[ad_1] The tipster didn’t know which exact models would support the technology, although Apple typically brings Bluetooth upgrades to all new iPhones. Samsung’s approach is also built on Bluetooth 5.0, suggesting that Apple might bring it to older iPhones. It’s worth taking this rumor with a grain of salt when there isn’t any corroboration. It […]
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TikTok's creator is reportedly making a smartphone
[ad_1] TikTok's owner ByteDance may have grander ambitions than chat apps and streaming music — Financial Times tipsters have claimed that the company is working on its own smartphone. The device would draw on acquired patents and talent from Chinese phon… [ad_2] Source link
ASUS releases a 30th anniversary edition ZenFone 6 and ZenBook
[ad_1] In the case of the ZenFone 6, it sports ASUS’ classic concentric-circle finish on a curved matte black body, and it’s maxed out to 12GB of RAM plus 512GB of storage (these were originally capped at 8GB and 256GB, respectively). The phone is otherwise identical to the rest of the series, featuring a Qualcomm […]
Lenovo’s Project Limitless 5G laptop makes a lot of promises
[ad_1] We still haven’t been able to verify any of those claims in the real world, but we continued to get more demos of how powerful the 8cx is supposed to be. Here in Taiwan, Qualcomm again showcased a reference design laptop with the “extreme” chipset pushing out streaming to two 4K displays in addition […]
ARM’s latest chip designs promise 60 percent faster AI on phones
[ad_1] The Cortex-A77 CPU design is ultimately a refinement of last year’s 7-nanometer A76, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The new hardware claims 20 percent faster instructions-per-clock performance without hurting efficiency, and that translates to roughly 35 times faster machine learning performance than the old A55 (for context, ARM was celebrating a 28-fold […]
Snap could let users add songs to their disappearing messages
[ad_1] WSJ says Snap was compelled to start discussions with the music companies, because its rivals’ music features have been gaining popularity. Facebook, for instance, has been putting its licensing deals to good use by rolling out features for Stories — for its main platform and for Instagram — that encourage the use of background […]
Snapchat employees reportedly snooped on users with ‘SnapLion’ tool
[ad_1] In total, Motherboard spoke to four former employees and a current employee that verified the existence of the SnapLion tool. Two former employees said that the abuse of the SnapLion tool occurred “several years” ago, but it’s unknown whether it’s still happening today. Emails obtained by Motherboard revealed an employee using the tool to […]
NYC will accept Google Pay on some subway and bus routes
[ad_1] Once the pilot starts, you’ll be able to use Google Pay to board all Staten Island buses and subway stations along the 4-5-6 lines between Grand Central and Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center. Since it’s a pilot and will have limited availability, Maps will also roll out a feature that will show you which routes accept […]
Apple pledges to notify users of potential iPhone slowdowns
[ad_1] Back in late 2017, a Reddit user benchmarked his iPhone before and after replacing its battery and found that its CPU performance improved following the battery change. Apple later admitted that it intentionally throttled phones with aging batteries and apologized by offering out-of-warranty battery replacements for $29, $50 less than usual. The tech giant […]
The black-and-white portable console of the future
[ad_1] No-gen portable gaming.‘Firewatch’ publisher’s Playdate gaming handheld has a black-and-white screen, and a crank Veteran software developer, Panic (best known for writing Transmit and publishing Firewatch), has unveiled a handheld game system, Playdate, that aims to break the rules of game consoles. There’s a flip-out crank that serves as an analog controller, plus a […]