A federal judge is expected to decide on Sunday morning whether to allow the US government to ban new downloads of TikTok in the Apple and Google app stores. The ban would take effect later that same day at 11:59 p.m. ET unless it’s blocked. The US Justice Department had until Friday to either delay …
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Amazon is getting into gaming. During Amazon’s big device announcement event on Thursday, the internet giant unveiled Luna, its cloud-based video game streaming service for Fire TV, phones, tablets and computers that rivals Microsoft’s xCloud and Google’s Stadia. A “Luna Plus” subscription will cost $5.99 per month as part of an invite-only early access program. A controller designed for the …
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The Lumi, a new type of portable keyboard and all-in-one music-learning system, goes on sale Oct. 1 for the first time after four years of development and Kickstarter funding. A $299 (£299, or about AU$540) light-up mini keyboard pairs with an app and music library to help you follow along with songs, lessons and musical exercises. The Lumi comes from London-based …
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Apple Arcade burst onto the mobile gaming scene in 2019 and made such an impression on me — a committed Android user — that I snagged a third-gen iPad Air on sale and subscribed. Since the service’s release, it has amassed a catalog of over 130 new and exclusive games, and with the release of iOS 14, you can see …
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Fortnite developer Epic Games is warning players that they could ax the popular battle royale game when they update to Apple’s iOS 14. “Fortnite iOS players updating to iOS 14 may lose access to Fortnite,” reads a tweet Wednesday from the Fortnite Status account. “If the message ‘Temporarily Remove Apps to Install the Software Update?’ is accepted, it may result in …
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8.0 Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 $229 at Walmart $249 at eBay Get Price Alerts You’re receiving price alerts for Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 Like Premium design with a physical rotating bezel Advanced sleep tracking Running tools that go beyond the basics Measures blood oxygen levels and VO2 max Don’t Like Missing blood pressure feature Battery life on the smaller watch …
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More than a dozen app makers and other companies have joined together to form the Coalition for App Fairness, a nonprofit group that’s taking aim at Apple and its App Store rules. Among the founding members are Spotify, Epic Games and Match Group, all of which have been vocal critics of the fees Apple charges developers. “As enforcers, regulators, and …
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Apple has issued an iOS update that fixes a major bug users found in the previous update. Last week, iPhone users began complaining that their settings had been reset to Apple’s default email and default web browser options. Tapping on links would suddenly default back to Safari rather than Chrome, for example. “Fixes an issue that could cause default browser and …
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Get Tim Cook talking about privacy, renewable energy or even the coronavirus pandemic, and he’s happy to give you his perspective. Talk about President Donald Trump, and he almost immediately wants to change the topic. The dynamic played out several times with Cook, who participates in only a handful of interviews per year, while talking with the Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey …
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The best time to buy an Apple device — or any piece of tech, for that matter — is when the next model arrives. That’s why Apple is quietly discounting its refurbished Apple Watch Series 5 after the announcement of the Series 6. Grab a refurbished Apple Watch Series 5 (44mm GPS) in gray aluminum starting at $329 — that’s …
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