October, 2019

• 1 October

  Microsoft Surface leaks show thinner tablet with bigger display

  

  Microsoft is expected to debut the Surface 7 on Wednesday, but a new leak appears to offer a glimpse of the hybrid tablet before its launch event. If the images are legit, the next Surface will be thinner than previous models and have a smaller bezel for a much bigger display.  Noted tech leaker Evan Blass, also known …

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• 1 October

  Apple’s Mac Pro didn’t escape all of Trump’s China tariffs

  

  Apple last month said it would continue to manufacture its Mac Pro in the US, a decision made possible following tariff waivers on some “necessary components.” However, Apple reportedly wasn’t able to dodge all tariffs on parts needed for its upcoming premium computer.  Apple won’t be exempt from 25% tariffs on five Chinese-made components for the new Mac Pro, according to …

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• 1 October

  Apple News Plus rolls out to UK, Australia with new publications

  

  Apple News Plus rolled out in the UK and Australia Monday, nearly seven months after its US and Canada launch. As you’d expect, the selection on the Apple subscription service, which costs $10 a month in the US and gives you unlimited access to more than 300 magazines and newspapers in the iPhone, iPad and Mac, has been tweaked for …

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• 1 October

  Intel dramatically cuts prices of top

  

  Good news if you’re into games or video editing: Intel is whacking the prices of its high-end i9 processors as it refreshes an aging design. For example, last year’s top-end Core i9-9980XE processor costing $1,990 at retail is replaced by the $979 Core i9-10980XE. The new chips are due to arrive in November. “People were stuck in the top part …

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• 1 October

  PUBG cross

  

  As promised in August, cross-play for PUBG gamers on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles has gone live with the game’s update 4.3. PUBG Corp. tweeted the console news for its Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds on its European feed Tuesday morning. Console Players: Update 4.3 is now available on live servers!This update also brings Cross Platform Play, allowing PlayStation and Xbox …

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• 1 October

  This awesome AirPods alternative is back on sale for $50

  

  Apple AirPods: nice, but crazy-expensive, and not good at blocking outside noise. That’s why we’re constantly on the lookout for inexpensive AirPods alternatives. One of our top picks of 2019: The Anker Soundcore Liberty Air, which at $80 are half the price of AirPods and, to some ears, even better sounding. Now they’re even cheaper: For a limited time, and …

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• 1 October

  GoPro Hero 8 Black could change the way you shoot video

  

  I’m not what you’d probably think of as a typical GoPro user. I spend my weekends biking around my neighborhood with my kids, not barreling downhill on a longboard or jumping in a backyard pool and not off a cliff in Hawaii. What I can tell you, though, is that the new $400 (AU$600, £380) GoPro Hero 8 Black makes …

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• 1 October

  Pandora revamps app to surface all the ways it’s more than radio now

  

  Pandora redesigned its app Tuesday to better showcase how it’s evolved beyond the radio-like streaming-music service it started out as more than a decade ago. The latest update adds more ways to tweak the kind of song Pandora plays next and introduces a main discovery feed that personalizes recommendations throughout the day, while it also highlights more formats like podcasts and SiriusXM content.  As …

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• 1 October

  Amazon reportedly wants to bring cashierless Go tech to airports, movie theaters

  

  Amazon is apparently working to spread cashierless technology from its Go stores to other retailers. The e-commerce giant is talking to OTG, which operates airport concessions, and Cineworld, the company behind Regal theaters, about using equipment from its futuristic, automated stores, CNBC reported Monday. The company is also looking at concession stands in baseball stadiums, CNBC noted.  Now playing: Watch this: …

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• 1 October

  Tokyo 2020 Olympics using facial recognition system from NEC, Intel

  

  If you’re an athlete, sponsor, journalist or volunteer at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, you’ll be using a facial recognition system from Japanese electronics giant NEC and chipmaker Intel to get where you need to be. Intel is collaborating with NEC to provide “a large-scale face recognition system for the Olympics,” said Ricardo Echevarria, general manager of Intel’s Olympics program. …

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