GamingNews

Blizzard is banning people in its Hearthstone Twitch chat for pro-Hong Kong statements

October 18, 2019
In February, Blizzard announced a new Hearthstone e-sports program, called the Masters Tour, to pit the game’s best players against each other for a chance to win the acclaim of the internet (and potentially a lot of money). A European leg of the tour is currently happening in Bucharest, and you can catch the action over on Twitch. But there’s a catch: anybody who posts anything pro-Hong Kong…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Why Google still needs the cloud even with on-device ML

October 18, 2019
Google held its big annual hardware event Tuesday in New York to unveil the Pixel 4, Nest Mini, Pixelbook Go, Nest Wifi, and Pixel Buds. It was mostly predictable because details about virtually every piece of hardware the company revealed at the event were leaked months in…
GamingNews

Twitch viewers can subscribe to streamers on iOS

October 18, 2019
Twitch users on iOS can now subscribe to their favorite streamers directly from the app. It’ll offer the same benefits of subscribing on desktop, including ad-free viewing, sub badges, channel emotes and sub-only chat, as well as supporting the partner or affiliate…
MobileNews

Samsung Galaxy Note10+ 5G gets an update, likely a fingerprint issue fix

October 18, 2019
It was recently discovered that all smartphones from Samsung with the ultrasonic fingerprint reader, meaning the Galaxy S10, S10+, S10 5G, Note10, Note10+ and Note10+ 5G have a security flaw that lets unregistered fingerprint to unlock the device if you use some third party screen protectors. Samsung promised to fix it and here’s the first phone to get the patch – the Galaxy…
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MobileNews

Some of the best cases for the Samsung Galaxy Note 10

October 18, 2019
The Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+ are fantastic smartphones with a truly gorgeous design that you might want to protect with a case or multiple cases. Considering just how much screen is on display and how expensive the Galaxy Note 10 is to buy, making sure it is protected…
MobileNews

Play Store redesign begins rolling out on Android TV

October 18, 2019
Following the Android revamp in August, Google is now beginning to roll out a Material Theme for the Play Store on Android TV. Compared to the current iteration, the redesign is gorgeous and makes use of full bleed cover art and large text. For starters, there is a Google Play icon and wordmark in the top-left corner. This is followed by Apps, Games, and My apps being at the right instead of those…
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ComputersNews

Latest macOS Catalina beta hints at new 16-inch MacBook Pro

October 18, 2019
Rumors have been circulating for months that Apple is readying a new, 16-inch MacBook Pro model — some reports claiming as early as this year — and we might have just gotten a first look at it, thanks to a new image hidden in the latest macOS Catalina 10.15.1 beta…
MobileNews

How to use Reader View on iPhone and iPad

October 18, 2019
Enabling one of Safari’s handy features in iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 is a bit different than it used to be in iOS 12 and earlier. Read on for how to use Reader View on iPhone and iPad with the latest operating systems. Reader View is a nice way to read web content as it…
ComputersNews

Mark Hurd, former HP CEO, has died at 62

October 18, 2019
Mark Hurd, the now-former co-CEO of Oracle has died, according to CNBC. Oracle has yet to comment on Hurd’s death, and the email that the company sent to employees provides few clues. However, just last month, Hurd announced a medical leave of absence from the company. He was 62. Prior to his tenure at Oracle, Hurd was the CEO of HP between 2005 and 2010. While he was able to…
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