Audi On March 9, Audi released a series of interior photos of its 2022 Q4 E-Tron, and observers were quick to take note of the fact that if you looked very closely at the car’s speaker grilles, you can see an unexpected company logo: Sonos. Sonos wasn’t mentioned in Audi’s lengthy description of the E-Tron‘s […]
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PlayStation starts 2021 as king of TV ad impressions
Driving Game Growth & Into the Metaverse Register today to connect with the games industry, join private networking sessions, and hear the latest on driving game growth and the metaverse. January 26-28, 2021 Register for free PlayStation has continued its domination of gaming industry TV advertising into the new year, racking up over 425.7 million […]
Coronavirus: NHS Covid-19 app starts offering self-isolate payments
Getty Images An update to England and Wales’s NHS Covid-19 contact-tracing app is adding a way to apply for a £500 grant if it gives a self-isolation order. Until now, those on low incomes were only offered the payment if they had been told to stay at home by human Test and Trace operators. The […]
Samsung finally starts its Android 11 rollout, three months after release
Enlarge / Android 11 with Samsung’s One UI skin. Samsung Android 11 came out about three months ago, and that means it’s finally time for Samsung to get its act together and start shipping the OS out. Samsung announced on its company blog that the Galaxy S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra would all start getting Android […]
Facebook starts rolling out Dark Mode feature to iOS devices
Facebook’s Dark Mode has started rolling out to iOS devices, more than a month after the feature went live for the social network’s desktop version. Facebook confirmed with SocialMediaToday that Dark Mode is now available for the social network’s iOS app, but currently only for “a small percentage of users globally.” The confirmation comes after […]
Seeing isn’t always believing: Google starts fact-checking images
The Mountain View, Calif.-based company has used these fact-checking labels for years in its main search results and on video-streaming site YouTube. In December, Google said fact checks appear more than 11 million times each day in search results. “Photos and videos are an incredible way to help people understand what’s going on in the […]
Nikon’s flagship and very pricey D6 camera finally starts shipping
Nikon’s flagship D6 camera is finally shipping in the U.S. Aimed primarily at professional sports photographers and photojournalists, the highly advanced full-frame DSLR comes with a hefty price tag of $ 6,500. And that’s body-only. The camera’s original launch date in April was abandoned because of a shortage of components caused by the coronavirus pandemic. […]
Review: Snowpiercer starts slow and builds to intense cliffhanger finale
Daveed Diggs co-stars as Andre Layton, with Jennifer Connelly as Melanie Cavill. TNT The titular Snowpiercer is a giant train carrying the survivors of a climate apocalypse. YouTube/TNT Melanie is the Voice of the Train. YouTube/TNT Sending messages through pneumatic tubes! YouTube/TNT Layton is asked to investigate a murder. YouTube/TNT The first-class passengers live in […]
Apple’s online-only WWDC 2020 starts June 22
Enlarge / The key art for this year’s conference. Apple Today, Apple announced that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) for 2020 will kick off on June 22. That’s later than usual, and the company had previously let developers and press outlets know that this event will be held exclusively online. The online-only format is […]
Expect more cashier-free stores as Amazon starts selling its Go technology
At most stores, if you grab what you want and walk out, you’ll probably get arrested for shoplifting. That’s why shoppers at a cashier-free Amazon Go find the experience a little weird at first. We’ve been so conditioned to performing some kind of transaction at the end of a store visit — whether with cash […]
Purism’s Librem 5 phone starts shipping—a fully open GNU/Linux phone
The Purism Librem 5, the first attempt at a Linux phone in a long time, is ready to leave the factory. Purism The phone, up close. It’s got an app drawer, complete with stock Debian icons. Purism The phone, half assembled. Purism Get a load of these crazy internals. M.2 slots?! That many chips? This […]
Google Play Store’s blindingly white redesign starts rolling out
The new Play Store. It is very white. Ron Amadeo Here’s the movies section. The boldly colored headers are now gone. Ron Amadeo The Books section. Again, very white with just a hint of the blue Books color. Ron Amadeo The content tabs are now at the bottom. Notice how “Music” is missing? It’s hiding […]
Microsoft starts rolling out Windows 10 May 2019 Update
Microsoft announced today the free Windows 10 May 2019 Update is rolling out now. For those keeping track, this update is Windows 10 build 18362 and will bring Windows 10 to version 1903. You can grab it from Windows Update when it’s served to you, or try to download it manually. Windows 10 is being […]
Yes, data is the new oil and the fight to reclaim it from tech giants starts now
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A war is brewing. On the one side: data-grubbing giants set on gathering (and monetizing) your personal information. On the other: a growing army of informed users, a surprising number of concerned tech executives, and… the long arm of the law. While it’s too early to announce a winner, increasing global privacy […]