Announced at I/O 2019 amid a slew of other privacy commitments, Google Nest is starting the Nest to Google Account migration. An update to the Nest for Android and iOS clients today let you transition, with security and seamless integrations touted as advantages.
The move to Google’s log-in system has long been overdue in light of Nest accounts lacking advanced security protections. At the…
Sony Interactive took to Twitter on Monday afternoon, announcing that it had acquired Insomniac Games, the studio behind last year’s PS4 smash-hit Spider-Man.
Insomniac has been in business for more than two decades and has collaborated with Sony from its start…
Just before Gamescom’s opening ceremony got underway, Google revealed a bunch more games that are coming to its Stadia streaming platform. One of the bigger titles is CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077. Google didn’t say exactly when the game would be…
Hackers make jailbreaking iPhones a thing again
August 19, 2019
In the iPhone’s early days, hackers would “jailbreak” the iPhone in order to install third-party apps that weren’t available through the App Store. It’s been a while since anyone seriously needed to jailbreak their iPhone, as there are plenty of apps and more customizable operating systems to choose from. But this weekend, hackers dusted off their jailbreaking skills…
A hacker has released the first public jailbreak for modern iPhones in several years, according to a new report from . The report details that with the release of iOS 12.4, Apple accidentally unpatched a vulnerability that it had originally fixed in iOS 12.3, opening the…
Ahead of the next Stadia Connect livestream where Google will announce more games, Nvidia revealed that its competing GeForce Now streaming service will be coming to Android. Like Stadia, it will be “available later this year.”
GeForce Now is Nvidia’s take on cloud…
Amazon reveals Xiaomi Mi A3 Indian price ahead of launch
August 19, 2019
Xiaomi is set to launch the Mi A3 in India on August 21, which is also when the official pricing will be announced. However, Xiaomi’s launch partner Amazon went ahead and revealed the price of the phone two days earlier.
Mi A3 pricing and variants
Twitter user Mukul Sharma caught the listings for the device, which appeared in the deals section but weren’t actually available for…
The Google Play Store is the biggest, and safest, way for users to get apps for Android devices. For that reason alone, developers are keen to get their apps in the store, but Google first has to vet those applications in a review process. In the past week, Google has…
'PUBG' will support crossplay on PS4 and Xbox One in October
August 19, 2019
PUBG Corp has announced console crossplay is coming to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Bringing PS4 and Xbox One players together “will make the matchmaking pool bigger,” said PUBG console producer Koosung Jeong during the Inside Xbox stream at Gamescom.
The…
PUBG is getting cross-play for Xbox One and PS4 in October
August 19, 2019
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) will get cross-play support in early October. PUBG players on Xbox One and PS4 will be able to match and play against each other. Test servers will be the first to offer cross-play in late September, with regular PUBG servers expected to get the update in early October.
Microsoft unveiled the PUBG cross-play support during its Xbox Inside stream at Gamescom…
