Apple’s latest iPhone ($500 at Best Buy) operating system, iOS 14, is now available to download, and is packed with useful new features to help you get things done faster and easier. The Shortcuts app in particular sees a major upgrade in the new OS, with more options for automating tasks so you can make your …

We’ve been inching ever closer to Star Trek’s Universal Translator for years. I can still remember being floored by a tech demo about 20 years ago in which a phone conversation was translated into a different language more or less as it happened. And the iPhone’s iOS 14 update includes a translation app that works great, if you don’t mind …

Last year’s Amazon Prime Day TV ad featured geometric cartoon townspeople — who built their trucks, parade floats and houses out of Amazon delivery boxes — at a boisterous parade, with a liveried band showing off all the great deals on fashion, home goods and electronics. In 2020, the backdrop is a suburban neighborhood where the same fictional characters are …

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The battle royale between Epic Games and Apple continues, with a judge on Friday denying a request to force Apple to allow Fortnite back into the App Store while legal proceedings continue. But the US District Court for the Northern District of California also ordered Apple to allow Epic to operate its Unreal Engine developer account in the App Store, …

The potential ban on TikTok, along with messaging app WeChat, is on hold after the Trump administration approved a deal last month for Oracle and Walmart to acquire stakes in the US operations of the short-form video app. TikTok came under fire due to the administration’s national security concerns regarding the Chinese-owned company.  TikTok and WeChat are massive global apps: TikTok has amassed over 100 million users in …

Regular Cheapskate readers know that when it comes to photos, there are two products I really dig: Digital photo frames, which let you see a running slideshow of your favorite pics, and Mixtiles, which are affordable 8×8-inch framed photos you can easily hang and rehang. No nails required: They rely on residue-free sticky pads. Mixtiles normally cost $11 each, which …

Apple‘s latest wearable operating system WatchOS 7 has arrived on the Apple Watch ($349 at eBay), following an announcement at the tech giant’s annual event in September. Also announced at Apple’s “Time Flies” event were two new smartwatch models, the Apple Watch Series 6 and the more affordable Apple Watch SE. Originally revealed during its WWDC keynote earlier this summer, the WatchOS 7 update has been available …

On Friday, Apple Arcade added The Survivalists, a new adventure game from Team17, the venerable British studio behind Worms and more recently Overcooked. It’s a follow-up to the studio’s previous game The Escapists. The Survivalists joins Apple Arcade’s growing catalog of over 130 games.  See at App Store In The Survivalists, you find yourself shipwrecked on an island with no memory and scant …

TikTok has been banned in Pakistan after the Chinese video sharing app clocked up complaints about “immoral/indecent content.” The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said Friday it gave TikTok the opportunity to comply, but did not. “Directions were issued for blocking of TikTok application in the country,” PTA said. It’s open to reviewing its decision if TikTok comes up with a …

As you might expect, from here on out it’s going to be all Prime Day all the time. For now, one last batch of “standard” deals before the madness begins. First up, an interesting (semirelated) discovery: This is unconfirmed, but I’ve heard from a few folks that Amazon Prime subscribers who purchase a Wyze Band or Wyze Scale ($30 and …

It’s no secret that the webcam built into your laptop is mediocre at best, and if you spend a lot of time broadcasting your voice — in Zoom, on a podcast, Twitch streaming or going live on the social media platform of your choice — a stand-alone desktop microphone is a worthwhile upgrade. Mics come in all shapes, sizes and …

It’s no secret that smartphones have had a serious impact on digital camera sales in recent years; fewer people feel the same imperative to own compact cameras and digital SLRs as they once did. So camera makers are looking for ways to entice you to jump back into the deep end of the photography pool. Earlier this year Nikon unveiled …