Microsoft’s overhauled Edge web browser is getting a new icon to go along with its new engine. A series of Microsoft Edge team teases ahead of Microsoft’s Ignite conference next week revealed the new icon for those who could figure out the puzzles (or read the comments on Reddit). The new icon is a hybrid …
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Even the most popular apps weren’t safe when a bug ate its way through Apple’s App Store and more than 20 million ratings from apps disappeared, according to a report this week. Apps and games from Google, Microsoft, Hulu, Disney and Starbucks, for example, saw a significant change in app ratings — positive and negative. The bug reportedly arrived Oct. 23. According …
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Samsung has a conundrum. Flagship phones like its Galaxy Note line now regularly cost or exceed $999, and customers are proving less willing than anticipated to drop four digits on a new device. What can Samsung do to differentiate itself from premium competition, like Apple‘s iPhone 11 line and Google‘s new Pixel 4, while simultaneously enticing dollar-conscious buyers away from …
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Xbox has announced a feature that lets you play any of the Xbox One games on your console remotely on an Android phone or tablet. As reported earlier Tuesday by The Verge, Xbox Console Streaming is the second Xbox streaming service option after Microsoft’s Project xCloud, which lets you stream any game on a mobile device directly from the cloud. “I’ve …
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If you use Apple’s iPhone Upgrade Program to change phones every year, the new tweak to Xbox’s All Access console purchasing program will be familiar. Players who buy an Xbox One this holiday will get the option to upgrade straight to next year’s new console currently codenamed Project Scarlett. Xbox All Access was first introduced last year. It turned buying a new Xbox, Xbox Live …
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Microsoft has tracked “significant” cyber attacks against sports authorities and anti-doping agencies, the tech giant announced Monday. The group, called Strontium, Fancy Bear or APT28, could impact the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Microsoft warned. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center says 16 national and international organizations have been targeted across three continents since Sep. 16. All have been notified by Microsoft. …
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I’ve opened and closed foldable phones hundreds of times by now. But even after reviewing the Galaxy Fold (twice), playing with Huawei’s Mate X and bending slim concept designs, nothing has prepared me for TCL’s prototype dual-hinged phone, which folds in three parts and opens into a huge, 10-inch tablet. The most remarkable thing about TCL’s phone is that the hinges …
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Apple Arcade may be getting all of the attention for its range of 100-plus games that appeal to families, kids and casual gamers, but Apple may have another plan in mind for the iPad that will appeal to more hard-core gamers in the future. Apple brought mouse support to iPadOS only for accessibility purposes this fall, but the company may …
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Getting to know the Surface Pro 7 is like visiting an old friend. Usually around this time of year there’s a new collection of computer hardware from Microsoft, and whatever is new ends up being in my PC rotation throughout the rest of the year. In 2019, the same seems to be holding true so far, but there are a …
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A Google quantum computer has far outpaced ordinary computing technology, an achievement called quantum supremacy that’s an important milestone for a revolutionary way of processing data. Google disclosed the results in the journal Nature on Wednesday. The achievement came after more than a decade of work at Google, including the use of its own quantum computing chip, called Sycamore. “Our machine performed …
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