Enlarge Google Fi, Google’s MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) cellular service, is launching a second plan for users today. Besides the original pay-per-megabyte plan with unlimited calls and text, Google Fi is now launching a full blown “Unlimited” plan (with throttling after 22GB) for $ 70, and it comes with 100GB of cloud storage thanks […]
Google’s invitation. Google The Pixel 4 prototype from Relab. ReLab The front of the Pixel 4. ReLab The bottom has one of the stereo speakers (the other is the earpiece) and a USB-C port. No headphone jack. ReLab Google’s new diagram of the Pixel 4. FaceID and Soli technology are in there. Google Google has […]
Enlarge / Disney CEO and former Apple board member Bob Iger. DC Comics/Creative Commons Disney CEO Bob Iger has sat on Apple’s board since 2011, but that tenure came to an end this month, according to a SEC filing Apple made on Friday. The filing says that Iger resigned from Apple’s board on September 10, the […]
Enlarge Valentina Palladino There are some people who would never buy a ThinkPad, and there are others who flock to Lenovo’s flagship business family every time the company makes an update. The latest release will be no exception, even if the updates it brings are relatively small. The seventh-generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon will look familiar […]
Enlarge / An Amazon Echo device. Amazon Amazon has announced that it will hold an event on September 25 to announce new hardware products. The company’s invitations indicate that it will discuss “new things from the Amazon Devices and Services team” at the event. Amazon held a similar event around the same time last year, […]
Camera 7.0 looks to have a much-improved and more accessible way to manage shot settings. Camera 6.x obscured these settings in several separate menus behind a bunch of tiny, unintuitive icons at the top of the viewfinder. xda-developers.com All of these settings look much easier to navigate and understand than in Camera 6.2, native on […]
This demonstration of GPS/GNSS spoofing shows a semi-autonomous car being misled into taking the wrong road. Today at the IAA (International Motor Show) in Frankfurt, Regulus Cyber announced a new software-only GPS spoof detection product. This product, Pyramid GNSS, is what the company was hyping when it executed a Pied Piper attack on a Tesla Model […]
Fairphone 3 is a 5.65-inch phone, running Android 9 on a Snapdragon 632 with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. Fairphone Here are the front and back. Fairphone Fairphone demonstrates a disassembled Fairphone 3. Notably not pictured: hot glue gun of any kind. Fairphone Dutch company Fairphone believes smartphones can and should be completely […]
Enlarge / Too much boost is just enough. Universal Pictures Tuesday, AMD announced firmware updates for its new Ryzen 3000 desktop CPU line to improve both its highest boost clock speed and its willingness to “idle” at lower, more power-efficient speeds when the processor’s full power is not required. The improvements are in the most recent beta […]
The 2019, seventh-generation iPad with a 10.2-inch display. Samuel Axon It’s also available in silver/white, if you’re into that. Samuel Axon Here’s the back in silver. Samuel Axon And here’s the back of the gray model, with an Apple Pencil (which it supports). Samuel Axon It has Lightning, not USB-C. Samuel Axon The Smart Keyboard […]
The iPhone 11 Pro. Apple Behold… Phil Schiller! (Oh, and the iPhone 11 Pro) Apple The iPhone 11 pro models are made from stainless steel, and their backs are a single piece of machined glass with a PVD coating. The phone has some new finishes to boot: midnight green, space grey, silver, and a new […]
Enlarge / A Foxconn facility. Ken Marshall / Flickr Apple and Foxconn violated a Chinese labor rule by using too many temporary staff at a major factory that makes iPhones. As reported by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the two companies confirmed the allegation. Chinese labor law allows facilities like Foxconn’s Zhengzhou plant to operate with no […]
Enlarge Valentina Palladino Lenovo’s ThinkPad family has a lot of fans, but not everyone can spend ThinkPad money on a laptop. Designed for small business customers (and regular consumers who want a more privacy-focused machine), Lenovo’s new Thinkbooks seem like an experiment to boil the essence of a ThinkPad down into its most important parts […]
With designer brands like Michael Kors and Puma unveiling their first fitness-centric smartwatches, it’s clear athleisure was the trend in Berlin this year. PCMag reviews products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. BERLIN—The IFA show floor here was full of wearables, from smartwatches to headphones, […]
