What you need to know Someone has already posted an unboxing of the iPhone 13. The video specifically does a quick unboxing of the iPhone 13 Pro Max in Gold. The iPhone 13 lineup will release on Friday, September 24. We already have our first unboxing video of the iPhone 13. Despite it not being
Read MoreImage: Blizzard The list of government agencies investigating Activision Blizzard has grown to now include the SEC. The Wall Street Journal reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission has subpoenaed the video game publishing giant, including CEO Bobby Kotick, for records pertaining to employment, separation agreements, and communications between senior executives. The Wall Street Journal
Read MoreBloomberg: A beta version of Robinhood’s iOS app shows code and a waitlist page related to an unannounced cryptocurrency wallet feature — Robinhood Markets Inc. is testing new crypto wallet and cryptocurrency transfer features for its app, a long-awaited move that will make it easier for customers …
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority United States security agencies are split on whether to add Honor to the Entity List. If added, Honor would face the same problems as its former parent company Huawei when it comes to working with US-based firms. However, Honor has no presence in the US and no 5G networking
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple has released Safari 15. It is available now for Mac users running macOS Big Sur and macOS Catalina. It will also launch alongside macOS Monterey later this fall. Safari 15 is here whether you like it or not. Despite still not knowing when macOS Monterey will debut later this
Read MoreDeathloop is the big triple-A game of the moment, and it’s an amazing experience — assuming you’re not fighting your gaming PC to get it to run smoothly. Bethesda is aware, and a patch seems to be on the way. But as Digital Foundry’s Alex Battaglia explains in this in-depth video, there may be a
Read MoreThe Surface Duo 2 isn’t the only piece of unannounced Microsoft hardware making the rounds today. What appears to be a Chinese-language ad for the Surface Pro 8 has appeared on Twitter, promoting the computer’s Thunderbolt 4 ports and 120Hz screen, neither of which are available on the current Surface Pro devices. The ad features
Read MoreJava 18 is still six months away but is already taking shape, with four feature proposals anticipated for it so far, the latest being a third incubation of the vector API. The OpenJDK page for Java Development Kit (JDK) 18 lists the vector API, code snippets, and the UTF-8 charset as proposed to target JDK
Read MoreApple’s MacBook Air laptops equipped with the company’s revolutionary M1 chip offer excellent performance for a wide range of tasks, and you can get one now with an $150 discount. Apple MacBook Air M1 Chip 13.3-Inch Laptop w/ 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD for $849.99 from Amazon (List price $999.00)Dell S3222DGM 31.5-inch 2K Curved Gaming
Read MoreStop motion animation is notoriously difficult to pull off well, in large part because it’s a mind-numbingly slow process. Each frame in the final video is a separate photograph, and for each one of those, the characters and props need to be moved the appropriate amount so that the final result looks smooth. You don’t
Read MoreWhat you need to know Supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has some delays to talk about with the iPhone. Kuo believes that under-display Touch ID will not come to the iPhone until 2023. The analyst also predicts that Apple will release its foldable iPhone in 2024. We may have a few years to wait for
Read MoreGeneral Motors said Monday it will replace battery modules in recalled Chevrolet Bolt EV and Bolt EUV vehicles as soon as next month now that supplier LG Chem has restarted production of cells at two Michigan factories. Replacement modules, which are made up of lithium-ion battery cells, will begin shipping to dealers as soon as mid-October,
Read MoreKai-Fu Lee Contributor Share on Twitter Kai-Fu Lee is a co-author of AI 2041: Ten Visions For Our Future. The global pandemic has heightened our understanding and sense of importance of our own health and the fragility of healthcare systems around the world. We’ve all come to realize how archaic many of our health processes
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority We have found another piece of evidence to suggest the date of Google Pixel pre-orders. It could be October 19, 2021. It’s unclear if Google will hold the event that day as well, but it is likely. Google has already shown us both the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6
Read MoreWhen you are the founder of a young startup, it is always very hard to gauge the right amount of effort to dedicate to marketing. Botch it and you risk looking unprofessional. Hire a traditional agency and you might be wasting time and money. Australian growth marketing agency Ammo, in contrast, wants to make sure
Read MoreA new report from Pew Research finds that around a third of U.S. adults continue to get their news regularly from Facebook, though the exact percentage has slipped from 36% in 2020 to 31% in 2021. This drop reflects an overall slight decline in the number of Americans who say they get their news from
Read MoreWhat’s better than starting a fight with friends by your side? Pokémon Unite is the latest Pokemon multiplayer on Nintendo Switch, iPhone, and Android devices. In this MOBA game, players choose from a roster of Pokémon and fight an opposing team while attempting to score points. Now, playing Pokémon Unite with friends is the best
Read MoreWhat you need to know iPhone 13 preorders are experiencing strong demand. Lead times are the longest they have been in almost five years. The entire lineup will be released on Friday, September 24. The iPhone 13 is a lot more popular than many would have thought. Another analyst believes that we might have a
Read MoreJeran Wittenstein / Bloomberg: Tech stocks drop amid broader market selloff, similar to Sept. 2020’s slump; Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Alphabet, and Microsoft lost $500B+ in value since Sept. 7 — – Echoes a 3-week drop a year ago as stocks gave back gains — Stocks bounced back, but now stung by China slowdown worries
Read MoreThe release of iOS 15 should be a major event for mobile operating systems. And yet, this year, there’s no breakthrough feature or overarching theme that makes this release stand out. Apple has focused on quality-of-life updates as well as new features for its own apps. The result is a solid update that is not
Read MoreAnnie Palmer / CNBC: Analysis: Amazon has doubled sponsored product ads at the top of some search results, from two or three to as many as six — – Amazon is adding more sponsored product ads to the top of search results. — Sponsored product ads accounted for roughly 73% of retailers’ Amazon ad spend
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Senate Democrats are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to write new rules to protect consumer data privacy in a new letter to the agency authored on Monday. The letter, led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and signed by eight other Democratic senators, was sent to FTC Chair
Read MoreImage: Apple TV Plus Tom Hanks is set to return to Apple TV Plus in Finch, a soon-to-debut feature film about a robotics engineer surviving a new post-apocalyptic world with his four-legged companion Goodyear (and a robot). The heart of Finch’s storyline centers on Hanks’ determination to find a caretaker for Goodyear after his death.
Read MoreA variety of new hardware updates are expected from Microsoft. | Image: Microsoft The event kicks off at 11AM ET / 8AM PT on September 22nd Continue reading…
Read MoreImage: OpenSea OpenSea, one of the most popular NFT marketplaces, has launched its first app for iOS and Android. The app allows OpenSea users to view the platform’s collection of digital items, but notably doesn’t allow for any kind of money to change hands, digital or otherwise (via TechCrunch). The OpenSea app basically works as
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