March, 2019

• 26 March

  LG’s new sound bar range for 2019 includes Dolby Atmos and Google Assistant

  

  LG has announced its complete sound bar range for 2019, which includes three high-end models with support for both Google Assistant and Dolby Atmos onboard, plus three more only with Bluetooth.  The high-end models will also include support for Atmos competitor DTS:X.  3.1.2-channel SL8YG ($799) 4.1.2-channel SL9YG ($999) 5.1.2-channel SL10YG ($1299) Meanwhile, the entry- to …

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• 26 March

  Apple Arcade wants to become the Xbox and PlayStation of mobile gaming

  

  Apple’s iPhone is already home to some of the most popular games ever. It’s got puzzlers like Candy Crush Saga and Words With Friends, the battle game Cash of Clans, and even the cultural phenom Fortnite. Now Apple is hoping to level up those games with Apple Arcade, a new service, announced Monday, that’s set to go live in the …

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• 26 March

  Huawei P30 Pro’s biggest camera weapons: Night mode, 3D lens and zoom

  

  The Huawei P30 Pro has not one but four cameras on the back, including a super wide-angle lens and a prism-based periscope allowing for 5x optical zoom and a huge 10x hybrid zoom. There’s also a 3D time-of-flight sensor that’s meant for better portrait mode shots. But do more camera lenses result in better photos? I took the phone out …

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• 26 March

  Asus pushes patch after hackers used updates to send malware

  

  Thousands of Asus computers were infected with malware from the company’s own update tool, researchers from Kaspersky Lab said Monday. The researchers discovered the attack in January, after hackers took over the Asus Live Update Utility to quietly install malware on devices. The hack was first reported by Motherboard. On Tuesday, Asus said it’s fixed the vulnerability in the latest …

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• 26 March

  After Apple Card news, Apple yanks credit card support for Apple Pay Cash

  

  While Apple was showing off its new credit card, the Apple Card, at a splashy event on Monday, it was also quietly making changes to its Apple Pay Cash feature. Apple Pay Cash is a peer-to-peer payment feature that lets you send and receive money through iMessage. The feature also puts a digital card in your iOS Wallet app to …

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• 26 March

  Ikea and Sonos give sneak peek of Symfonisk Wi

  

  Ahead of schedule, Ikea revealed its newest collaboration with Sonos: the Wi-Fi bookshelf speaker, winner of the Red Dot Design award. The speaker is part of the Symfonisk product range is expected to be available in August. The companies announced the speaker prototype last summer. Pictures show that the speaker can rest vertically or horizontally (like a book) and that …

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• 26 March

  The Huawei P30 Pro isn’t 5G, but the next Mate probably will be

  

  The world wasn’t ready for a 5G Huawei flagship phone, CEO Richard Yu said in an interview Tuesday at the company’s launch event for the Huawei P30 and P30 Pro in Paris. Following an hour-and-a-half-long keynote presentation, it was apparent that the P30 and P30 Pro aren’t 5G handsets, in spite of a slew of 5G mobiles being released last month …

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• 26 March

  Article 13: EU approves controversial copyright law

  

  Now playing: Watch this: What is Article 13 and how will it affect you? 2:55 Protesters march against the EU Copyright Directive in Leipzig, Germany, over the weekend. Peter Endig/picture alliance via Getty Images The European Parliament on Tuesday voted in favor of a controversial new law that will bring sweeping reforms to how copyrighted content posted online is governed. …

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• 26 March

  FTC demands details from broadband companies on privacy practices

  

  The Federal Trade Commission is demanding that the nation’s largest broadband and wireless companies explain their privacy practices and how they monetize consumer data. On Tuesday, the agency sent letters to seven companies, including AT&T, Comcast, Google Fiber, T-Mobile and Verizon, posing a series of questions about their data practices.  “The FTC is initiating this study to better understand internet …

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• 26 March

  Logitech Crayon now works with more iPads, thanks to iOS 12.2

  

  My favorite little non-Apple iPad stylus is the Logitech Crayon. It doesn’t have pressure sensitivity, but it’s fast, responsive and supports tilt…and doesn’t require Bluetooth pairing. The Crayon was only compatible with the 9.7 inch iPad last year, but iOS 12.2 has added support for Crayon to other iPads, too. I just downloaded iOS 12.2 and tried Crayon with the …

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