Nintendo has reportedly instructed customer support representatives to offer free Joy-Con repairs with “drift” issues for free. According an internal memo obtained by Vice, the gaming giant has told support reps not to charge customers for Joy-Con repairs if the controllers are manifesting the infamous drifting behavior that causes them to move things on the screen on their own. They…
Xiaomi Mi 6 gets stable Android 9 Pie update
July 24, 2019
Xiaomi’s Mi 6 received a beta build of Android 9 Pie back in April, and it looks like the beta testing has concluded successfully, because the stable update is now rolling out.
It is reaching global Mi 6 units as MIUI 10.4.1.0, and it’s a 1.6GB download. As usual…
Apple's three iPhone 11 models hold on to the Lightning port, get upgraded Taptic Engine
July 24, 2019
Apple is going to introduce three new iPhone models this fall at its traditional September event, according to a new report. The three handsets will be direct successors to last year’s iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR, and they will have the same screen technologies and…
This year started with a slew of TV manufacturers showing off hardware ready to work with Apple’s AirPlay 2 and HomeKit protocols, and now LG says its 2019 TVs are ready to support both features. That makes it, by its claim, the first global TV manufacturer with support for Apple’s smart home control system (Apple doesn’t have a list of supported TVs on its website yet) and one…
Samsung Galaxy Note10 to be powered by the Snapdragon 855 Plus chipset, full specs outed
July 24, 2019
Yesterday a rumor claimed to shed light on the Galaxy Note10 family’s battery capacities, but today famed leakster Evan Blass (aka @evleaks) has shared some information that is slightly contradictory to that. According to what he knows from his sources at this time…
If your Nintendo Switch joysticks are becoming unreliable, pointing your game in random directions even if you haven’t physically pushed them that way, you may be experiencing “Joy-Con Drift.” And though Nintendo hasn’t officially admitted to a defect, the company is…
It’s still unclear if Samsung plans to launch the Galaxy Watch Active 2 alongside the Note10 and Note10+ at its event on August 7, but that’s looking increasingly more likely as time goes by and we keep seeing more and more leaks about the wearable.
Or perhaps the company will out it just a couple of days before that – at least that’s what’s heavily implied by the…
When Google rolled out Android Q beta to the first — and so far only — wave of non-Pixel phones, there were companies who were left out of the action. General Mobile, an OEM based out of Turkey, was among these, but they decided to take matters into their own hands by…
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QuakeCon is right around the corner, and Bethesda is determined to capitalize on the wave of good vibe for id Software’s gaming legacy — including, we’d add, the looming 25th anniversary of Doom II. To that end, it’s launching a QuakeCon sale on Steam that runs until July 30th. There are steep discounts on recent id-associated titles like the 2016 Doom reboot (67 percent…
