Instant messaging app Kik is shutting down as the company continues its fight with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The move will let the company focus instead on its cryptocurrency, which was the catalyst for pressure from the SEC. Ted Livingston, Kik’s founder and CEO, posted about the demise of the messaging app on Monday. More than …
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Amazon’s rumored wireless earbuds will reportedly come with fitness-tracking features. This, along with the being Alexa-enabled, might make these new buds serious competition Apple’s AirPods and Samsung’s Galaxy Buds. The online retail giant’s new earbuds will also act as a fitness-tracking device, according to a report from CNBC on Monday. It will reportedly track distance ran, calories burned and how fast …
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Google will make changes to its Assistant and be more transparent in the future regarding its review of voice recordings. This move follows a backlash after the company confirmed in July that contractors were listening to users’ recorded audio to help improve the voice-activated virtual assistant’s capabilities. The company laid out changes coming to Assistant in a blog post Monday and clarified …
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Update, Sept. 26: CNET’s OnePlus 7T review is now live. Read more about the new phone from OnePlus. Original story follows. The OnePlus 7T will be officially revealed on Sept. 26, and the phone is rumored to join the “three-camera club” with the more expensive flagship phones from Apple and Samsung. The event might also be the first time the public will see the …
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Facebook’s Libra will face yet another series of questions, this time from international banks inquiring about the company’s plans for the cryptocurrency. Libra representatives are meeting Monday with officials from 26 central banks from across the globe including the US Federal Reserve, according to a Financial Times report. The meeting in Basel, Switzerland, will focus on the cryptocurrency’s “scope and design.” Read more …
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The Google Pixel 4 leaks keep coming, but this time around it’s for the XL variant. Images of the new phone appear to have showed up on Reddit and give an idea of how the larger version of the next Pixel might look. A Reddit user posted purported images of the Google Pixel 4 XL on the Pixel subreddit late …
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LG’s 4K OLED televisions are getting into the game with Nvidia G-Sync support, which will enable the South Korean company’s TVs with 55-inch screens and bigger to keep pace with PC games. Nvidia G-Sync is already available on many computer monitors, including 65-inch displays from Acer, HP and Asus, but LG will offer the first OLED TVs featuring the technology. An upcoming …
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Some iPhone and iPad users may have noticed that Apple apps often show up in the top spots in App Store searches. They’re not alone. Apple apps frequently rank first over other relevant apps in search results in the App Store, according to a report Monday in The New York Times. Searches dating from 2013 show the proliferation of the …
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Microsoft will make Windows more flexible for power users with the return of PowerToys. These utilities are designed to let experts of the operating system customize and improve their productivity. There are two PowerToys available to preview on Friday. The first is a Windows shortcut guide that will display an overlay of the keyboard shortcuts for whatever window is currently …
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Facebook is considering a test to hide likes on News Feed posts. The company already tested a similar move on Instagram in August as a way to help break users’ fixation with getting likes on their pictures. Data miner Jane Manchun Wong discovered that Facebook is experimenting with the change in its Android app Monday. The company said Monday it’s considering …
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