Apple won’t be required to restore Fortnite to its App Store, but a judge’s temporary restraining order against the company late Monday prevents it from revoking access to Epic’s Unreal Engine developer tools. The legal battle between the two companies stems from a dispute over collecting revenue from in-app purchases, resulting in Apple — and …
Read More »Microsoft brings transcriptions to its Word documents app, but there are catches
Microsoft’s Word writing tool will soon be able to record and transcribe audio, marking an evolution long requested by everyone from students to reporters to Microsoft executives. However, it has strikingly limited features when compared with competitors. The new transcription technology, which will be made available for free to Microsoft 365 subscribers writing with Word via a web browser, allows …
Read More »Do dishes in the sink of the future: Install a touch
No one enjoys doing dishes, but doing them in the right sink can make the chore a lot more bearable. If your faucet doesn’t have dual modes (stream and spray), a pull-out extendable head, and tap-to-start touch activation, then perhaps you might want to upgrade. Gappo’s Touch Kitchen Faucet does all that and is on sale right now for just …
Read More »Facebook removes Oculus name from its annual VR conference, renames its AR/VR business
Facebook’s AR and VR businesses are about to sound a lot more Facebookish. The company’s annual Oculus Connect VR conference is happening Sept. 16, as a free online event. But the name is changed: it’s Facebook Connect now, and it’ll be focused on a wider range of VR and AR experiences. Facebook’s also officially renamed its AR/VR division to Facebook …
Read More »Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra: How to buy Samsung’s latest phones right now
Samsung’s latest high-end flagship Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra phones are on sale now. You won’t find the same preorder bundle offers now that the phones are widely available, but carriers and retail partners will surely run promotions of their own in the coming days and weeks. Samsung is also planning to introduce a preorder sale for the Galaxy Z …
Read More »Amazon now lets you design a whole room of augmented
Amazon has made its augmented-reality shopping tools more powerful, now letting you create full rooms of AR furniture when planning out what to buy. The e-retailer in 2017 started offering AR shopping features with “AR view,” which allows people to see 3D images of furniture in their homes by using their phone cameras. But you could only look at one …
Read More »Smartphone sales drop 20% in Q2 due to coronavirus pandemic, analyst says
Global smartphone sales dropped 20.4% in the second quarter of 2020, according to a Tuesday report by Gartner. The coronavirus pandemic continues to impact the phone industry, the research firm says, with worldwide sales dropping to 295 million units. Out of the top five smartphone vendors, Samsung saw the biggest drop in sales. The company sold around 55 million smartphone in the second …
Read More »Razer’s Pro Click mouse and Pro Type mechanical keyboard aren’t for gamers
Gaming may be growing faster as people spend more downtime at home but there are also a lot more of us working from home now. If that’s you and you’re ready to upgrade the “good enough” keyboard and mouse you’re using, gaming gear maker Razer has released its first wireless mechanical keyboard and mouse made for productivity. The $140 Razer …
Read More »Google gives Chrome tabs a performance boost, better management
Google is giving Chrome an update to boost performance. In a blog post on Tuesday, the search giant revealed a host of new changes in the works to help make its popular web browser faster, more responsive and more efficient particularly when it comes to managing tabs. Among the big changes are some “under-the-hood performance improvements” that will make loading …
Read More »Mozilla’s Firefox Daylight browser for Android is out. Here are 5 reasons to try it
Mozilla released Firefox Daylight on Tuesday, an overhauled version of its Firefox browser for Android phones that marks a new step to claim some influence player in the crucial mobile market. The new browser, with better speed and stronger privacy, is available in Europe and will be released in North America on Thursday. About 33 million people use Firefox on Android each month, …
Read More »5G spectrum sells for $4.6B so carriers can expand networks
The FCC netted almost $4.6 billion after auctioning off 5G spectrum to US carriers. The midband 3.5GHz spectrum will “further the deployment of 5G,” the FCC said Wednesday. More than 20,000 spectrum licenses were awarded, with the FCC to announce more details later this week. “This is a banner day for American leadership in 5G,” FCC chair Ajit Pai said. …
Read More »Oxo Brew 8
[dzs_video source=”https://cnet.redvideo.io/2022/06/03/c7e10851-d64b-46d0-a2b3-fd083e9419bb/homepod-rumors-site2_720h3200k.mp4″ cover=”https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/3a3d5f36f674cae801345f849f4400550f2c3170/hub/2020/08/24/37a999c8-f8ed-44b9-a202-2f7b0bff1a72/img-1927.jpg?auto=webp&fit=cover&height=482&width=856″ config=”skinauroradefault” width=”100%” height=”600″ logo=”https://joggingvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/tdn_pic_2.png” config=”skinauroradefault” autoplay=”off” cue=”on” loop=”off” type=”video” logo=”0000″ logo_link=”5555″ responsive_ratio=”default” adarray='{{openbrace}}{“source”:”1111″,”time”:”2222″,”type”:”3333″,”ad_link”:”4444″,”skip_delay”:”5″}{{closebrace}}’]
Read More »Note 20 Ultra durability test: How much can this phone handle?
