Last week, Apple surprise-launched its lineup of Smart Battery Cases for the iPhone 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Max, and the cases have an intriguing new addition this year: a physical camera button. How the new button works was a bit of a mystery, as iPhones themselves don’t have a button dedicated entirely to being a camera shutter. But now we know a little more about the mechanism, thanks to an…
After seeing a massive collection of iOS titles go on sale, we are now tracking a series of Black Friday Android app deals. Google Play now has a number of notable price drops on top-tier Android titles including, but not limited to, Monument Valley 1 and 2, Pandemic, NBA…
'Quake II RTX' update delivers more realistic ray-traced visuals
November 26, 2019
NVIDIA is still committed to sprucing up Quake II RTX‘s graphics after the novelty has worn off. The GPU maker has released a 1.2 update that adds significant realism to the ray tracing effects — insofar as you can have realism in a sci-fi game, anyway. Water…
Jedi: Fallen Order has EA’s best digital launch for a Star Wars game
November 26, 2019
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is strong with the Force for Electronic Arts, with the publisher announcing today that the action-adventure game has had the best digital sales of any of its Star Wars in its first two weeks.
Jedi: Fallen Order released on November 15 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. EA is also touting success for the PC version, which has had the best launch window of all its Star…
Samsung Galaxy S11+ breaks cover with domino-looking 5 camera array
November 26, 2019
The Samsung Galaxy S11 series is right around the corner and over the past week, a handful of leaks have shown off the company’s smartphones. Now, the Galaxy S11+ has finally broken cover in its first major leak and it reveals an absolutely massive camera array on the…
Coralogix raises $10 million to apply AI to software logs
November 26, 2019
Canvasing software logs is tricky business when you’re juggling multiple dev environments. About 50% of logging statements don’t include any information about critical things like variable state at the time of an error, according to GitHub and OverOps surveys, which is…
Wireless earbuds are a huge trend. Apple, Google, and Amazon all have their own, but so do 60 other lesser known brands. Now, Razer is getting in on that action with its Hammerhead True Wireless earbuds for $100. The company is positioning them as ideal for gaming fans who want to drop all wires near and around their face. And that’s what I want to look at: Should you get these for…
Back when launched, it came with controller support but was quickly pulled for unknown reasons. But now, thanks to a recent update, Activision has confirmed that gamepad support been returned to the popular FPS title.
At present, the game only supports official PS4 DualShock…
Pricefx raises $25.3 million to optimize prices with AI
November 26, 2019
It’s not easy for corporations to price their goods and services appropriately, but getting pricing right is critically important to their success. According to a McKinsey & Company report, a 1% price increase translates to an 8.7% increase in operating profits on…
Google Assistant ambient mode turns some phones into smart displays
November 26, 2019
After first teasing it in September, Google has detailed exactly how its new Assistant ambient mode will work on smartphones. The idea is to make your phone more useful by while it’s charging by letting you see Google photo images, play music, control your smart home devices and more. The feature started rolling out to Nokia and Xiaomi devices last week, and will come to Sony and an OEM…
