3 new iPhones, a new Apple Watch and an early surprise

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Apple iPhone 11’s camera gets Night Mode to catch up with Google and Huawei

Unhappy with the way your phone’s photos look when you’re shooting in low-light conditions? Apple’s newly introduced iPhone 11 has a fix — a new automatic night mode for the camera that can help brighten your shots and reduce the amount of noise in them. Read: iPhone camera comparison: iPhone 11 with Deep Fusion vs. iPhone XR Apple says that feature …

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Mozilla tests Firefox VPN service to help protect your privacy

Mozilla is again testing a VPN service for its Firefox browser that can help protect your privacy while you’re surfing around on public Wi-Fi. The move could also potentially give Mozilla a little financial independence. The Firefox Private Network is available as a beta for desktop users in the US starting Tuesday. It’s a VPN, or virtual private network, that …

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How to preorder the new Apple Watch Series 5

Update, Sept. 18: Read our full rated Apple Watch Series 5 review here. Apple on Tuesday unveiled its new Apple Watch Series 5 from the Steve Jobs Theater at its Apple Park headquarters in Cupertino, California. The new watch features an always-on display and internal compass, and they’ll be available in titanium and ceramic bodies. Cellular models now have international …

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Turn off Facebook’s facial recognition feature

Facebook recently removed a setting that controls how the company uses facial recognition on photos posted to the social network. It used to be that you’d just turn on a setting to identify and tag yourself and your friends. Now, Facebook will automatically scan your photos to suggest people you can tag based on who’s in your photo. It’ll also send alerts if …

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HP’s versatile, customizable 15t laptop is on sale starting at $480

In the market for a new laptop? The single most important feature, in my humble opinion: a solid-state drive, which will help the system boot and load programs so much faster than you’re accustomed to. Sure, a traditional hard drive will give you more storage space (1-terabyte drives are pretty standard these days), but how much do you really need? …

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The new Apple Watch Series 5 starts at $399

Update, Sept. 18: Read our full rated Apple Watch Series 5 review here. The Apple Watch Series 5 has arrived. And, from a pricing perspective, it picks things up where the Apple Watch Series 4, which has now been discontinued, left off.  Bottom line: the brand-new Apple Watch Series 5 starts at $399, though special editions — which feature premium materials …

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Lyft announces smart trip check

A week after a lawsuit was filed by 14 women alleging sexual assault by Lyft drivers, the ride-hailing company has announced smart trip check-in. The new safety feature will predict when a customer needs help by sensing when a ride has “unexplained delays,” Lyft said Tuesday, and will push a notification message to riders and drivers asking if they need …

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Apple iPhone XR and iPhone 8 survive in the new iPhone 11 lineup

While Apple on Tuesday trumpeted its newest iPhones, some of its older models will still be available for sale and at lower prices. The company said the iPhone XR, the cheapest version of last year’s lineup at $750, will now be available starting at $600. The iPhone 8, which came out two years ago, will sell starting at $450. The …

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Apple’s new U1 chip hints at future Tile

Apple’s long-rumored Tile tracker rival didn’t materialize at the company’s iPhone 11 event Tuesday, but the company is seemingly laying the groundwork for the new product inside its latest iPhones.  Apple has added the new chip, called the U1, to its iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max phones. While it wasn’t mentioned onstage, on both phones’ respective product …

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Apple’s iPhone 11 drops ‘X’ and ‘R’

It turns out the iPhone does go to 11. Apple is dropping the “X” for its latest iPhone, and returning to its naming roots with the iPhone 11, much to the disappointment of Roman numeral fanatics everywhere. Instead of relying on letters like the 5C and the XR did for Apple’s entry-level iPhone, the $699 iPhone 11 will now be …

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Huawei drops lawsuit against US government after its telecom equipment is returned

Huawei on Tuesday dropped a lawsuit against the US Commerce Department and other agencies after the government returned telecom equipment it seized back in September 2017. The suit was filed in June, separately to the one the Chinese company brought against the US for the overall ban on its equipment. The seized equipment included computer servers, Ethernet switches and other …

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Whoa, the new iPhone 11 starts at $699

Apple has introduced the iPhone 11, unexpectedly slashing the starting price of its new flagship to $699 (£729, AU$1,199) — the lowest entry-level price for a new iPhone since the iPhone 8 debuted in 2017. Though the design is largely identical to last year’s iPhone XS, the new iPhone 11 comes equipped with more powerful cameras, Apple’s brand new A13 Bionic …

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How to turn any Apple Watch into a sleep tracker

Well, so much for the rumor mill. Although we expected the new Apple Watch might include sleep-tracking features, the just-announced Apple Watch Series 5 has no such capabilities. Eh, no biggie — I’ve been monitoring my sleep habits for a couple years already, thanks to apps that work with nearly every Apple Watch model. Best of all, the cost of …

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