Google’s third undersea network cable will shuttle high-speed data from Portugal to South Africa and countries in between starting in 2021, a fiber-optic line called Equiano. The fiber-optic line is part of Google’s massive investment in computing infrastructure — an investment that reached $47 billion over the last three years, Google said in a blog …
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Quantum computing, the processing technology that’s turbocharged by the weirdness of subatomic physics, is only just becoming a reality. But the newness of the field hasn’t stopped AT&T from going another step further. The telecommunications giant is researching technology to link quantum computers, hoping to amplify their power much the way networking of conventional computers led to massive supercomputers and …
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Digital photos are all well and good, but there’s something to be said for an actual print you can hold in your hand, stick to the fridge, drop in an envelope to a friend and so on. Call me nostalgic, but printed snapshots are just kind of nice. And I’m not alone in this sentiment, as mobile photo-printers have soared …
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Mozilla has launched a pilot test of its new web browser for Android phones, called Firefox Preview. The new browser is faster and more privacy-focused, and is available now for early adopters to test ahead of a “feature rich, polished version” coming in the fall, the nonprofit organization said. Firefox Preview is twice as fast as Firefox for Android, has …
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Google wants to make it easier to share GIFs. On Thursday the search giant introduced a new feature to allow people to share GIFs directly from Google Images from mobile devices. Utilizing its ownership of GIF sharing service Tenor — which Google purchased last year — a new “share” tab will be added when users search for GIFs on Google …
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Your Google account is probably the last thing you think about when making your end-of-life plans. The same likely goes for logging off your online life. But it’s a good one to add to the mental list — and it’s something that’s easy to take care of any time. Think about all the photos you have stored that your family …
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Editors’ note: Oppo just announced its latest flagship phone, the Oppo Find X2 Pro. How do you make a phone that’s got close to a 100% screen-to-body ratio but still crams in a selfie camera? Samsung’s Galaxy S10 range has an Infinity-O notch, Asus‘ ZenFone 6 has a rear camera that protrudes and rotates to become a front camera, and the …
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Apple’s final version of iOS 13 won’t arrive until the fall, but the company’s public beta rolled out Monday. In addition to dark mode and a swiping keyboard, iOS 13 introduces a handful of updates related to fonts. This includes the option to install custom fonts and apply them to various apps, download apps from the App Store and manage these fonts …
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This year’s Amazon Prime Day, Amazon’s two-day online shopping extravaganza on July 15 and 16, is still weeks away, but it’s already hit a fever pitch across social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, Google, YouTube and all the rest. And when you don’t have Amazon Prime or are absolutely uninterested in membership, seeing every other article talking about it is enough …
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Visible, Verizon’s $40 prepaid network, is removing its data speed caps. After previously offering unlimited data on Verizon’s 4G LTE network, the company announced Wednesday that it will be removing the speed limit that capped data to 5 Mbps. The restriction has been removed for both current and new users, with pricing remaining at the same $40 per month with …
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