The best midrange smartphones for 2022
A great smartphone doesn’t have to cost a fortune. Years of commoditization have brought features once exclusive to high-end devices – including big batteries, multi-camera arrays and high refresh rate...
View ArticleGM will make an Ultium battery pack prototype for the US military
General Motors, through its GM Defense subsidiary, will build a battery pack prototype for the Department of Defense to test and analyze. The agency's Defense Innovation Unit is seeking a scalable...
View ArticleWhat to expect from Microsoft's Surface event on October 12th
Microsoft is holding its customary fall Surface event on October 12th, and this year's presentation may be more jam-packed than most. Rumors have swirled of not just new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop...
View ArticleAmazon's Kindle Paperwhite drops to $100, plus the rest of the week's best...
Amazon's Prime Early Access Sale is coming next week and we've already started to see a number of preview deals pop up. Devices like the Echo Show 5, Fire TV Stick 4K Max and Kindle Paperwhite have...
View ArticleBiden signs executive order to protect personal data transfers between the US...
Months after reaching a deal, the White House has taken official steps to protect data transfers between the US and European Union. President Biden has signed an executive order directing the...
View ArticleChromecast with Google TV HD review: Super simple 1080p streaming
Google's latest streaming dongle is so similar to the previous one that when I first opened it up, I experienced a little deja vu. The new Chromecast with Google TV still has a puckish oval design, it...
View ArticleEven Signal is hopping on the Stories bandwagon
Like Instagram, Facebook and so many others, Signal is hopping aboard the Stories bandwagon. The privacy-focused messaging app started beta testing an ephemeral Stories feature this week. Users can...
View ArticleToyota restarts bZ4x EV production after fixing dangerous wheel flaw
Toyota is finally back on track with production of the bZ4x, its first EV. Reutersreports the company has restarted manufacturing of the electric crossover after fixing a defect that could see wheels...
View ArticleFrontline Ukraine troops are reportedly enduring Starlink outages
Ukrainian forces have reportedly been dealing with Starlink outages as they try to take back Russian-occupied areas. Some of the outages, which are said to have caused a severe loss of communication...
View ArticleEA starts rolling out a new PC app to replace Origin
It has been two years since EA announced it was working on a replacement for its Origin PC client, and it's now starting to roll out the new app to Windows users. The publisher claims that the EA app,...
View ArticleRivian recalls 13,000 EVs due to potential steering control problem
Rivian has notified customers that it's recalling 13,000 EVs — or almost all of the electric trucks and SUVs it has ever delivered — due to an issue that could render drivers unable to steer and...
View Article‘Persona 3 Portable’ and ‘Persona 4 Golden’ arrive on Xbox Game Pass,...
Atlus surprised gaming fans this past summer when it shared that it would release its beloved Persona series on Xbox Game Pass. It then followed that announcement with the news that Persona 3 Portable,...
View ArticleHideo Kojima is making a game with Elle Fanning
Kojima Productions is making a game with Elle Fanning (The Great). The studio announced the collaboration as part of an elaborate teaser campaign that began back at the Tokyo Game Show in September. At...
View Article‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II’ will use Blizzard's controversial SMS...
When the next Call of Duty arrives on October 28th, fans will need to connect a phone number to their Battle.net account to play the game. “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, newly created Overwatch 2...
View ArticleStar Trek: Picard’s latest trailer suggests the series will end with a bang
With New York Comic Con underway this weekend, Paramount shared a new trailer for the final season of Star Trek: Picard. After the previous teasers mostly played up the nostalgia of the principal cast...
View ArticleHitting the Books: Steve Jobs' iPhone obsession led to Apple's silicon...
The fates of Apple and Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer TSCM have grown inextricably intertwined since the advent of the iPhone. As each subsequent generation of iPhone hurtled past the...
View ArticleAll Apple AirPods and Mac accessories could feature USB-C by 2024
Apple will more widely adopt USB-C across its product portfolio over the next few years, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Writing in his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman says he expects the...
View ArticleTwitter and Instagram lock Kanye West's accounts after a weekend of...
Kanye West’s return to Twitter has been short-lived. Less than a day after Elon Musk welcomed him back to the platform, the rapper saw his account suspended for posting an antisemitic message. On late...
View ArticleEpic Games and Match Group want to bring additional antitrust allegations...
Epic Games and Match Group are attempting to expand their lawsuits against Google to include additional allegations against the search giant. In a motion filed on Friday with a federal court in the...
View ArticleGoogle is shutting down its Assistant-powered Driving Mode
After announcing it at I/O 2019, teasing it in 2020 and finally launching it officially last year, Google is shutting down the Assistant Driving Mode dashboard, 9to5Google reported. The feature gives...
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