A rumor this morning intimated that AgileBits, developer of popular password-manager software 1Password was in talks of being acquired by Apple, sending panic into the hearts of Windows, Android and Linux users until the company tweeted a firm denial. Rumours of my acquisition are completely false. My humans and I are happily independent and plan …
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Within the next week, Nvidia Shield streamer owners will be able to access the beta of Nvidia’s GeForce Now (GFN) all-you-can-play cloud-gaming service — sans PC. And given that one of Nvidia’s goals with the PC/Mac version of GFN is to keep on top of the newest, most popular games, that means you don’t have to live with just the …
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These photos of an 18-watt Apple USB-C charger may herald fast charging coming to iPhones without people having to resort to buying third-party adapters. Photos of an adapter labeled “engineering sample” surfaced this weekend on Chongdiantou.com (Google Translate version), as spotted by Macotakara, and were reportedly taken by someone in Apple’s supply chain. One of the photos provides an (almost unreadable) close-up …
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You remember The Frame, don’t you? It’s Samsung’s “lifestyle” TV designed to class up your living room by looking like wall art when it’s not in use. Samsung has delivered unto us a new model, The Frame 2018, with interface updates to streamline your experience, but based on the same TV specs (such as those of the MU8000 series). So don’t …
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Still haven’t found the perfect way to stream the World Cup? Here’s your latest option. Subscription video-distribution platform FuboTV, which specializes in sports, has kicked off its beta run of its 4K HDR10 streaming service. You can use it to watch World Cup matches on Fox and FS1 (but not Fox Sports bonus feeds) if you’ve got a Fire TV …
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If you couldn’t reach your favorite websites Friday at about 12:30 p.m. ET, it wasn’t just you. Subscribers of Comcast’s Xfinity TV, internet and phone services around the country took to Twitter with complaints about outages. Downdetector’s graphs displayed the same spike in complaints from almost every site it monitors. The graphs soon began to retreat to normal levels. Whew! We …
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For $250, you can now express your Dwayne Johnson fandom on your head while you work out. The new UA Sport Wireless Project Rock Edition over-the-ear wireless headphones are rated IPX4 — that means they’re spray- and splash-resistant for up to 5 minutes. They have washable, breathable and fast drying earcup fabric, slip-resistant headband. Really, it looks like The Rock …
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If you’ve been eagerly waiting to experience photography with the Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium, your wait will soon be over. The phone is slated to ship at the end of July for $1,000 — and if you buy from Amazon, it’ll toss in the new, completely wireless Xperia Ear Duo headphones. The phone made a splash when it was announced …
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The Slack messaging tool used by many teams around the world has experienced intermittent outages for a little over 3 hours this morning. Surprisingly laid-back users took to Twitter to express their feels. At 12:49 p.m. ET, the company tweeted: Connections have resumed and folks should be able to connect to Slack again. Thanks for hanging in there. https://t.co/jdzxIeLoWA — …
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Facebook is rolling out a test of a new feature called “Keyword Snooze” that lets you hide posts in your news feed that incorporate given keywords for 30 days. You enable it from a post in your feed, via the upper right-hand menu. The feature will let you choose keywords and phrases that Facebook has automatically selected from a particular …
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