AI & RoboticsNews

In China, you can no longer buy a smartphone without a face scan

October 11, 2019
Picture a world in which the baseline requirement for a new smartphone is a facial recognition test. You needn’t imagine it — in China, beginning December 1, that’s the scrutiny to which the country’s over 850 million internet users will be subject, without exception. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said in a late September statement that the rule, which will also…
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GamingNews

Fortnite Chapter 2 apparently leaks via Apple’s app store

October 11, 2019
Epic Games is evidently lining up a change for its biggest game, as images of Fortnite Chapter 2 leaked on Apple’s App Store in the Italian language. The image above suggests some big changes, as a team of three players looks out across a river with boats floating in…
GamingNews

Bandai Namco discounts its Switch library until October 21st

October 11, 2019
The holidays are nearly upon us. For some, that means a whole lot of traveling. Switch owners can stock up on cheap digital downloads during Bandai Namco’s publisher sale to stay occupied during flights, long drives and restless nights in lumpy childhood beds. The…
GamingNews

Nintendo’s reimagined ‘Brain Training’ for Switch is coming to Europe

October 11, 2019
Nintendo revealed that Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training will come to the Switch on January 3rd, 2020 in Europe. The mental workout game will feature classic exercises from previous Brain Training (called Brain Age in North America) games, as well as new mini-games and puzzles. The news follows the Japanese reveal of the game, which has a hilariously long name: Nintendo Switch Training…
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MobileNews

Hands-on with new iOS 13 beta 2 changes and features

October 11, 2019
Yesterday Apple released the second iOS 13.2 beta for developers. The update brings several noteworthy changes to the table, including brand new emoji, along with the ability to delete Siri & Dictation history associated with an iOS device. Watch our brief hands-on…
MobileNews

Samsung ‘Galaxy Note 10 Lite’ and ‘Galaxy S10 Lite’ reportedly in the works

October 11, 2019
Samsung has two variants of the Galaxy Note 10 already, one at a more expensive price and one just a bit lower. Now, reports claim that Samsung is looking to target an even lower price point with upcoming “Galaxy Note 10 Lite” and “S10 Lite” models. SamMobile reports that a new model number, SM-N770F, will be arriving as the “Galaxy Note 10 Lite” sometime in the next few months.
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ComputersNews

Asus ZenBook Pro Duo review: two-screen dream

October 11, 2019
There are a lot of things I can tell you about the Asus ZenBook Pro Duo, but you likely don’t care about any of them. You — like nearly anyone else who looks at the ZenBook Pro Duo — are likely here for one thing: the absolutely wild-looking second screen that gives the laptop its name. It’s not the first two-screen laptop by any means: companies (including Asus) have been trying to…
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