GamingNews

'Mario Kart Tour' is a simple racer surrounded by free-to-play complexity

Mario Kart is a gloriously simple video game. Yes, there are some advanced techniques — rocket starts, drift braking and the like — that are borderline essential if you want to play Mario Kart 8 Deluxe online. For the most part though, it’s an approachable racer for the masses. With Mario Kart Tour, the first instalment for mobile devices, Nintendo has managed to simplify the…
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MobileNews

Oxygen OS 9.0.17 and 9.0.9 OTAs for OnePlus 6, 6T prep for Android 10 update

The latest Oxygen OS 9.0.17 and 9.0.9 OTAs for the OnePlus 6 and OnePlus 6T include preparations for the full Android 10 upgrade — which could be as soon as late October. While the reports out of China suggest that the Hydrogen OS variants will get Android 10 as soon as late October, there is still no official word on when the upgrade is set to extend globally. The Oxygen OS 9.0.17 and 9.0.9…
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MobileNews

Samsung Galaxy A70s design revealed through user manual

The Samsung Galaxy A70s that we’ve been hearing for a couple of months now is expected to go official in October. There’s no word from Samsung yet about the A70s, but the company has uploaded a user manual on the support page of its Indian website with the phone’s schematics, which reveal the A70s will flaunt a design similar to the Galaxy A70’s. On the front, the Galaxy…
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MobileNews

Google announces Android 10 (Go edition) w/ speed & security improvements, coming this fall

Last year, Android (Go edition) launched with Pie, and Google today is detailing the latest version of its OS for entry-level smartphones with less than 1.5GB of RAM. Android 10 (Go edition) is “faster and more secure,” and coming this fall. According to Google, apps now launch 10% faster in Android 10 (Go edition) compared to Pie’s low-power variant. Additionally, “speed and…
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