While Alaska straddles the Arctic Circle and is covered by vast expanses of frozen land, the state also has a lot of liquid water. In fact, Alaska holds about 40% of U.S. surface water resources. This includes more than 12,000 rivers, thousands more streams and creeks, and hundreds of thousands of lakes.
So when the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite launches this month from…
MediaTek Dimensity 8200 goes official for Android’s affordable flagships with 4nm process
December 9, 2022
After debuting its flagship Dimensity 9200 last month, MediaTek has this week announced the Dimensity 8200 with a more affordable, but still strong, offering for Android phones.
Slotting into the “affordable flagship” space, the MediaTek Dimensity 8200 succeeds the…
Samsung hands out free storage upgrades & discounts for Galaxy S22, Z Fold 4, and Z Flip 4
December 9, 2022
As the holidays approach, Samsung is offering up some last-minute discounts and free storage upgrades if you’re looking to pick up a Galaxy S22, Galaxy Z Fold 4, or Galaxy Z Flip 4. Here’s the breakdown.
Across almost its entire flagship smartphone lineup, Samsung is…
With Chrome 108, Google is introducing Memory Saver and Energy Saver modes to improve the browser’s performance and extend battery life, respectively.
In Settings, you’ll see a new “Performance” menu in the sidebar. The Memory Saver “frees up memory from inactive tabs” so that active websites have the “smoothest possible experience” and other running apps get “more computer…
Android 13 is rolling out to the Asus Zenfone 9
December 9, 2022
While Samsung has been pushing Android 13 to dozens of devices lately, Asus is now getting around to its stable rollout as the update lands on the compact Zenfone 9.
The Zenfone 9 launched earlier this year as one of the only compact, flagship-tier Android smartphones on…
Google details how Private Compute Core on Android works
December 9, 2022
The Private Compute Core (PCC) was announced with Android 12 to let ML-backed features operate in a privacy-conscious manner independent of other parts of the OS, including third-party apps. Google recently published a technical whitepaper detailing the Private Compute Core…
Oppo just set the official dates for Inno Day 2022, the yearly event where it shows off new ideas and where it’s set to launch its Find N2 foldables as well as a new custom chip if the teasers give anything anyway.
In a teaser posted to Twitter and distributed to the press today, Oppo announces that Inno Day 2022 will take place on December 14 – just about a week from today.
That teaser…
Google’s Year in Search 2022 recap asks ‘can I change’ [Video]
December 9, 2022
Following the Play Store and YouTube Music, Google’s wind down of 2022 continues with the annual “Year in Search” recap video.
This year’s theme is “can I change” with people searching for that “more than ever before”: “From changing careers to seeking…
Stadia ‘dev node’ teardown shows off the hardware Google sent to developers [Updated]
December 9, 2022
Google Stadia is set to shut down for good just a month from now, but a developer kit has now surfaced showing off what was used to get games ready for the now-defunct cloud gaming platform.
Gamers Nexus on YouTube obtained a Stadia “Dev Node” which is what Google…
Chrome 108 for Android, Mac, Windows enables passkey support
December 9, 2022
Google started rolling out passkey support in October, and availability has now entered Chrome’s stable channel with version 108.
You can use passkeys to sign into sites and apps that support them. Signing in with a passkey will require you to authenticate yourself in the same way that you unlock a device.
With Chrome 108, Google is “enabling passkeys on Windows 11, macOS, and…
