When we last saw TCL’s prototype for a crazy triple folding phone last October, it was in the preliminary stages. The concept was there, with the “DragonHinge” allowing it to bend in multiple directions, but a working screen was not. This week, however, we had a chance to get our hands on the wacky phone-tablet …

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The shadow of Dracula has fallen over Apple and Android devices. The incredible Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is available for $2.99, ahead of the Netflix show’s third season landing on Friday. Konami’s action RPG, which was originally released on PlayStation in 1997, puts you in the gothically fashionable cloak of Dracula’s son Alucard as he explores his dad’s castle …

If you’re a fan of foldable phones, February has been a good month. Motorola launched its new Razr foldable phone, with retro looks, a clamshell design and a tall folding screen. On Tuesday at the Samsung Unpacked event in San Francisco, the Galaxy Z Flip debuted, which also has a flip-phone design with a foldable screen. The Razr and Galaxy …

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and AMD will deliver what they expect to be the world’s fastest supercomputer in 2023, a $600 million machine at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory called El Capitan they promise will perform at 2 exaflops, or 2 quintillion calculations per second. That’s fast enough that if the world’s human population could perform one such calculation per second, it …

Have you used your iPhone’s dark mode setting yet? If not, you should. Not only is it easier on your eyes, especially if you often use your phone in a dimly lit room, but using dark mode actually saves battery life, according to Google. Apple first added a system-wide dark mode with the release of iOS 13 last year, converting the …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. As the coronavirus continues to spread globally, with a spike of cases in Italy and South Korea, Apple is taking steps to protect employees from coming into contact with the virus.  A memo sent to Apple employees says travel to South Korea, Italy and …

Apps available at the Apple App Store can now send ads and other promotions as push notifications, as long as the user authorizes them. The updated guidelines, announced Wednesday, mean that users who choose to opt in will see ads show up on their Apple devices alongside text messages and breaking news alerts. Apple also announced Wednesday that apps categorized …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. At least three Uber drivers have come in contact with passengers believed to have been infected with the novel coronavirus, according to the ride-hailing company. That news has left both Uber and Lyft drivers feeling insecure about how to protect themselves from the …

Microsoft’s new Edge browser may share the same underpinnings as the popular Chrome web browser, but it takes a much more active role in minding your privacy than Google’s browser does. Microsoft’s Chromium-based browser for Windows 10 ($144 at Amazon) and MacOS gives you control over how you are tracked across the web and what browsing data Edge keeps. And …

Twitter said Wednesday that it’s testing a feature that’ll let users post text, photos and video that vanish in 24 hours, a tool meant to encourage people to feel more comfortable sharing their thoughts online.  Sharing ephemeral content is popular on other social media sites, such as Snapchat and Facebook-owned Instagram, so it isn’t surprising Twitter is giving it a …

European telecom equipment makers were on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to reassure lawmakers that their 5G gear is a safe and secure alternative to equipment from Chinese giant Huawei. Their testimony comes as new legislation, allocating $1 billion in subsidies to rip and replace Huawei gear in rural wireless networks, awaits the signature of President Donald Trump. The Senate Commerce …

Google on Wednesday said it’s launching new speech and translation tools for Android phones.  The new feature lets Google’s Assistant software read long-form text out loud. The tool is meant mainly for listening to articles, blog posts and short stories on the web. Google said the technology is different from other screen-reading software because it’s meant to read stuff in …