The launch of the EOS R is a very big deal for Canon, which came pretty late to the Mirrorless Camera party, and expectations were pretty high. So what’s the verdict? Well, according to most “expert” reviews, the EOS R is a mixed bag. Pros: Silent mode, easy to use with existing Canon lenses, Great […]
Marvel’s next big superhero movie is Captain Marvel, set for release in theaters on March 8th, and unlike most of the franchise’s films, this one’s set in the 1990s. To go along with the movie’s release, the company has launched a tie-in website that fits the timeframe, a throwback to web design of the era, […]
Energizer is a name everyone associates with batteries, not smartphones, so it may surprise you to learn they’ve been quietly dipping its toes into the Android smartphone waters for awhile. But now it looks like they’re ready to make a splash, because this year at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019, Energizer is set to debut […]
FamilyTreeDNA, a popular at-home DNA test, is working with the FBI to help the agency solve violent crimes, the company acknowledged in a statement. The policy appears to go beyond the privacy rules generally laid out by other major DNA testing companies. In its statement, the company said the laboratory that performs DNA tests […]
Snopes, a fact-checking organization, announced on Friday its decision to end its partnership with Facebook, which has been ramping its efforts to curb misinformation on its services since the 2016 U.S. election. Facebook and Snopes had been working together since December 2016 to fact check content on the social network, reportedly paying the debunking […]
Things are getting more heated between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Apple CEO Tim Cook. According to TechCrunch, Facebook had long been paying people $20 a month to download an app called Facebook Research that essentially gave the company full access to collect data from their phones, including which websites they visited, the messages […]
All you frustrated Microsoft Office fans using Macs, your time has finally come. Microsoft is making its Office suite available on Apple’s Mac App Store. The software giant originally promised to bring Office apps to the Mac App Store by the end of 2018, and after a short delay they’re finally on hand. All your […]
As facial recognition systems become more common, Amazon has emerged as a frontrunner in the field, courting customers around the US, including police departments and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). But experts say the company is not doing enough to allay fears about bias in its algorithms, particularly when it comes to performance on faces […]
T-Mobile announced the launch of the Coolpad Surf, a 600MHz mobile hot spot that, aside from having a super cool name, is designed to bring greatly improved coverage service to their long ignored and underserved rural areas. It’s the first mobile hot spot to support Band 71, or 600MHz LTE, which T-Mobile recently won the […]
In light of the fact that Netflix has announced its subscription prices are going up and Hulu’s are actually going down, The Verge just published a side-by-side ratings comparison of these two mega-popular subscription streaming services to help us all decide which is really the better deal. Least Expensive: Hulu (Sort of) Hulu’s traditional […]