Night Sight on the Pixel 3 makes an incredible difference

The Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are Google’s newest flagship phones, each with improved cameras among many other new features. However, one of the most important new features, Night Sight (essentially, a night mode) wasn’t slated to arrive until November. Members at XDA Developers however managed to activate the Night Sight mode for the Pixel …

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Samsung Galaxy S10 will reportedly come in 5G, Plus, budget versions

Samsung is reportedly following Apple’s lead by developing a trio of Galaxy S10 models, and is looking to launch a 5G version in the US. Samsung Unpacked: Samsung is expected to show off its foldable and 5G phones alongside the Galaxy flagship on Feb. 20. The standard S10 is codenamed “Beyond,” Bloomberg reported Friday, citing anonymous sources, and it’s roughly …

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Creative’s Super X

Those living in the US can finally try out Creative’s SXFI Amp — and it will cost just $150. The dongle can be used with any USB Type-C Android phone, or consoles such as the PlayStation 4, and dramatically expands the sound on your headphones such that they sound like it’s coming from speakers around you. Retailing online on Nov. …

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It took us four drops to break the iPhone XR camera

The iPhone XS proved it can take a beating in our drop test, but is the cheaper iPhone XR just as strong? At first glance, the iPhone XR shares many of the features of its higher-end sibling: edge-to-edge display, glass on either side and a metal bumper. But it is built slightly differently. For starters, its larger 6.1-inch screen has …

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Xiaomi Mi Mix 3: Release date, price, specs, four cameras, 5G, all

Announced in Beijing Thursday at the Forbidden City, the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 is the latest addition to Xiaomi’s line of all-screen flagship phones. Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, it has a 6.39-inch display like the Mi Mix with a 2,340×1,080-pixel resolution, meaning 93.4 percent of its body is screen. (The Mi Mix 2 is just 5.99 inches, by comparison.) If you’ve been keeping up …

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What is FLAC? The high

In the late 1990s, one of the original portable music file formats — the MP3 — was causing quite a bit of bother mainly due to user’s illegal sharing over Napster. While MP3 eventually prevailed, there is an even better choice for high-quality music downloads, and it’s playable on your favorite device. It’s even in your music streams. FLAC (Free …

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Extra lens for your new iPhone? Hitcase has a bundle

The iPhone X, XS and XS Max may all have dual-lens cameras, but they’re missing wide-angle and macro lenses. That’s where companies like Hitcase and Olloclip come in. They sell lenses that you attach to your iPhone and expand your photography options. As its name suggests, Hitcase has its roots in the case business, and it has a number of …

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Engineer Al Schmitt explains how he won 20 Grammys

Al Schmitt has won 20 Grammy awards, that more any other engineer or mixer. Not only that, he’s also produced or engineered 160 platinum and gold albums! Al Schmitt’s tell all book! Hal Leonard Books Over his six-decade career, he’s recorded Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Willie Nelson, Dr. Dre, Usher, Steely Dan, Paul McCartney, Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley …

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After Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, PayPal bans Gab social network

PayPal banned social network Gab.ai on Saturday, following reports that the suspect in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting had published a number of anti-Semitic posts on the site, which is popular with conservatives and the white nationalist “alt-right.” “When a site is explicitly allowing the perpetuation of hate, violence or discriminatory intolerance, we take immediate and decisive action,” a PayPal spokesperson …

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Grado’s first Bluetooth headphone signals a change of direction

Grado is one of the most traditional headphone manufacturers on the planet, and its products have all been designed and made in Brooklyn. For nearly 30 years all of their full-size headphones have been open-back designs, so changes come at a snail’s pace. Oh, and up to this point all of them have been wired headphones, and those wires were …

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Twitter apologizes for not addressing threat later linked to mail bombs

Twitter has apologized to a user who said the company failed to act when she reported receiving a threatening tweet that turned out to be from Cesar Sayoc, the man charged with sending pipe bombs to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and others. In a series of tweets Friday evening, the company said it should’ve removed the threatening message …

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iPhone XR reviews, Red Dead 2 amazes critics

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How tough is the glass on the iPhone XR?

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Unboxing the red iPhone XR

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