Category: gear

The best wireless earbuds you can buy right now

[ad_1] Buy Jabra Elite 75t at Amazon – $150 Runner up: Sony WF-1000XM3 Billy Steele/Engadget Sony’s stellar WF-1000XM3 are still near the top of our list, but the true wireless earbud industry has changed a lot since their introduction. The M3s offer powerful ANC that automatically adjusts based on your activity, or thanks to a […]

TikTok and WeChat will be banned from US app stores on Sunday

[ad_1] The app ban has come despite a possible partnership between Oracle and ByteDance. Yesterday, Trump said that he didn’t like that deal, according to Bloomberg, while adding that he was “not prepared to sign off on anything.” The DoC’s wording makes clear that it wants the apps to disappear in the US. It has […]

NVIDIA apologizes for RTX 3080 ordering fiasco

[ad_1] NVIDIA did a great job getting gamers hyped up for the launch of its RTX 3080, which does offer a huge leap in performance over the last generation. When it came time to sell it yesterday morning, however, the train went a bit off the rails. NVIDIA apparently failed to account for the excitement […]

Apple’s online store is opening in India on September 23rd

[ad_1] The Indian store will offer personalized engraving in English, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu for AirPods and in English for iPad and Apple Pencil. Like in other regions, the company will enforce contactless delivery in the country as a precautionary measure against COVID—19. iPhones are a popular premium smartphone among Indian […]

Xbox Series X, Series S pre-orders start September 22nd at 11AM ET

[ad_1] 🎮 Pre-order the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S starting on September 22 🎮 Xbox All Access pre-orders will also begin 🎮 It’s all finally happening Get your exact local start time and participating retailers here: https://t.co/J0aD6zo9C5 pic.twitter.com/eXoti60WDg — Xbox (@Xbox) September 17, 2020 If you’re in the UK, then pre-orders will also […]

Apple’s latest iOS 14.2 beta adds a built-in control for Shazam

[ad_1] Two years after completing its $400 million acquisition of Shazam, Apple is showing developers what the technology can do when it’s integrated directly with iOS. A version of the iOS 14.2 beta that’s currently in testing includes the ability to add Shazam’s Music Recognition in the Control Center panel. When enabled, it can recognize […]

Spotify belatedly adds notifications for new podcast episodes

[ad_1] Spotify has rolled out mobile push notifications for new podcast episodes starting today, the streaming app announced in a statement. It’s a relatively small development, but one that indicates Spotify is continuing to strengthen its podcast offerings — although it’s also playing catch-up to apps that have long had this feature. To take advantage […]

Amazon Fresh grocery store in Los Angeles opens to the public

[ad_1] If that’s not enough automation for you, there are also Echo Show stations throughout the store where you can ask Alexa to point you in the direction of a specific product. Besides groceries, you can also pick up your same-day Amazon Prime deliveries from the store, and there’s even the option to pre-order deli […]

Twitter steps up account security for politicians ahead of the election

[ad_1] In addition to the new login and password protection measures, Twitter says it will take additional steps to protect accounts internally. These include: -More sophisticated detections and alerts to help us, and account holders, respond rapidly to suspicious activity -Increased login defenses to prevent malicious account takeover attempts -Expedited account recovery support to ensure […]