Over the last several days, reports emerged showing that the Facebook app for iOS would activate the iPhone camera in the background. Now, Facebook says that it has rolled out a fix for this problem to the App Store.
Web designer Joshua Maddux took to Twitter earlier this week to show that when Facebook for iOS was open, it would would actively use the camera. Maddux discovered…
John Carmack takes a step back at Oculus to work on human-like AI
November 14, 2019
Six years ago John Carmack left the company he founded, iD Software, to join Oculus VR as its Chief Technology Officer and push forward the future of virtual reality tech. Today the engineer behind many developments in 3D gaming has announced that a new “consulting…
This month, some users of Facebook’s iOS app found that that, in at least two situations, the app appeared to be activating the camera in the background without a user’s knowledge. Facebook said yesterday that it was submitting fixes for the issues to Apple, and the…
Toward the tail end of today’s Stadia AMA, Google revealed that Stadia games and other in-game content can be purchased with existing Play Store credit on Android.
Save for and other free Stadia Pro content in the coming months, users still need to purchase games on Google’s streaming platform. Stadia’s subscription tier is not trying to be a “Netflix for games,” while full pricing was…
Stadia interface on Android/iOS and televisions
November 13, 2019
In addition to demonstrating how games are casted, Google during the Stadia AMA revealed more of the Stadia interface for Android, iOS, and Chromecast-connected televisions. Highlights include the setup process, homescreens, and settings.
From the Home tab of the Stadia app…
YouTube for Android tests radical comments redesign
November 13, 2019
YouTube seems to test new UI changes more often on its Android app than most other Google products. Now, we’re seeing a radical redesign to the comments section of the YouTube Android app.
A Reddit user reports that a server-side update hit their device which revamps the…
Epic Games’ Battle Breakers launches for PC and mobile
November 13, 2019
Epic Games has officially launched Battle Breakers today for PC and mobile.
Battle Breakers is a tactical role-playing game. The title had a soft launch in select countries back in 2017. Now the free-to-play game is available for everyone.
This is the first game Epic has released since launching Fortnite, the battle royale game that has become a phenomenon. Fortnite has attracted over 250 million…
Fortnite’s Android installer is now a launcher for Epic mobile games
November 13, 2019
A few weeks after the launch of Fortnite’s second chapter, developer Epic made a seemingly minor change: the Fortnite installer for Android was updated to become the Epic Games App. What was once a tool for keeping Fortnite updated has now transformed into a way for the…
Adobe Lightroom for iPad and iOS will directly import photos
November 13, 2019
It’s been a long time coming, but you can finally import photos directly from your SD card or USB drive into the iOS version of Lightroom. Previously, users had to import images to their camera roll, then copy them over into Lightroom’s library. This doubled the…
Motorola's foldable display RAZR leaks ahead of today's launch
November 13, 2019
Motorola’s upcoming foldable display RAZR has leaked just hours before the company is likely to announce it at an event in Los Angeles. These new photos of the phone come courtesy of a Federal Communications Commission certification. And while they don’t reveal much about the phone we didn’t already know, they do provide us with our best look at the device yet.
Most notable is…
