WhatsApp will let you link four devices to one account, CEO Will Cathcart and Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg told WABetaInfo on Thursday. The feature will enter public beta in the coming months, and could pave the way for iPad support later, Cathcart noted. The Facebook-owned messaging app will still be end-to-end encrypted, Zuckerberg confirmed. “It’s …

Nintendo’s long-rumored Switch upgrade will be unveiled in the coming weeks and come out in September or October, Bloomberg reported Thursday. We’ll apparently get a first glimpse at the new model ahead of E3 2021, the game industry event that runs June 12 to 15. The device will likely cost more than the $299 2017 model, which will be phased out …

Pokemon Go Fest 2021 is scheduled to take place on the weekend of July 17-18, developer Niantic said Thursday. The yearly summer celebration will mark the mobile game’s fifth anniversary, which coincides with the Pokemon franchise’s 25th anniversary. The virtual event, which includes specially costumed Pikachu, new shiny Pokemon and the introduction of a new Mythical Pokemon, will cost $5 …

Google is taking a step outside the digital realm to open a physical retail store, in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood. Its doors will open this summer, the company said in a blog post Thursday. You’ll be able to check out and buy products like its Pixel phones, Nest smart home accessories and Fitbit devices, or pick up items you’ve …

Google wants to let you use augmented reality for visual learning and has added AR athletes to searches, the company said during the Google I/O developer conference on Tuesday. It’s letting you study the moves of people like Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, soccer player Megan Rapinoe or tennis star Naomi Osaka. It showed Biles scanning the floor of her gym …

We’ve all been there — you see an actor in a movie wearing a gorgeous dress, a sports star on the court in trainers you absolutely need or a wallpaper pattern that’d look perfect in your home office. Finding out the brand and where you can buy it is a little too much effort though, so you quickly forget about …

Apple AirTags have been available for less than two weeks, but a security researcher has seemingly hacked into the tiny trackers already. Researcher Stack Smashing managed to break into the device’s microcontroller and modify the software, as reported Sunday by 9to5Mac. Built a quick demo: AirTag with modified NFC URL 😎(Cables only used for power) pic.twitter.com/DrMIK49Tu0 — stacksmashing (@ghidraninja) May 8, 2021 The researcher …

Microsoft’s Windows 10X operating system won’t ship this year and may never hit the market, according to a Friday post on IT site Petri.com. It was designed as a simplified version of Windows 10. Windows 10X was revealed in 2019 as the operating system for dual-screen PCs like the Surface Neo, which is currently in limbo. However, CNET sister ZDNet …

Twitter is acquiring ad blocker Scroll, it said Tuesday, with the intention of including it in an eventual subscription service. Scroll removes ads and popups from articles, and apparently partners with publishers so they don’t lose revenue. The service will help Twitter solve “one of the most frustrating parts” of reading content online by removing invasive ads, the company said. …

Battlefield is hitting mobile devices in 2022, publisher EA revealed on Thursday. It’ll be developed by Industrial Toys in partnership with DICE, the developer traditionally associated with the first-person shooter series. The mobile game is “a standalone game,” according to DICE general manager Oskar Gabrielson. It’s a “completely different game from the one we’re making for console and PC, designed …