MobileNews

2020 iPhone to feature 120Hz high refresh rate ‘ProMotion’ display

As iPhone 11 season continues, rumors begin to pick up about what is in store for the 2020 iPhone. Many are expecting significant design changes after three years of the same iPhone X series chassis (perhaps with a more squared off design reminiscent of the iPhone 4). Digitimes is reporting that next year’s iPhone will feature a 120Hz screen like the ProMotion iPad Pros, except the iPhone will…
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GamingNews

Gothalion is the latest big Twitch streamer to switch to Mixer

Add another major streamer to the ranks of those jumping from Twitch to Mixer. Well-known Destiny streamer Cory “Gothalion” Michael (aka KingGothalion) has announced that he will exclusively stream on Mixer starting on October 29th. He explained it as not just a boost to the channel, but a “partnership” that would help gaming as a whole. It would offer…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Google Assistant is ready to find your Tile tracker

As promised, Google Assistant can now help find your Tile trackers with very little effort. Link the Bluetooth gadget in the Google Home app, set up Voice Match in Assistant and you can ask the voice helper to locate your trackers (and hopefully, the items attached to them) using a simple sentence rather than adding a prefix like “ask Tile to” every time. You can tell Assistant to…
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GamingNews

Fortnite’s blank screen propels a social video comeback

It’s an accomplishment to get millions of gamers to watch a blank screen, as Fortnite did during the weekend of October 12. As audiences were expecting news about Season 11, they were met with a black hole and a blank screen — an explosion, then a significant amount of…
AI & RoboticsNews

Facebook AI can 'hide' people from facial recognition

Facebook has already stopped using facial recognition by default, but now it might have a way for people to dodge facial recognition altogether. Its researchers have developed an AI system that can “de-identify” people in real time, including live videos. The…
MobileNews

Still using an iPhone 5? iOS 10.3.4 is required to keep your phone working

You may remember that, back in July, Apple released rare bug-fix updates for older versions of its operating system: iOS 10.3.4 and iOS 9.3.6. This was necessary to help keep older iPhones and iPads maintain accurate location functionality as the GPS network goes through a time rollover transition. However, the problem is even more serious for iPhone 5. Apple is sending out alerts to iPhone 5…
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