Epic has another way to battle Fortnite’s hated newcomer, giant mechs. Sure, the two-player B.R.U.T.E. mechs have 1,000 health, can travel hundreds of in-game meters in a few seconds and can blast you with rockets or stomp on you. But now, regular players can strike back by dropping something heavy — like a dinosaur — on giant mechs and other opponents.
Today, Epic revealed a new…
It’s common for graphics card drivers to provide optimizations for games, but the improvements aren’t often this conspicuous. NVIDIA has released a Gamescom Game Ready Driver that offers significant speedups for multiple games, most notably Apex Legends. If…
Leaked Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 ad shows off NFC
August 20, 2019
Xiaomi is busy shooting promo videos for the Redmi Note 8 and that carries a risk of leaks. We saw the Redmi Note 8 Pro starring in an ad yesterday, now a clip has surfaced on TikTok showing the Redmi Note 8 using its NFC.
Yes, NFC. Its not the most exciting feature, but…
Samsung is pushing out a new firmware for its Galaxy A50 which brings an improved battery charging algorithm paired with refined fingerprint reader performance and the usual stability tweaks. The new firmware bearing the A505FDDU2ASH3 name weighs in at 320MB and also brings the August security patch.
In a surprising twist, Samsung also appears to be pre-installing Snapchat as part of this update.
Apple Card launch expands to all US iPhone users
August 20, 2019
Apple has announced its Apple Card is available to everyone in the US starting today, expanding on the limited launch earlier this month. If you didn’t see the many signup tutorial videos provided by Apple, you can apply by opening the Wallet app on your iPhone to…
Apple Card now available to all iPhone users in the United States, 3% cashback for Uber and Uber Eats
August 20, 2019
Apple announced that Apple Card is available to everyone in the United States from today. To sign up, simply open the Wallet app on your iPhone and begin the application process.
In a press release, Apple Pay VP Jennifer Bailey said Apple was “thrilled” with the interest…
First dual security key launches with Lightning and USB-C, works with iPhone, iPad, Mac, more
August 20, 2019
After previewing the first Lightning security key for iPhone and iPad back at CES in January, Yubico has launched its YubiKey 5Ci today. The new hardware security key offers both Lightning and USB-C and is compatible with macOS, iOS, and more.
YubiKey 5Ci is the first security key to include a Lightning connector and brings fast and easy hardware authentication to iPhone and iPad as well as…
When Nintendo briefly mentioned in its barrage of E3 reveals that The Witcher 3 would be ported to the humbly powered — and portable — Switch, it beggared belief. The Witcher 3 PC install (DLC, expansions and all) demands just shy of 50GB of disk space. The…
Grammarly keyboard for Android and iOS adds synonyms picker
August 20, 2019
Grammarly is on a mission to help everyone improve their writing skills, and that extends to smartphones. In its latest update, Grammarly keyboard for mobile is adding a new synonyms picker on both Android and iOS.
The desktop client for Grammarly has always…
iPadOS 13 gives you the ability to use a mouse with an iPad, but iOS 13 also lets you use a mouse with an iPhone. YouTuber Napabar decided to have a little fun with this…
He’s previously tried to connect all kinds of unlikely Apple and non-Apple kit to an iPhone, including an iPod, floppy disk drive and Amazon Kindle. He’s now tried an original Macintosh keyboard, from the…
