This week we talk about one confirmed and one leaked price: Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 and the ‘Sabrina’ Android TV dongle, respectively. We also take a look at what features are coming next to Stadia and new games.
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T-Mobile’s LG Velvet has a different processor inside, and it’s an interesting choice
September 4, 2020
We weren’t huge fans of the LG Velvet, the design-first, specs-second flagship smartphone the company released this summer. The sleek phone felt stuttery in our review. But what if I told you the T-Mobile variant comes with a different chip?
Today, T-Mobile announced…
iOS 14: How to use burst mode with your iPhone volume button
September 4, 2020
Apple changed how burst mode works with the iPhone 11 cameras in iOS 13 that made things a bit more complicated. With iOS 14, there’s a new option to make things simpler and faster to access the feature. Follow along for how to use burst mode with the iPhone volume…
We’re entering the AI twilight zone between narrow and general AI
September 4, 2020
With recent advances, the tech industry is leaving the confines of narrow artificial intelligence (AI) and entering a twilight zone, an ill-defined area between narrow and general AI.
To date, all the capabilities attributed to machine learning and AI have been in the category of narrow AI. No matter how sophisticated – from insurance rating to fraud detection to manufacturing quality control…
Apple today released iOS 14 beta 7 to developers as we move closer and closer to a release to the public sometime this fall. iOS 14 beta 7 includes a notable change to the stock wallpaper collection: adding a new Dark Mode option to the popular rainbow stripe…
iOS 14 introduces privacy ‘nutrition labels’ for apps, here’s how developers can prepare
September 4, 2020
After announcing new iOS privacy requirements back at WWDC in June, Apple has shared a new detailed document for developers as they prepare to create privacy “nutrition labels” for apps. The new iOS 14 feature will apply for all apps that are available in Apple’s App…
Given all that’s happened this year, it feels the OnePlus 8 series just hit the scene a couple of months ago. Now, leaks for the OnePlus 8T series are starting to heat up with a spec list for the device coming out this afternoon.
The folks over at obtained a partial spec list for the OnePlus 8T which details some of the core specifications. That includes a couple of elements that most people…
GIF search, voice typing and more are coming to Windows 10
September 4, 2020
Windows 10 is getting an integrated GIF search, improvements to voice typing and other new features, Microsoft Senior Program Manager Brandon LeBlanc wrote in a Windows blog post. All are currently in beta testing. The overall goal of the new features, LeBlanc said, is to…
Apple pushes iOS 14's updated ad anti-tracking feature to 2021
September 4, 2020
Apple&aposs iOS 14 promises to be one of the company&aposs most significant software updates in years. Between additions like widgets and the App Library, there&aposs a lot coming with iOS 14 that will likely change how you interact with your iPhone. But few of…
Vivo is making a phone that has color-changing rear glass
September 4, 2020
Vivo is developing one of the coolest looking phones I’ve ever seen. In a video posted to Weibo (and spotted by Android Authority), the company confirms that its new phone, which doesn’t yet have a name or release date, can change its rear case’s color with the press of a button.
The company claims to be using electrochromic glass to achieve this dazzling effect, the same tech that OnePlus…
