BMW is dropping touchscreens from many of its new cars due to the chip shortage, according to a forum post on BimmerFest and later confirmed by the car company to Edmunds and AutoBlog. While we’ve seen other auto manufactures have to pause production or cut other features, this omission is a big deal — nowadays, touchscreens are a fairly standard feature in […]
It’s a little stunning just how great the new Beats Fit Pro earbuds are compared to the third-generation AirPods. At $200, they’re a mere $20 bump up from their better-known cousin and offer excellent active noise cancellation, magnificent audio output, elite comfort, and a long-lasting battery. Simply put, they’re the best earbuds in Apple’s portfolio, period. They look similar to […]
A big (and FREE) update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons is now available for the Nintendo Switch life simulation game. The update was originally scheduled for release last Friday, November 5, alongside a substantial paid add-on called Happy Home Paradise, which will introduce all-new activities and items to New Horizons, Nintendo decided to make it available for download earlier […]
Pinterest is diving deeper into the e-commerce game with its upcoming shoppable live series, Pinterest TV, which is set to debut on November 8th. Each episode will star a creator from the platform, airing Monday through Friday at 6PM ET on iOS and Android. Shows will cover different topics every day, ranging from fashion, beauty, […]
Toyota released new details about its upcoming electric compact SUV, the BZ4X, which includes an optional solar roof and a steering yoke similar to the one featured in the latest version of the Tesla Model S. The steering yoke, which Toyota describes as having a “wing-shape,” employs a steer-by-wire system, where there is no mechanical connection […]
Over the past several weeks, Apple has held a couple of major events and introduced major redesigns on most of its products, both large and small. One of the things people have been noticing is the veritable rainbow of colors and light screen borders. Not that people are complaining, exactly, but the inquiring consumer mind […]
Microsoft surpassed Apple’s market cap on Friday, October 29, to become the world’s most valuable public company. The change follows Apple’s Thursday earnings, where the company posted strong results but revealed that it lost $6 billion to supply chain constraints. On Tuesday, Microsoft also shared positive earnings boosted by Office, Windows, and its cloud products. At Friday’s market […]
T-Mobile states that they will delay the planned shutdown of Sprint’s 3G network by three months to ensure its “partners” have time to help customers with the transition. It had originally planned to phase out the network in January; that date has now been pushed to March 31st, 2022. “Recently it’s become increasingly clear that […]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg still hasn’t settled on a new name for the company even though a rumored rebrand could arrive in a matter of days, tech newsletter Platformer reported. The coming name change, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about at the company’s annual Connect conference on October 28th, but could unveil sooner, […]
The Verge reports that Microsoft is reversing a decision to remove a key feature from its upcoming .NET 6 release, after a public outcry from the open source community. Microsoft angered the .NET open source community earlier this week by removing a key part of Hot Reload in the upcoming release of .NET 6, a […]