YouTube Kids has reached the terrible twos. Released in 2015, the free app attempts to eliminate the unseemly parts of YouTube by offering only cartoons, educational shows and other kid-friendly content. Of course, the internet being the internet, people are making fake videos with disturbing content — Peppa Pig drinking bleach, Spider-Man urinating on Elsa …
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Google sells an awesomely inexpensive way to turn your phone into a competent VR headset, but Daydream has had a couple minor issues from the very beginning: There aren’t enough awesome apps and games to compete with its rivals Gear VR and Oculus Go Like its rivals, the simplistic 3-degrees-of-freedom sensors don’t let you reach out and touch things in …
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IGTV, a video-focused app spun off of Facebook’s popular photo-sharing app Instagram, recommends offensive videos to young users, a report by Business Insider said Friday. Clips with apparent child exploitation and genital mutilation surfaced in the app’s “For You” and “Popular” sections for an anonymous account the publication registered as belonging to a 13-year old, according to the report. Backlash over multiple examples of …
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Amazon unveiled a new Echo Plus, an updated speaker with more powerful bass and clearer sound that still works as a smart home hub. The updated device adds a larger, 3-inch neodymium woofer and increased back volume, giving the bass a stronger feel and providing clearer mid- and high tones. The $150 (£140, AU$229) device, which has a new fabric design and …
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A brand-new Nokia phone is arriving next month. On Thursday, HMD Global (the company behind Nokia phones) sent out invites for an event on Oct. 4. In the invite it says it’s welcoming “the latest addition to the Nokia smartphone family.” So it seems pretty clear that the company will unveil a new Nokia phone, but which one? Perhaps we’ll …
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Soon you’ll be able to have a conversation with your TV. Amazon said Thursday that Sony is integrating the e-tailer’s Alexa voice assistant with its smart televisions. The e-commerce giant unveiled the partnership at an event at its Seattle headquarters. The integration is possible because of Amazon’s new Alexa Smart Screen Device software developers kit, which that lets other companies …
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If you preordered an iPhone XS ($899 at Amazon) or XS Max ($427 at eBay) — and you were quick about it — your new phone will arrive tomorrow. But before you unbox your new phone, you’ll have to spend a little more time with your current iPhone to back it up and prepare for the transfer of data. This …
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Amazon is adding smarts to its voice assistant Alexa to help make life a little easier for busy parents. On Thursday the company said it’s giving Alexa, which powers its Echo line of products, two new features specifically geared toward families with small children. First it’s added a “whisper” mode, in which Alexa will respond to commands in a whisper …
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Earlier in September, the internet spotted a clue that Google was adding Brydge detachable keyboard support to Chrome OS tablets. Since there aren’t any Chrome OS tablets on the market to justify adding a third-party detachable keyboard, it got us wondering: Are new Google tablets on the way? Now we may actually have a render of a new Google Chrome OS …
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Apple. Google. Amazon. Microsoft. Samsung. Huawei. Razer. Nokia. Facebook. The world’s tech companies are announcing so many gadgets we don’t know where to start. We’ll be bringing you back-to-back-to-back coverage this fall — and here’s our guide to when and where it’s all going down. Apple is asking us to gather round for its latest event. Apple (Sept. 12) This …
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