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Moto G7, G7 Power, and G7 Play hands-on

A total of four devices have been unveiled in Brazil which include the Moto G7 Play , G7 Power, Moto G7 and G7 Plus. The tear-drop notched display moves ...

Lawmakers have questions for Apple about FaceTime eavesdropping bug

The House committee, headed up by Frank Pallone Jr (D-NJ), on Tuesday sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook demanding written answers by February 19 about the com...

New Skype update introduces background blur for video

The video conferencing service has introduced a new feature called "Background blur" that, as the name suggests, blurs the background when a video call is i...

Google eliminates more spam from Gmail with TensorFlow

In fact, the firm has insisted it now blocks 99.9 percent of "spam, phishing, and malware from reaching Gmail inboxes" at the moment. Google says it's block...

Sony's next Xperia phone may feature a movie-friendly 21:9 screen

The Sony Xperia XA3 has a unique take on the design with no-bezels on the three sides and a big bezel on the top of the smartphone. But Sony decided that none...

Apex Legends Got 2.5M

After a detailed leak and simultaneous reveal and launch , Apex Legends drew one million unique players in under eight hours . We've been the number one v...

Nintendo seeking growth sources as Switch sales slow

Nintendo launched its Switch Online subscription service last September. Nintendo has been diversifying its business. Nintendo Tokyo will be the comp...

World's biggest spice company, McCormick, is using AI to find new flavors

As with scent, flavor is a science. IBM and McCormick, a company known for selling spices and condiments, are teaming up to create new all-in-one spice pack...

Washington Post reporters bash their own paper over expensive Super Bowl ad

To help direct the ad , the network reportedly tapped David Nutter, director of several Game of Thrones episodes including the "Red Wedding" scene. The rate...

Qualcomm unveils its new 5G-focused Snapdragon 855 chip OnMSFT.com

So what's the new chipset all about? "The Snapdragon 855 will define the premium tier in 2019", said Alex Katouzian, SVP and GM of Mobile for Qualcomm , wh...

Mozilla will mute auto-playing videos in Firefox

Instead, the browser will only play such content if the user expresses a desire to watch it. Few things are more annoying when surfing the internet than some ...

Hi-Rez Staffer Fired After Arrest In Child Predator Sting

A community specialist for Hi-Rez Studios-maker of Smite and Paladins-as been let go from the company, following an arrest in an undercover sting to catch chi...

Ladies and gents, these are your new Emoji for 2019

While you've probably thrown around (or received) the very phallic eggplant emoji for awhile, the pinching hand perhaps has the opposite effect, and is sure t...

Amazon Echo install base dominates Google Home, Apple HomePod

Among the key findings: First, the smart speaker market continues to grow. Past year this same quarter the total was around 36 million. Another rising trend is ...

Mobile promises the Sprint merger won't drive up prices… for now

Credit: T-Mobile "Critics of our merger, largely employed by Big Telco and Big Cable, have principally argued that we are going to raise rates right after the m...

Land Rover launches 170mph Range Rover Velar SVA

Compared to the P380 supercharged gas V6 that was, until this point, the most potent engine Land Rover offered for the Velar, it's a 45-percent horsepower boo...

Will Apex Legends have third-person point of view?

Respawn aims to add more characters over time. For example, Wraith is a Legend who is able to move and resposition to safety by travelling through the "void...

Apple iPhone SE 2 Rumors: Device May Come With Wireless Charging Support

Those are some hard to swallow price tags considering the "modern" competition of the iPhone X , but something tells us inventory will quickly run out anyway. ...

Redmi is working on a Snapdragon 855-powered flagship

At the launch of the Redmi Note 7 China launch, Xiaomi CEO revealed that the company would be launching the Redmi Note 7 Pro next month, that is in Februa...

GSMA plans meeting to discuss Huawei situation

However, some of the western countries alongside Australia and New Zealand had already barred Huawei from building next-gen 5G mobile networks, accusing the lar...

Samsung Galaxy S10+ to have a version with three cameras

The company has also not made any orders for iris scanner hardware from any of its vendors, which is the biggest indication that the Galaxy S10 could opt for ...

PS4 Sales Slowdown Is in Line With Expectations, Says Sony

Sony has long maintained it doesn't expect the PS4 ever to catch up with the PS2's overall sales success, mainly because the market lifespans of gaming con...

OnePlus launches the OxygenOS Product Manager Challenge

OnePlus is running a Product Management Challenge ( #PMChallenge ) asking for your best new feature ideas, with some pretty decent prizes for the victor. You s...

Anker's MFi-certified USB-C to Lightning cable launches this month

That's $3 cheaper than Apple's official cable, which is priced at $19. Its wiring is coated with a thermoplastic elastic coating that's up to 12 times more du...

Steam Lunar New Year Sale Offers PC Discounts And Bonuses

It also has a whole section focusing on games created by Chinese developers including the free-to-play Ring of Elysium battle royale game. The Steam Lunar Ne...

Chucklefish Announce Details of Wargroove's First Post-Launch Update

Fix bug that caused online multiplayer maps against AI to sometimes go into a broken state. There's no time-frame on when they'll officially be implemented into...

Metro Exodus will not be last entry on PC insists game makers

Kicking things off the only way they can be, Metro Exodus left Steam. The move was announced less than a month before the game was expected to release and b...

PREMIERE: BMW M850i xDrive Coupe First Edition

READ: Could this be the most elegant and sophisticated droptop yet? BMW has taken the wraps off a new limited-production M850i First Edition variant, with...

Samsung Galaxy S10 European Prices Revealed, Line-up Will Start At €749

Ahead of February 20th first preview press conference event, Samsung Galaxy F foldable phone video leaked online accidently. Samsung has positioned...

Microsoft releases old-school file manager for Windows 10

The company chose to block the upgrade on these PCs until Apple rolled out a fix. Apple has released an updated version of iCloud for Windows (version 7.8.1...