Is there anything more annoying than your favorite game crashing midway through a boss battle, or your phone running slowly when you’re trying to share a file on a video call with your boss? Cue double the frustration when you don’t have a clue what’s causing the problem. That’s where safe mode steps in. It’s […]
If you downloaded an app recently, chances are it contains in-app purchases, especially if it’s a game. What was once a rarity has turned into the norm, and apps are now full of opportunities to buy virtual goods that don’t exist outside of the game. From gems and extra lives to costumes and ammunition, if […]
Apple’s Live Photos are photos on steroids. When you shoot a Live Photo on your iPhone, it captures 1.5 seconds of video both before and after you tap the shutter. The result is not only your picture but also the scene enhanced by movement and sound. Live Photos debuted in 2015 alongside the iPhone 6S, […]
All smartphones, including those of the Android persuasion, alert both you and the world when you are shooting a photo via a distinctive shutter click. It’s analogous to the click on a physical camera. Normally, this sound is not a problem, but sometimes you may prefer that your shooting be silent when you are in […]
Enlarge / Why play new games on these expensive consoles when you can emulate old ones? Sam Machkovech After a new console is released, it usually takes hackers months or years to find a hole in the console’s security that lets them install homebrew software like emulators. So it may come as a surprise that […]
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Enlarge Microsoft For years, Google and Mozilla have battled to keep abusive or outright malicious browser extensions from infiltrating their official repositories. Now, Microsoft is taking up the fight. Over the past several days, people in website forums have complained of the Google searches being redirected to oksearch[.]com when they use Edge. Often, the searches […]
Nothing beats GoPro when it comes to action cameras. The company’s latest offering, the GoPro Hero8 Black, easily topped our list of the best action cameras of 2020 thanks to its unparalleled photographic prowess even in the most extreme conditions. Unfortunately, it’s usually a wee bit expensive. Not anymore. Right now, it’s on sale at […]
YouTube’s Restricted Mode feature is useful if you’d rather not view videos with mature content. It also prevents children from viewing such content when they use a web browser or Google’s app. But what happens when you no longer need this restriction? In this guide, we’ll show you how to turn off Restricted Mode on […]
Enlarge / A Daimler electric schoolbus (powered by Proterra) on display at CES 2019. Jonathan Gitlin When students return to school in New Albany, Ohio, in August, they’ll be carefully watched as they wander through red-brick buildings and across well-kept lawns—and not only by teachers. The school district, with five schools and 4,800 students, plans […]
The Nintendo Switch is an incredible console, allowing you to play full, fat console games no matter if you’re on the couch or on a plane. Although its portability is impressive and some of the more demanding titles are novel, there’s no denying how underpowered the Switch is. Most modern smartphones have better specs and […]
A video teaser popped up for a VR game on Oculus Quest that uses controller-free hand-tracking for a familiar musical experience similar to Rock Band and Guitar Hero. And it already carries the perfect name — Unplugged: Air Guitar. The game is a side project by Ricardo Acosta that he’s been working on at night. He […]
Special brain implants could help “turn down” the effects of Parkinson’s disease, research shows. The treatment is a variation on conventional deep brain stimulation treatment, which is already used in Parkinson’s patients. Deep brain stimulation involves delivering a current which can help dampen down the activity of certain nerve cell clusters in the brain. However, it […]
Instagram is going dark to make those midnight scrolls easier on the eyes. An update brings compatibility with the iOS 13 and Android 10 dark mode to the photo-centric social platform, as well as a new feature to prevent phishing. Instagram boss Adam Mosseri shared the new dark mode feature via a late-night tweet (because, […]
It’s another Thursday so you know what that means: the Fortnite season 10, week four challenges are now available! This week, the missions are called “Smash & Grab”, and they feature throwbacks to familiar challenges that we’ve done in the past. Despite being repeats, these challenges are worth checking out if not only for the […]