[dzs_video source=”https://cnet.redvideo.io/2022/09/16/5c34239f-b4da-4c90-9928-14b49360421c/iphone-vs-cms_720h3200k.mp4″ cover=”https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/2a8bca409b07d285f2b79461023e2a96b62facfe/hub/2020/08/24/3e005170-2286-4f87-a847-b010cb98c017/droptest-note20-ultra-5g-00-14-33-06-still002.jpg?auto=webp&fit=cover&height=482&width=856″ config=”skinauroradefault” width=”100%” height=”600″ logo=”https://joggingvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/tdn_pic_2.png” config=”skinauroradefault” autoplay=”off” cue=”on” loop=”off” type=”video” logo=”0000″ logo_link=”5555″ responsive_ratio=”default” adarray='{{openbrace}}{“source”:”1111″,”time”:”2222″,”type”:”3333″,”ad_link”:”4444″,”skip_delay”:”5″}{{closebrace}}’]
Read More »Let’s make sense of Fitbit Sense’s three new sensors: First look
[dzs_video source=”https://cnet.redvideo.io/2022/09/15/123e854a-d743-4f65-be3d-9e4b7fff9e7b/apple-watch-series-8-review-final-final_720h3200k.mp4″ cover=”https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/df24f6f5bb71bc7b1b4f8780e25b65df84741391/hub/2020/08/24/36556327-3de3-4ba6-b0ec-5fec00f9d25a/sense-back3.jpg?auto=webp&fit=cover&height=482&width=856″ config=”skinauroradefault” width=”100%” height=”600″ logo=”https://joggingvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/tdn_pic_2.png” config=”skinauroradefault” autoplay=”off” cue=”on” loop=”off” type=”video” logo=”0000″ logo_link=”5555″ responsive_ratio=”default” adarray='{{openbrace}}{“source”:”1111″,”time”:”2222″,”type”:”3333″,”ad_link”:”4444″,”skip_delay”:”5″}{{closebrace}}’]
Read More »Report says Zuckerberg warned about TikTok, Audible’s cheaper plan
[dzs_video source=”https://cnet.redvideo.io/2022/05/13/bf5e0993-6669-4475-9ee0-b20b88a8100a/techtoday-140522-sb_720h3200k.mp4″ cover=”https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/5f90784f84ba6e8894a6ba5f1dd4b30749168425/hub/2016/04/12/1f0a4936-aa46-490f-8709-ae19ac9580d9/f8-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-0094.jpg?auto=webp&fit=cover&height=482&width=856″ config=”skinauroradefault” width=”100%” height=”600″ logo=”https://joggingvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/tdn_pic_2.png” config=”skinauroradefault” autoplay=”off” cue=”on” loop=”off” type=”video” logo=”0000″ logo_link=”5555″ responsive_ratio=”default” adarray='{{openbrace}}{“source”:”1111″,”time”:”2222″,”type”:”3333″,”ad_link”:”4444″,”skip_delay”:”5″}{{closebrace}}’]
Read More »