Category: Tech

Record-breaking Faraday Future prototype EVs are up for auction

[ad_1] However, you won’t want to drive this EV — It doesn’t have a warranty and isn’t exactly optimized for comfort. The interior is pretty bare and there’s not much of a dashboard. This vehicle’s real value is in its collectability. Those who bid won’t be vying for their next commuter vehicle, but for literal […]

Russia’s antitrust watchdog finds Apple abused App Store ‘dominance’

[ad_1] Potential action from US lawmakers may not be what forces Apple to change how it does business. Following a year-long investigation into the company, Reuters reports Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has found the iPhone-maker abused its dominant position in the mobile app marketplace and will order Apple to resolve multiple regulatory breaches.  The […]

Belarus is reportedly blocking and throttling Twitter in reaction to protests

[ad_1] According to Vice, the government has responded to this uprise by shooting rubber bullets and stun grenades at protestors, arresting them, as well as trying to block certain parts of the internet. Our partners in #Belarus say authorities have: 🚫 cut an uplink carrying 50% of foreign traffic 🚫 blocked dozens of sites incl. […]

Apple’s first watchOS 7 public beta is now available

[ad_1] But if you’re willing to put up with buggy software, you’ll find nifty new features to check out. WatchOS 7’s most notable enhancement over watchOS 6 is the addition of sleep tracking. The update adds an app that will show you how long you slept the night before — though it doesn’t include a […]

Longtime Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono departs Capcom

[ad_1] pic.twitter.com/ym2pFtgZqy — Yoshinori Ono (@Yoshi_OnoChin) August 9, 2020 “I’ve been with the Street Fighter brand for a long time, experiencing good times, bad times, and even non-existent times,” he said. “My heart is filled with appreciation to those players who’ve been giving warm and kind support on the brand especially little over the past […]

Facebook forms financial group to focus on payments

[ad_1] The company believes that enabling such purchases makes advertising becomes more valuable. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that he’s quite keen on growing in-app transactions. “As payments grow across Messenger and WhatsApp, and as we’re able to roll that out in more places, I think that will only grow as a trend,” he said […]

E Ink shows off a foldable e-reader prototype you can take notes on

[ad_1] It’ll likely be a while before this tech makes its way to market. If it does, it seems you’ll get much more screen real estate than a standard e-reader, which could come in particularly handy for digital newspapers. However, as The Verge points out, the design here is pretty clunky as things stand. The […]

People are still spending record amounts on gaming in the US this year

[ad_1] Hardware sales were “only” $848 million, but that mark represented a massive 57 percent bump from Q2 2019. NPD said that console sales were strong across the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 — so even though these consoles have all been available for a while, they all got a nice bump. Similarly, […]

'Horizon Zero Dawn' devs are investigating problems with the PC version

[ad_1] Shortly after Horizon Zero Dawn arrived on PC last week, players started reporting problems including crashing, freezing and frame rate issues. Now, Guerrilla Games has acknowledged the reports in a Steam post and said that it’s looking into them. “W… [ad_2] Source link

Google Maps is finally back on Apple Watch

[ad_1] After a lengthy absence, Google Maps is making its way back to the Apple Watch. Over the next couple of weeks, Google says it will start rolling out a new version of Maps to Apple’s wearable. The app will allow you to get walking, cycling and driving directions from your current location to your […]