[ad_1] The company has announced a new mode for its upcoming competition: World Cup Creative. Between April 29th and June 7th, Fortnite will host “five showcase events” that will invite players to complete unique Creative trials — courses built by inventive designers — and submit their best attempts by way of a YouTube video. Epic’s […]
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LG struggles to deliver on its promise of faster Android updates
[ad_1] Okay, to be fair it’s done something. It did roll out Android Oreo to the LG G6, but only nine months after Google. It’s now been 255 days since Android Pie began rolling out to Pixel devices, and LG’s Software Upgrade Center has yet to update a single one of its devices, with the […]
Google’s first car accessory is like a mobile Home Mini
[ad_1] Ours is still going strong.Samsung Galaxy Fold review units are already broken The flexible Galaxy Fold hasn’t even gone on sale yet, but several members of the media reported broken devices on Wednesday. Some removed a protective layer that is supposed to stay on, one had a bulge in the display’s crease and others […]
Withings restores its cardio health feature on scales in Europe
[ad_1] Withings restored the feature via an over-the-air-update, so existing EU customers can now see PWV measurements on their scales. Regulators assured the company that no further approval is required in the European Union. Withings is still in talks with regulators in the US, so customers in the states will have to hold out a […]
Google pulls popular Chinese Android apps over large-scale ad fraud
[ad_1] Users don’t even need to fire up the app: the clicks happen even if the application isn’t running, which means it can drain battery and consume data. This fraudulent action happens with ads served with Google’s AdMob and Twitter’s MoPub, further showing how bad actors are exploiting Twitter’s ad platform. Back in March, BuzzFeed […]
Facebook is working on a voice AI rival to Siri and Alexa
[ad_1] A spokesperson told the news organization: “We are working to develop voice and AI assistant technologies that may work across our family of AR/VR products including Portal, Oculus and future products.” Facebook has previous experience developing AI assistants, but none that could rival Alexa or Siri. It launched the M assistant for Messenger in […]
Samsung speaks up about broken Galaxy Fold review units
[ad_1] Even after extensive durability testing, reports surfaced yesterday that several Galaxy Fold reviewers had already suffered from broken devices. It appears they’re experiencing more than one type of issue, mostly tied to the device’s innovative folding display technology, and in a statement released tonight Samsung said it “will thoroughly inspect these units in person […]
Facebook ‘unintentionally’ saved contacts of 1.5 million new users
[ad_1] Remember the weird revelation that Facebook was asking some new users for the password to their email account? Tonight Business Insider reports that since May 2016, if users entered their email password then Facebook used it to access their contact list and upload the contents to its servers without asking for permission. In a […]
Amazon’s ‘The Boys’ has Karl Urban fighting superheroes gone bad
[ad_1] The eight-episode season premieres on July 26th. It’s too soon to say if this superhero takedown will succeed, but the ingredients are there for a possible hit. The series also features stars like Simon Pegg and Elisabeth Shue, and it’s created by Supernatural‘s Eric Kripke with the help of producers Seth Rogen and Evan […]
DC Universe scales back ‘Swamp Thing’ over ‘creative differences’
[ad_1] This doesn’t preclude a second season, but it’s not great news at a time when DCU only has a handful of shows in development and still relies heavily on its back catalog of videos and comic books to attract subscribers. The more there is to watch, the less likely it is that members might […]