If your Twitter feed looks a bit different, there’s a good reason. The microblogging service rolled out a redesigned desktop layout on Tuesday that features a simpler, airier look. The redesign, which Twitter announced in January, was previously available to a limited number of users through an opt-in program. The design revamp doesn’t appear to …
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23 April
Another Galaxy Fold screen bites the dust
Samsung’s woes with the Galaxy Fold are mounting with news that one of its beleaguered foldable phones being felled by speck of dust. Michael Fisher, a videographer of mobile tech, tweeted out his disappointment that a tiny, foreign object had found its way into his review unit, disrupting the screen’s function. An escalating list of issues has prompted the world’s …
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23 April
Byte starts beta testing to fill the hole Vine left behind
Vine, the once-popular, now-defunct video-looping app, may be making a comeback as Byte. Vine co-founder Dom Hoffman’s team sent out 100 invitations to beta test Byte with plans to add more testers soon, the company tweeted Monday. just sent out 100 byte beta invites for our first closed test, which starts tomorrow. will expand to more testers soon — byte (@byte_app) April 22, …
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23 April
Intel Core i9
Intel launched its ninth-generation (aka Coffee Lake refresh) desktop CPUs in October 2018 with its most powerful offerings, and true to form now hits us with its mobile analogs, the H series Core i9, i7 and i5 processors, as well as the stragglers — all 18 of them — of the desktop versions. The eighth-generation Coffee Lake rollout was more …
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23 April
Google Maps now notes waits at EV charging stations
Google Maps is making it easier for electric car owners to find nearby (and unoccupied) EV charging stations so you don’t need to wait around. You can now see charging port availability in the US and the UK on Google Maps, according to a Tuesday blog post by Alex Donaldson, product manager of Google Maps. Just search “EV charging stations” in the app …
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23 April
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti mobile, 1650 are the new cheap gaming graphics
Nvidia has now squished its budget-friendly GeForce GTX 1660 Ti graphics card into the latest laptops, along with the lower-end GTX 1650, which debuted Tuesday in both desktop and mobile incarnations. While the desktop GTX 1650 will cost you in the pleasant neighborhood of $150, it’s also a replacement for the GTX 1050 in spirit (though should be about the same …
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23 April
Verizon to offer YouTube TV to wireless and Fios customers
Verizon has teamed up with Google to offer YouTube TV to its wireless, 5G Home and Fios broadband customers. Customers will be able to subscribe to YouTube TV through Verizon, the companies said in a statement Tuesday. Verizon said it’ll offer “unique, high-value YouTube TV promotions” to its customers but didn’t offer specifics on pricing or availability. A representative for the carrier said it …
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23 April
Lenovo debuts sub
Lenovo finally launches its own everyday-gamer laptop line with the IdeaPad L340 Gaming, a variant of its budget thinnish-and-lightish 300 series with discrete graphics. It joins Acer Nitro, Dell G series, HP Pavilion Gaming, Asus X series and more in the ever-lengthening line of companies to expand beyond their traditional gaming lines. In this case, it means a slim black slab with blue …
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23 April
Meizu 16s phone with Samsung AMOLED display and ultra
The Samsung Galaxy S10 family were the first phones to include the Snapdragon 855 processor, but that comes at a price. The Galaxy S10E, the cheapest S-device, starts at $750, which is still quite high when compared to midrange and budget phones like the Motorola Moto G7. On Tuesday, Meizu launched a flagship phone called the Meizu 16s, which costs …
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23 April
Moto G7 Play is just $50 today at Boost Mobile stores
On Tuesday, you can buy the Motorola Moto G7 Play for $50 at Boost Mobile stores. The normally $200 phone is part of the Moto G family, which includes the Moto G7 that earned a CNET Editors’ Choice award. To take advantage of the deal, you have to go to a Boost Mobile store and switch to an unlimited data …
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