After confirming the launch date, Oppo has now officially launched ColorOS 13, based on Android 13 and detailed the latest release.
The first two smartphones eligible for the ColorOS 13 update – as you’d expect – are the flagship Find X5 Pro and China-only Find N series foldable. This duo has been eligible for a prerelease beta phase, which will end over the coming weeks.
A core tenet of…
How to alphabetize data in Google Sheets
August 18, 2022
Google Sheets, much like Excel, is a great tool for storing and organizing data in a legible and comprehensive way. But what good is data if it’s all over the place? This quick tutorial will give you a step-by-step guide on quickly alphabetizing data in Google…
Samsung has updated these devices to Android 12
August 18, 2022
Android 12 is still a very new version of the platform, but Samsung is launching the update for its Galaxy devices less than a month after Google’s own Pixel phones. More devices will be updated over the coming months, and Samsung has confirmed a preliminary list of…
Issues with Android Auto are unfortunately relatively common, and for the better part of a year the platform has been fighting back on a problem with the Galaxy S22. Now, Google says it should be fixed.
Since February of this year, Galaxy S22 owners have been complaining of problems with Android Auto. The most common issue was seeing the screen be almost completely blank, not showing any apps…
Google brings Workspace Individual tier to Europe
August 18, 2022
Google Workspace Individual for single-person businesses is now launching in Europe and doubling the number of countries where it’s available.
Google debuted Workspace Individual in July of 2021 for very small businesses that use @gmail.com addresses for work and need…
Today, Google is outlining the upcoming “helpful content update” that should make your search results more useful and more likely to have been written by an actual human.
For nearly as long as there have been search engines, there has been the trade of search engine…
Update: Apple does appear to have introduced an (optional) fix for this as of iOS 14, but questions remain – see update at end.
A well-known security researcher says that iOS VPN apps (virtual private networks) are broken, due to a flaw that he claims Apple has known about for at least two and a half years.
This backs a previous report by ProtonVPN that a VPN vulnerability has been present on…
Yesterday, Bloomberg reported that Apple should announce the new iPhone 14 on September 7. The report noted that the company is “updating its flagship product at a precarious time for the industry,” and analyst Ming-Chi Kuo may have an answer to that.
On his Twitter…
Apple will be the first to use TSMC’s new 3nm chips for its M2 Pro processor, expected to be available with new Macs later this year. Previous reports suggested the manufacturer would delay production of this technology, but it has now reiterated that the 3nm expansion…
Tesla’s virtual power plant had its first event helping the grid – looks like the future
August 18, 2022
Tesla’s virtual power plant in California had its first emergency response event helping the grid by pooling power from Powerwall owners around the state. The event appears to have been a success as the distributed power plant looks like the future.
A virtual power plant (VPP) consists of distributed energy storage systems, like Tesla Powerwalls, used in concert to provide grid services and…
