The Pixel 5a render from Steve Hemmerstoffer, aka Onleaks. It looks exactly like all the other recent Pixels. Steve Hemmerstoffer I spy a headphone jack and a rear fingerprint reader. Steve Hemmerstoffer The Pixel’s flashy power button is its one unique design touch. Steve Hemmerstoffer It’s been a wild Friday afternoon in the Android rumor […]
Enlarge / We’re still a long way away from a smooth, quick boot with a fancy Asahi logo centered on the screen and (presumably) a soothing startup noise. Asahi Linux Asahi Linux—founded by Hector “marcan” Martin—has merged initial support for Apple M1 hardware into the Linux system-on-chip (SOC) tree, where it will hopefully make it […]
Enlarge Getty Images Q Link Wireless, a provider of low-cost mobile phone and data services to 2 million US-based customers, has been making sensitive account data available to anyone who knows a valid phone number on the carrier’s network, an analysis of the company’s account management app shows. Dania, Florida-based Q Link Wireless is what’s […]
The Lenovo Legion Phone Duel 2, with its wild center-bump design. Lenovo The main guts of the phone, including a huge cooling system, live in the middle. Lenovo The batteries live on the left and right side, which Lenovo says helps balance the phone. Lenovo Also in the center bump: a pop-up, landscape front camera, […]
Enlarge / Extended warranties and unlimited tech support—including on things you didn’t purchase from Best Buy in the first place—are bigger potential value-adds to Best Buy Beta than the ubiquitous free shipping. Best Buy Best Buy is floating a new membership program called Best Buy Beta in some test markets. The new program, somewhat like […]
Behold: the all-important top-down keyboard view. Dell She might not look like much—but she does the Kessel Run in under 12 parsecs. Dell The rear view reminds us of the Millennium Falcon, but this three-quarter profile is Star Destroyer all the way. Dell The alien head logo and exhaust trim ring are done in glowy […]
Enlarge / What’s happened to Russia’s flag? Sean Gladwell / Getty Images Russia has implemented a novel censorship method in an ongoing effort to silence Twitter. Instead of outright blocking the social media site, the country is using previously unseen techniques to slow traffic to a crawl and make the site all but unusable for […]
Enlarge / Thirty-six individual models of Ice Lake Xeon Scalable processor launch today, with immediate retail availability expected from major system vendors, including Supermicro, HPE, and Dell. Intel Intel launched a new batch of third-generation Xeon server processors today. Significantly, these are Ice Lake processors—meaning Intel’s 10 nm process, not the increasingly outdated 14 nm […]
RIP LG’s phones. Who could forget ridiculous devices like the LG G Flex? It was actually curved for some reason. LG thought this was a good enough idea to merit a sequel! LG The LG V10 had a second screen at the top. Was this the world’s first notched phone? Kinda. LG The LG G5 […]
Enlarge Barcroft Media | Getty Images Huawei, the crown jewel of China’s tech industry, is reeling from a financial one-two punch delivered by US chip sanctions and a campaign aimed at cutting international markets. But with Huawei rapidly expanding into new markets and the Chinese government investing heavily to gain technological independence from the West, […]
Ron Amadeo / Intel It sounds like this custom Google SoC-powered Pixel is really going to happen. Echoing reports from about a year ago, 9to5Google is reporting that the Pixel 6 is expected to ship with Google’s custom “Whitechapel” SoC instead of a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip. The report says “Google refers to this chip as […]
Enlarge CHUYN / Getty Images Criminals have been hiding malware inside publicly available software that purports to be a cheat for Activision’s Call of Duty: Warzone, researchers with the game maker warned earlier this week. Cheats are programs that tamper with in-game events or player interactions so that users gain an unfair advantage over their […]
Enlarge Getty Images The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said that advanced hackers are likely exploiting critical vulnerabilities in the Fortinet FortiOS VPN in an attempt to plant a beachhead to breach medium and large-sized businesses in later attacks. “APT actors may use these vulnerabilities or other common exploitation techniques to gain […]
Enlarge / The 2020 iPhone lineup. From left to right: iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12, iPhone SE, and iPhone 12 mini. Samuel Axon Apple has begun rejecting app submissions that do not follow its updated privacy policies regarding device fingerprinting and user tracking, according to a report in Forbes. This move […]
Enlarge / The new lawsuit from Xinuos echoes the still-ongoing SCO vs IBM lawsuit in some key aspects, while adding new and heavy-duty anti-trust allegations alongside. Spencer Platt via Getty Images Yesterday, UnixWare/OpenServer vendor Xinuos filed a lawsuit in the US Virgin Islands, alleging theft of intellectual property and monopolistic market collusion against joint defendants […]