MobileNews

Honor Play 3e is the latest affordable smartphone, costs about $100

September 18, 2019
In a world where flagships are easily selling for over $1,000, one might think there are no more affordable phones on the market. Well, Huawei tends to break that stigma with its latest device that costs just about $100 – Honor Play 3e. The Honor Play 3e comes with MT6762R chipset by MediaTek, coupled with 2 GB RAM and 32 GB storage. There is also a variant with 3/64 GB memory, which is…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Facebook will train its content-removal AI with police camera footage

September 18, 2019
Facebook will use footage from police body cameras to train its automatic detection systems to spot and remove footage of mass shootings. The company announced Tuesday that it will partner with law enforcement in the US and UK to obtain footage from their firearms training programs. Data from those videos should help Facebook’s systems detect real-world, first-person footage of violent…
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GamingNews

Nintendo's SNES-style Switch controllers are now available

September 18, 2019
Been pining for Nintendo’s SNES-styled Switch controller ever since it was announced alongside the arrival of SNES games on the platform? You now have the chance to get them. Nintendo has started taking orders for the retro $30 gamepad, with the first orders shipping…
MobileNews

Google adds Data Saver to Android TV starting in India

September 18, 2019
Amid a slew of Android TV developments over the weekend, Google is announcing one more. In India, Android-powered set-top devices are adding a Data Saver to reduce usage and extend watch time, as well as a handful of related features. This functionality comes as Android…
MobileNews

2019 iPad Pro dummy shows same triple-camera module as iPhone 11 Pro

September 18, 2019
A couple of reports last month suggested that a 2019 iPad Pro would this year offer the same triple-camera arrangement as the iPhone 11 Pro. We’ve so far seen only a rather fuzzy photo mockup of what such a device might look like, but there’s now a physical dummy model… Sonny Dickson has a photo of the dummy device, stating that it comes…
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GamingNews

When two big streamers ditched Twitch, Fortnite suffered too

September 18, 2019
If you visit Twitch right now and click on the Browse tab, you’ll see a constantly updated list of the most popular games on the site. As I’m writing this, there’s a conspicuous absence from the big three: Fortnite. And its absence may be because two key streamers…
ComputersNews

HP Elite Dragonfly hands-on: A really light business notebook

September 18, 2019
HP is chasing superlatives again. Last year, the company launched the Spectre Folio — the first laptop made out of leather. It also trotted out the first 15-inch laptop with an AMOLED screen at CES this year, and battled rival Dell to be the first to deliver a gaming notebook with a 240hz display. It’s continuing its mission to collect a bunch of “firsts” with the new Elite…
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