Dyson’s new bathroom hand dryer will dry your hands quickly — and without spreading around bacteria. On Wednesday, Dyson launched the Dyson Airblade 9kJ, a touch-free hand dryer that claims to get your hands dry in just 10 seconds. It also contains a HEPA filter that captures 99.97% of bacteria and virus particles from bathroom …

Cord cutters are starting to experience subscription overload thanks to the 100+ streaming services now available and more on the way, according to survey results Tuesday from Amdocs Media. Despite the belief that ditching cable for streaming services will save you money, 27% of Americans now spend more than $100 a month on media and entertainment subscription services, potentially including …

Apple’s game streaming service Apple Arcade is now available on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple TV and Mac, and its 100-plus games are compatible with Xbox and PS4 wireless controllers. On Wednesday, Apple began selling Microsoft’s Xbox Wireless Controller in its online store, with availability in stores on Friday. The controller, spotted earlier by MacRumors, costs $59.95 on both Apple’s …

MacOS Catalina‘s much-anticipated iCloud Drive folder sharing feature has been delayed until spring, according to Apple’s website. The feature will allow users to share folders with a private link so anyone with access can see the contents in iCloud Drive, as well as add new files.  While iCloud Drive folder sharing appeared in early beta versions of iOS 13, it …

Who says constant texting doesn’t pay off? People can now type almost as fast on their smartphones as they can on their computer keyboards, according to a new study from Aalto University, University of Cambridge and ETH Zürich.  Researchers gave more than 37,000 volunteers an online typing test to assess speed, errors and other factors related to typing on mobile …

Apple’s Project Catalyst software, announced at WWDC in June, has a clear goal: making it possible to install and use iPad apps on the Mac. However, with the rollout of MacOS Catalina this week, three of the most anticipated launch apps for Project Catalyst have yet to appear. And Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that Netflix does not plan to port …

After hundreds of sexual assault allegations and the murder of a woman who entered the car of a man posing as a driver, Uber recently rolled out new safety features to better protect passengers and drivers from harm. These include the ability to text 911 from the app during a ride, and new tools to verify that riders are getting …

Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled the Windows 10X operating system, which will work with the new dual-screen Surface Neo devices, expected to be available in late 2020. Windows 10 X is part of Microsoft’s multiyear journey to change the architecture of Windows and make it more modular, as we’ve already seen with the HoloLens 2, Surface Hub and Xbox. The OS is …

At its Alexa event on Wednesday, Amazon announced a new low-bandwidth network called Amazon Sidewalk that could extend the range at which you can control your devices beyond what Bluetooth and Wi-Fi currently allow.  Amazon Sidewalk taps the 900MHz band of the radio spectrum — typically used for amateur radio — to extend the distance at which you can control your smart …

Amazon is entering the smart glasses field with the Echo Frames, the company announced at its Alexa event on Wednesday.  The Echo Frames are part of Amazon’s “Day One Editions,” a program for experimental products that are complete but offered with limited availability, Dave Limp, senior vice president of devices and services, said at the event. The smart glasses don’t …