Epic Games confirmed on Friday that it plans to bypass Google’s Play Store for the eagerly awaited Android launch of Fortnite, its galactically popular online shooter. Instead the developer will point visitors to its site to download and install the game.  Installing an app from anywhere but the official app store is known as sideloading, …

Update, Aug. 9: The Galaxy Note 9 is now official, and we’ve gone hands-on. Original story follows. In its earnings call Tuesday, KyeongTae Lee, Samsung’s mobile business head stated “We aim to expand the sales of flagship models via an earlier-than-usual release of a new Galaxy Note, which offers exceptional performance for a reasonable price.”  He didn’t mention the Galaxy Note 9 …

Adding fuel to the rumors about dual-SIM support in upcoming iPhones, now support has been spotted in the code of beta 5 of iOS 12. That doesn’t necessarily mean it will actually appear in an imminent iPhone, but it does indicate that Apple’s actively working on a solution to make the lives of world travelers easier. References to a second …

The Moto Z3, the latest in Motorola’s line of phones with magnetic snap-on accessories called Moto Mods, may become the first 5G-capable device thanks to its modularity. The rest will have to wait for their next-generation models to incorporate the new 5G chipsets. That’s the recent speculation about the company’s upcoming announcements for Thursday, according to The Android Report, which …

Popular movie-ticket subscription service MoviePass experienced an outage on Thursday, still ongoing for some, which the company attributed to “technical issues with our card-based check-in process,” on its Twitter feed.  But its SEC filing Thursday indicated that the problem was really cash flow — the company ran out of money and couldn’t pay for tickets. The filing by its parent …

Update, Aug. 9: The Galaxy Note 9 is now official, and we’ve gone hands-on. Original story follows. From subtle transparent coverage to basic black and rugged, Samsung’s accessories for its forthcoming Galaxy Note 9 have popped up online in what really look like leaked marketing photos. And despite rumors to the contrary, Clear Silicone Case and purple S Pen shots indicate that …

Add another data point to the heaping pile of rumors about the iPhones Apple may announce in September. According to Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty, we may not see the new, least-expensive 6.1-inch model until October. That’s thanks to possible quality-control issues with the screen’s backlight. As quoted in Barron’s as part of larger speculation on Apple’s stock performance, she …

When you pair a couple of Bluetooth devices, like your phone and computer, they exchange encryption keys. But it turns out the Bluetooth specification didn’t require that both of them completely validate those keys. Well, it does now.  This comes after it was revealed Tuesday that an attacker within wireless reach could insert themselves into communications between the two devices …

Specs for the two as-yet unannounced CPUs in the next generation of Intel processors may have seeped out onto the web. If they’re correct, Intel is bumping both the i9-9900K and i7-9700K to eight cores; the i9-9900K will get a boost clock to 5GHz on two of the cores and up to 4.7GHz on all. Intel’s K series of processors …

In case you haven’t heard, Nikon’s working on a full-frame mirrorless with a brand-new mount and an F-mount adapter. The company decided to confirm it today, and has set up a teaser website to keep you hanging until it produces an actual camera likely before Photokina, which starts Sept. 26. Thanks to the usually accurate newshounds at Nikon Rumors, we know, …