Semiconductor executive Tom Caulfield knew a crisis was brewing when he started getting frantic calls from big automakers just before Christmas. “Tom, you’re killing me. You need to make more,” Caulfield, the chief executive of chipmaker GlobalFoundries, recalls the auto executives saying. “Ford, Volkswagen, BMW, Daimler-Benz, Fiat Chrysler, GM — every one of them became […]
A Geekbench benchmarking listing is giving yet another supposed look at Microsoft’s rumored Surface Laptop 4 ahead of its potential release this fall. Per the result, there is a chance that the much-anticipated version of Microsoft’s traditional clamshell flagship laptop could come with AMD’s latest processors inside. These types of listings can easily be manipulated, […]
I’d forgive you for not knowing that January 28 is Data Privacy Day, but we shouldn’t be surprised in the least that Apple knew. The company hangs its hat on protecting its users’ privacy, and is all too happy to point out the myriad ways apps, websites, and other companies can hold your data and […]
As the ads boycott grows, Mark Zuckerberg shows no sign of backing down. “My guess is that all these advertisers will be back on the platform soon enough” the Facebook chief executive has said. Campaigners accuse the tech firm of being too slow and reluctant to remove some hateful content. But Zuckerberg added: “We’re not […]
Google’s Phone app for Android will soon tell you why a business is calling you. In its latest move to give anonymous spam and marketing calls a modern, technological makeover, the search engine company is developing a feature called Verified Calls. Through this program, Google will allow businesses to verify their identities and display their […]
A “Windows Feature Experience Pack” that is automatically installed on PCs when they are upgraded to the Windows 10 May 2020 Update has led some to believe that Microsoft might be making Windows 10 a bit more modular. Found by checking the System and About section of Windows 10 settings, this Windows Feature Experience Pack could be Microsoft’s […]
Riot Games, in response to a Valorant player complaining about the lack of things to grind for in the multiplayer shooter, said that a reward system for time spent on the game is in the works. While single-player games offer more experience points and trophies, among other things, as people spend more time on them, […]
Android’s Live Caption feature, which was introduced by Google on the Pixel 4 with Android 10, will reportedly soon work on phone calls, according to code discovered on the mobile operating system. Live Caption, first revealed at Google I/O 2019, uses Google’s speech recognition to provide captions for almost any form of content with audio, […]
The fourth-generation Apple TV (left) next to the third-gen model. Andrew Cunningham Second- and third-generation Apple TV streaming boxes will no longer be able to stream content from HBO Go and HBO Now after the end of April, according to a pair of HBO support documents. The documents were uncovered today by MacRumors. The two […]
Wing Google-owned drone delivery company Wing will launch a pilot version of its service in Virginia next month, delivering packages for FedEx Express and Walgreens. Wing published a post on Medium on Thursday announcing the program in Christiansburg, Virginia, starting in October. The company will deliver health care products and other packages and will be […]
Enlarge Wikideas1 This Tuesday, the USB Implementers Forum published the official USB4 protocol specification. If your initial reaction was “oh no, not again,” don’t worry—the new spec is backward-compatible with USB 2 and USB 3, and it uses the same USB Type-C connectors that modern USB 3 devices do. Connectors and cables Although you’ll still […]
Andy Boxall/Digital Trends Xiaomi will release a smartphone with a camera that will boast 108 megapixels. The company has teased the mega-megapixel camera at a recent event, providing a few pieces of technical information, along with the line, “See you later.” While the 108-megapixel beast’s arrival date is unknown, Xiaomi has also said it will […]
Enlarge / PBS, the United States’ public TV service, focuses on educational content, dramas, and childrens’ programming, among other things. PBS PBS and YouTube have announced that PBS and PBS Kids will join YouTube TV’s channel roster. The two partners made the announcement this week at the summer Television Critics Association’s (TCA) press tour. Three hundred […]
Minecraft Earth, an all-new mobile AR version of the global sensation sandbox building and survival game, is coming to iOS later this month and Android “soon thereafter” according to the official blog. We first heard about Minecraft Earth about two months ago in mid-May when developers Mojang released an announcement trailer and then last month debuted actual gameplay for the […]
Gears 5 will start its multiplayer test this month, which will give fans a wider glimpse into the upcoming and much-hyped new entry to the Gears of War series. The Coalition, through an Xbox Wire blog post, said that the Versus Multiplayer Technical Test, will be available to download for the Xbox One and Windows […]