Have you ever wondered what you look like as your favorite superhero? A new TikTok craze is seeing people turn themselves into their favorite Marvel characters, from Nick Fury to Black Widow. They’re making videos using a TikTok filter called Shapeshifting. Shapeshifting lets you morph into any character of your choice. You can make your …
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Samsung’s Galaxy S21 lineup is impressive. From 5G support to a new camera setup with better performance, there’s a lot to be excited about. Heck, the S21 Ultra even borrowed one of the Note’s marquee features: S-Pen stylus support. That’s right, you can now use a stylus to write or draw on one of Samsung’s S-series phones. All three phones run Android 11 …
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The FBI unlocked an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters in 2015 thanks to the help of an Australian cybersecurity company, a report says. Azimuth Security, a small infosec company based in Sydney, Australia, came up with the hacking solution for the FBI, The Washington Post reported Wednesday, citing unnamed sources. It took two Azimuth hackers to …
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Facebook said Thursday that since 2020, all its operations have been fully supported by renewable energy, hitting a goal the social media giant set in 2018 to combat climate change. The social network made the announcement ahead of Earth Day, an annual event on April 22 that focuses on environmental protection. The milestone shows what tech firms are doing to …
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Slack has added a new feature recently that lets you message people outside your company. First announced in October, Slack Connect DMs is designed to help make correspondence between partner companies and clients more efficient. Instead of waiting on email responses, you can use Slack Connect to set up dedicated channels, send messages, book meetings and share files. Along with allowing …
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A group of lawmakers is once again trying to keep the popular app TikTok off federal devices. On Thursday, the group, led by Sen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, reintroduced the legislation called No TikTok on Government Devices Act. “TikTok is a Trojan Horse for the Chinese Communist Party that has no place on government devices — or any American devices, for that …
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Sweden-based Urbanista has a number of headphones on the market, all named for various cities. Recently, it released the Miami ($149), an over-ear noise-canceling model. Now the company is teasing its west-coast version, the Los Angeles, which features a solar-charging element in the headband that the company says makes it the first “self-powered” set of wireless headphones. The Los Angeles …
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Next year’s lineup of iPhones might not include a Mini model. Apple’s iPhone offerings in 2022 could include two higher-end models coming in at 6.1 inches and 6.7 inches, as well as two lower-end models with the same dimensions, according to a research note from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo that was shared with MacRumors. Apple is expected to release four versions …
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Not a fan of true wireless earbuds? Maybe you prefer something corded, so if a bud pops out while you’re running, lifting or whatever, it just dangles instead of flying into a sewer grate. (Hey, don’t ask me why your gym has sewer grates, I’m just the deal guy.) For a limited time, and while supplies last, you can get …
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Instagram is testing a feature that could let you decide when you want to hide likes on your posts, the company confirmed Wednesday. After Instagram started hiding like counts for a small group of people in 2019 to see whether it had an impact on the pressure people feel to post, the company found that some users actually do prefer …
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