place…
Succession’s titans of industry continue to use Samsung (but Greg has an iPhone) in season 3
July 7, 2021
HBO — currently under WarnerMedia but soon to be a part of Warner Bros. Discovery — released the first “Official Tease” for what’s next from Succession today. Besides seeing how the Roy family picks up from the bombshell, we see that titans of industry in season 3…
WASHINGTON — Raytheon Technologies will get up to $2 billion to develop the U.S. Air Force’s Long Range Standoff Weapon system, a new nuclear-capable, air-launched cruise missile that will be carried by B-52 and B-21 bombers.
The service on July 1 awarded Raytheon a…
Google has been working on an in-app browser for Search on Android for quite sometime now. After being widely rolled out to the beta channel for the past few months, it has disappeared and reverted to Chrome Custom Tabs.
In late 2019, Google began work on a custom browser for the Google app that first appeared live for users in April of last year. It briefly disappeared at the start of July 2020…
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Nintendo announced that a new Switch model with an OLED display is launching on October 8. It will retail for $350, $50 more than the standard Switch.
Defying rumors and…
Photographer Timothy Boomer captures beautiful macro photographs of plant galls, which are growths that form in response to some outside stimulus. For his work, Boomer focuses on growths caused by the tiny gall wasp.
Boomer is a natural history photographer based in…
The COOLPIX 100 was Nikon’s first consumer digital camera. It launched in 1996 at around $500 and sports a one-third-megapixel sensor, a fixed 52mm equivalent lens, and one megabyte of memory.
The COOLPIX 100 solved the thorny issue of connectivity by building the entire camera into a PCMCIA card that could slot directly into compatible laptops of the day. One-quarter of a century after it was…
