The Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 app has arrived in the Play Store, and a look at its features shows new gestures to silence alarms, take a picture, or answer an incoming call, 9to5Google reported (via XDA Developers). Rotating your wrist while wearing the watch will allow you to mute alarms as well as incoming […]
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Xbox Game Pass is Microsoft’s true next-gen Xbox
If you were heading into Microsoft’s Xbox game showcase to witness a demonstration of why next-gen gaming and the “world’s most powerful console” matter, you were probably left a little disappointed. Microsoft’s event featured a solid showcase for the future of Xbox and Xbox Game Studios content, but it did little to convince viewers why […]
Fox Sports is filling empty MLB stadiums with Virtual Fans
Baseball is back! But the MLB will look a little different in the COVID-19 world, with empty stadiums full of silent cardboard cutouts instead of thousands of screaming fans in an effort to avoid spreading the virus. That is unless you’re watching on Fox Sports. Starting this weekend, the network will not only be piping […]
Samsung’s Galaxy Book S is the First Laptop with Intel’s new Hybrid processor
Samsung has announced that its latest Galaxy Book S is now available to purchase. It’s the first device to offer Intel’s new “Core processors with Intel Hybrid Technology.” Previous Galaxy Book S models have run on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon platform. The new Intel processors (referred to as “Lakefield”) are designed to power ultralight devices. They’re essentially […]
Not Again: Twitter gets hacked, many high-profile Dems were targeted, and people have a LOT of questions
The Verge reports that on Friday evening, Twitter issued its first full blog post about what happened after the biggest security lapse in the company’s history, one that led to attackers getting hold of some of the highest profile Twitter accounts in the world — including Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, President Barack Obama, Tesla […]
Disney joins the growing July Facebook Ad boycott
Disney has significantly reduced its spending on Facebook and Instagram ads amid concerns about the social media platform’s enforcement of its content policies, The Wall Street Journal reported. It joins a list of large companies that have cut back on Facebook ads as part of an effort to compel the social media giant to change […]
Summer Game Fest continues with XBox and Developer Showcases This Week
Even though E3, Gamescom, and other summer gaming events have become online-only or outright canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there has already been a lot of gaming news this summer. The “Summer Game Fest” is a shorthand phrase for all the gaming events that have sprung up in the wake of COVID cancellations. Originally, […]
Humans left behind a record amount of e-waste in 2019
2019 set a record for the amount of e-waste ever generated worldwide: 53.6 million metric tons of discarded phones, computers, appliances, and other gadgets. That’s more than the combined weight of all the adults in Europe. It’s also a 21 percent increase since 2014, according to a new international report. Just 17 percent of that […]
Google bans ads for products and services that secretly track or monitor people
Google says it will no longer allow ads for products or services marketed for tracking or monitoring another person without their authorization. In an ad policy update, Google said this will apply to spyware and technology used for intimate partner surveillance, including tech used to monitor texts, phone calls or browsing history. It also applies to GPS […]
Apple’s iPhone iOS 14 update adds new privacy protections — and you won’t be able to miss them
The next version of iOS for iPhones will give new visual notifications when apps are accessing the device’s microphone, camera, clipboard, or other sensitive data. The moves this year are in character for Apple, which has prioritized privacy engineering on a product level and privacy more generally as a key selling point for its products. […]