Google has released the second Android 12 Developer Preview, bringing with it a number of tweaks and fixes, as well as a few new features that weren’t available in the first Developer Preview. It’s important to note that the Developer Previews don’t usually highlight many consumer-facing new features. The new features and visual tweaks are […]
Gov. Ralph Northam signed data privacy legislation into law on Tuesday, making Virginia the second state in the nation to adopt its own data protection rules. The law, known as the Consumer Data Protection Act, had broad support from the tech industry, including Amazon, which is building an Arlington, Va., headquarters. The legislation will allow […]
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is getting a significant expansion for its second season. The new update brings more weapons and characters, plus a new zombie mode, to the game. The update is scheduled to land sometime between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. PT on February 24. Rolling updates will hit Black Ops […]
Riot Games spent a decade building League of Legends into a huge esports phenomenon. And with the first-person shooter game Valorant, the company hopes that it now has a second big game to grow its esports business. The game sprang from the company’s 10th-anniversary announcement a year ago, when the company disclosed 10 games and […]
The first-gen Moto Razr 2020. Ron Amadeo Here it is, half folded up. Ron Amadeo When all folded up, the Razr makes for an attractive little phone. Ron Amadeo The display doesn’t have a hard crease in the middle, but that doesn’t mean it’s flat and free of weird light reflections. You can see where […]
Tony Hawk is back. Again. Activision Remastered Warehouse. Remastered Philadelphia. Remastered Venice. Remastered School. THPS 1 from the PlayStation 1. And the 2020 update. THPS 1 from the PlayStation 1. And the update. Downhill jam (but not the game Downhill Jam). It’s unclear whether we should expect a dynamic lighting model or if each level […]
NASA is requesting that its employees work from home after a case of the coronavirus, officially called COVID-19, was confirmed at the Marshall Space Flight Center. “We recently received confirmation that an employee at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama has tested positive for COVID-19,” NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a statement. This […]
Some patients who have been hospitalized for vaping-related illnesses are now being admitted to a hospital a second time. The hospital readmissions can take place anywhere between five days and 55 days from discharge, The Washington Post reports. Currently, the reason for the relapses is unknown; however, in a few of the cases, the patients […]
The new Android Auto. The big change is the system bar at the bottom, which can now show tiny app controls. Here are music controls. Google For reference, this is the old Android Auto. Google With the music open, you’ll get turn-by-turn information in the bottom bar. Google This used to be the Android Auto […]
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun. NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio The Parker Solar Probe, launched last year, has completed its second orbit around the Sun. The results obtained from the mission have been very positive, according to Dr. Nicky Fox, Director of the Heliophysics Division at NASA Headquarters, who said in a statement: “We’re […]
The Huawei Mate X uses one big wraparound display made by BOE. Huawei You get a huge 8-inch display when open and a 6.6-inch display when closed. Huawei The back has a 6.38-inch display, along with this component bar for cameras, buttons, and ports. Huawei The three cameras on the bar pull double-duty for selfies […]
The Nintendo Switch isn’t the most powerful console on the market. It can’t match the level of visual complexity or fidelity of the PlayStation 4 Pro, nor can it deliver native 4K resolution with HDR like the Xbox One X. What the Switch can still do, however, is deliver a high framerate during action scenes. […]
A town in Florida has paid $ 500,000 (£394,000) to hackers after a ransomware attack. The total paid by Florida municipalities over ransomware in the last two weeks now stands at $ 1.1m. Officials in Lake City voted to pay hackers in Bitcoin after suffering downed computer systems for two weeks. Coastal suburb Riviera Beach […]
So you just got a shiny new graphics card and you want to see how it performs. Or maybe your games are more sluggish than you expected, and you want to try and diagnose the problem. Monitoring your game’s framerate can help, and there are a number of tools you can use to get the […]
A small touch display on the keyboard deck of HP’s latest high-end Omen X laptop aims to power up your gameplay. Let’s take a peek. PCMag reviews products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. Today’s high-end gaming laptops are beginning to hit feature parity, with […]