Google is rolling out new tap features to the Google Pixel Buds, making controlling your buds a breeze. The Pixel Buds already come with various tap controls, but this update, announced Tuesday, brings new triple- and double-tap functions. Here’s what you can now do: Triple tapping the right earbud will turn your Pixel Buds on …
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15 May
Whole Foods sales items get even cheaper for Amazon Prime members
Amazon on Tuesday introduced a new 10 percent discount on Whole Foods sales items. But you’ll need to be a Prime member to get the deal. The company said it will also start offering “weekly deep discounts on select best-selling items” for Prime members, too. The savings are only available in Whole Foods’ Florida stores and they’ll come to Whole …
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15 May
HTC Exodus is the first major blockchain phone
HTC’s newest phone, the HTC Exodus, is one you’ll probably never see vying for shelf space alongside the Galaxy S9, LG G7 or iPhone X. Unveiled on Tuesday, the HTC Exodus is instead the first phone by a major brand that’s dedicated to blockchain encryption, the security technology that forms the base of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. HTC …
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15 May
Onkyo now ‘Works with Sonos’ but you still need a Sonos Connect
Onkyo has announced its receivers will soon be able to controlled directly via the Sonos app — but only when connected to a Sonos Connect unit — as part of the new “Works with Sonos” certification. Onkyo says select receivers from both Onkyo and Pioneer connected via Sonos’ dongle will act as if they were one unit, following a firmware update …
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15 May
DirecTV Now adds DVR for all, updates iOS and Apple TV apps
DirecTV Now is rolling out an updated app for web browsers, iOS and Apple TV, expanding its cloud DVR program to all customers and adding and local channel streaming on-the-go. The new interface emphasizes favorite channels as well as offering more on-demand content with up to 25,000 titles. The DVR currently offers 20 hours of recording a month and users …
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15 May
Adobe’s XD design tool is now free
Adobe Systems’ XD, a relatively new tool for designing the look and structure of apps and websites, no longer has a price tag — with one caveat. For years, designers used other Adobe software, most notably Photoshop, to mock up websites and apps. But in many ways, Photoshop isn’t great for the job. So Adobe released XD — short …
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15 May
Microsoft Surface Hub 2 is an insanely cool 50
I could try to describe Microsoft’s upcoming Surface Hub 2 — a scalable, 4K, 50.5-inch touchscreen display, videowall collaboration conferencing system that you can roll around, but I bet you already yawned halfway through that sentence. Just watch the video. I’ll wait. Doesn’t it make you want to sneak into the office at night and see what games and movies …
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15 May
DHS seeks license to kill drones deemed dangerous
The US Department of Homeland Security wants new legal authority to track drones deemed threatening and destroy them if necessary. DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday that DHS needs “clear legal authority to identify, track and mitigate drones that could pose a danger to the public and to DHS operations. “Our enemies are exploring …
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15 May
Apple and Samsung fight over what made the iPhone ‘revolutionary’
When it comes to smartphones, is the whole greater than the sum of its parts? Apple thinks so. But on Tuesday, in a patent suit with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, the company’s lawyers faced off against a Samsung legal team that thinks different. In opening arguments for a damages phase of the patent suit — Samsung already …
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15 May
The Galaxy Tab S4 is visible on the horizon
There’s no doubt about it now. The Galaxy Tab S4 is on its way, and it’ll likely be here in July. Sammobile has been watching the development of the Tab S4 and the site reported Tuesday that the most recent Bluetooth certification for Samsung’s device in progress used the name outright. The Tab S4 is likely to be launched in …
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