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Intel revenues drop 4% to $18.3 billion for Q3 2020 as competition heats up
The audio problem Learn how new cloud-based API solutions are solving imperfect, frustrating audio in video conferences. Access here Intel reported earnings that matched Wall Street’s expectations during what was another tumultuous quarter for the world economy. For the third quarter ended September 30, the big PC chipmaker posted non-GAAP earnings per share (EPS) of […]
Save $40 on your iPad Air (2020) pre-order by shopping at this retailer
Apple unveiled the fourth-generation iPad Air in mid-September, and the tablet is set to start shipping on October 23. Pre-orders are still ongoing, and if you submit yours through Amazon, you will be able to enjoy a $ 40 discount to the latest iPad Air’s price of $ 599, bringing it down to $ 559 […]
Apple pushes out iOS 14.1, iMovie updates, and more
Enlarge / The various color options of the iPhone 12. Apple This week, Apple has released a number of software updates to pave the way for tomorrow’s iPhone 12 launch. Among them: iOS and iPadOS 14.1, and updates to iMovie and GarageBand for iOS. iOS 14.1 adds support for the various new iPhone 12-specific features, […]
Acer teams with Porsche for luxury laptop, embraces Intel’s 11th generation
Acer is refreshing its laptops, desktops, and Chromebooks this year with the latest silicon from Intel and Qualcomm. To start, the company unveiled the Porsche Design Acer Book RS, marking Acer’s entry into the luxury PC market. Prior to this Acer collaboration, Porsche Design had launched several luxury PCs under its own label, including the […]
Big Tech’s Professional Opponents Strike at Google
Months before the Justice Department filed a landmark antitrust suit against Google this week, the internet company’s adversaries hustled behind the scenes to lay the groundwork for a case. Nonprofits critical of corporate power warned lawmakers that Google illegally boxed out rivals. With mounds of documents, economists and antitrust scholars detailed to regulators and state […]
Hulu brings back that irreverent magic with trailer for Animaniacs reboot
Yakko, Wakko, and Dot are back in Hulu’s reboot of the classic Animaniacs cartoon. Readers of a certain age will have fond childhood memories of weekday afternoons spent in the company of the Warner siblings, Yakko, Wakko, and Dot, the central figures of the hugely popular, Emmy-award winning animated series, Animaniacs. Now a whole new […]
The best Android 10 tips and tricks
Google introduced Android 10 in September 2019. Now over a year later, manufacturers are still rolling it out, like Samsung’s Galaxy Tab A on T-Mobile’s network that didn’t get Android 10 until October 2020. Android 11 may be the newest release, introduced in September 2020, but seeing it across most Android devices will involve a […]
New Google Nest Hub experiment nixes the “Hey Google” voice hotword
Here’s an interesting experiment Google is kicking around on its smart displays: voice-command input without a hotword. A video detailing the feature is up on YouTube from Jan Boromeusz, a Nest Home hacker who has a proven track record of scoring early smart display features before they get announced. Boromeusz’s Nest Hub Max is somehow in […]
This 32-inch BenQ 2K Monitor is a no-brainer at $400 — save $100
n If you want a big, beautiful, 2K monitor you have to spend thousands of dollars, right? Or at least a thousand? Wrong! While there are a host of ultra-expensive HD monitors on the market, there are also some affordable ones. Really affordable. Like the 32-inch PD3200Q DesignVue monitor from BenQ. Right now, it’s nearly […]
The best motherboards for 2020
Building a PC is a daunting task. A multitude of choices currently flood the component market — just look at Intel’s overwhelming CPU list. Motherboards are even more sporadic, with various options from multiple manufacturers without a clear difference between them. We’ve rounded up the six best motherboards at various price points to help you […]
How to create live wallpapers on Android and iOS
Personalizing your smartphone wallpaper is an effective way of cementing your smartphone’s home screen as an integral part of your life. An attractive static home-screen wallpaper background can make your handset experience more positive, upbeat, and exciting to use. Live wallpaper — which moves like a GIF as you tap and hold — makes your […]
DJI’s tiny Pocket 2 gimbal camera launches with big improvements
DJI has officially launched an updated version of its popular Osmo Pocket gimbal camera. Dropping “Osmo” from its name, the diminutive device for stabilized video footage and stills is now called the DJI Pocket 2. Learning plenty from the first-generation Pocket, the new version brings a slew of improvements and new features that could catch […]
Adblockers installed 300,000 times are malicious and should be removed now
Enlarge Getty Images Adblocking extensions with more than 300,000 active users have been surreptitiously uploading user browsing data and tampering with users’ social media accounts thanks to malware its new owner introduced a few weeks ago, according to technical analyses and posts on Github. Enlarge Cyril Gorlla Hugo Xu, developer of the Nano Adblocker and […]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez played ‘Among Us’ in a bid to get out the vote
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) hosted an inaugural livestream on her new Twitch channel on Oct. 20, as part of an effort to encourage young voters to register and get to the polls. Ocasio-Cortez played and streamed the popular game “Among Us,” drawing a peak viewership of about 438,000 — one of the highest peaks for an […]