Slack is joining the dark mode craze. The chat platform on Thursday launched the feature for desktop, allowing users to turn their screens black to make messages and content easier on the eyes. Dark mode is rolling out across all desktop apps, Mac, Windows and Linux. The feature is already available on mobile. “Dark mode …
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Apple’s Fifth Avenue store in New York is sporting flashy colors ahead of its reopening Sept 20. The signature cube surrounding the store’s entrance was unveiled Friday featuring rainbow-tinted glass. The 32-foot cube, which has become a tourist attraction, was dismantled in 2017 ahead of renovations, and the store was temporarily relocated. Apple shared a reopening date of Sept. 20 …
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Hulu on Wednesday said it’s rolling out an improved Live TV Guide for Apple TV, Roku and the web. Customers with Hulu + Live TV can now use a two-week grid guide to see what’s coming up and record programming. Viewers can also add channels to “My Channels” to have quicker access to their favorites as well as preferred programs …
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Candy Crush Friends Saga is launching an augmented reality feature called Hungry Yeti exclusively for Samsung Galaxy players. The feature, which rolls out Friday, is in celebration of the release of the Galaxy Note 10 and 10 Plus. In Hungry Yeti, players feed cookies to Yeti, a main character in Candy Crush Friends Saga. In return, they score a daily …
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A US appeals court on Friday froze an antitrust ruling against Qualcomm, allowing the chipmaker to maintain its current business practices for now. Qualcomm has been embroiled in a lawsuit with the US Federal Trade Commission, which two years ago accused the chipmaker of operating a monopoly and forcing Apple and other customers to work with it exclusively. The Ninth US Circuit …
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LG’s new K50S and K40S phones, which will be unveiled next month at IFA 2019 in Berlin, will feature improved cameras, better displays and bigger batteries, the company said Thursday. The LG K50S has three rear cameras: a 13-megapixel with phase detection auto focus (PDAF), a 5-megapixel for super wide angle and a 2-megapixel lens with depth sensor, which creates …
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YouTube will stop running targeted ads on videos aimed at kids, according to a Tuesday news report. Officials at the video sharing site are currently finalizing the plans, three people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. The US Federal Trade Commission began investigating whether YouTube violates children’s online privacy laws following calls from consumer privacy groups and politicians. The advocates asked the FTC …
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Asus on Wednesday unveiled the limited edition ZenBook 13 Edition 30, a pearl white laptop featuring a genuine Italian leather lid cover. The product is in celebration of the company’s 30th anniversary. ZenBook Edition 30 also comes with a set of matching accessories, including a leather sleeve and a pearl white mouse. The laptop includes ScreenPad 2.0, a phone-size screen that …
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MoviePass, the $10-a-month movie subscription service that once dominated the industry, has been hit with financial issues that essentially brought an end to the company as we knew it. It dealt with those issues in-part by changing some users’ passwords to keep them from ordering tickets, according to a Business Insider report this week. MoviePass parent company Helios and Matheson didn’t …
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Foldable phones aren’t the only devices making use of multiple screens. The Nubia Z20 is a dual-screen phone that launches globally next month, the company said Thursday. It goes on sale in China on Aug. 16. The phone features a bezelless 6.42-inch FHD+ display with no notches, triple cameras and up to 8GB of RAM. It also has a 5.1-inch …
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