Category: Tech

‘Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate’ will be free on Epic’s game store this week

[ad_1] The Epic Games Store’s freebies can be hit or miss, but this is one you might want to consider if you’re a stealth action fan. Epic is making Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate available for free between February 20th and February 27th. It’s a 2015-era game (the last before Ubisoft’s ‘reinvented’ Origins), but you’re still […]

Google pulls alleged UAE spying app ToTok from the Play Store, again

[ad_1] Google confirmed to TechCrunch that it did remove ToTok from the Play Store, but didn’t say why. The company did, however, make it clear that the app wasn’t pulled due to an outside request from, for example, a government agency. TechCrunch speculates that a policy violation is what caused the app to be removed. […]

You can make your own rotary cellphone

[ad_1] At its heart, the phone is based on a custom ATmega2560v mainboard, Adafruit Fona 3G cellular equipment and a rotary dial from a Western Electric Trimline phone, all stuffed into a 3D-printed casing. You won’t have to endure 1960s-era limitations, though. A flexible 2.1-inch e-paper display can show missed calls and other vital messages, […]

Microsoft releases its unified Office app for Android

[ad_1] There are some catches. As Android Police warned, the current Android app isn’t optimized for tablets or Chromebooks. You can’t even use it in landscape mode. The iOS equivalent to the app is also nowhere to be seen at this point. We’ve asked Microsoft if it can elaborate on its plans. This could still […]

Apple warns of iPhone ‘supply shortages’ due to coronavirus outbreak

[ad_1] Apple is expecting a hit to its bottom line as a result of the supply shortages. On top of this, retail demand is a problem. Many official and third-party stores have closed, and those that are open have reduced schedules and “very low” traffic. Apple is slowly reopening stores, but there’s little doubt that […]

Watch the first trailer for Spielberg’s Apple TV+ series ‘Amazing Stories’

[ad_1] Amazing Stories first aired on NBC in 1985. After just two seasons, it has taken a long and seemingly difficult path to make its way back onto TV screens. Reports that Apple and Spielberg were working together to revive the series first came out in 2017. It seems to have suffered production delays along […]

EU won’t let Facebook tell it how to regulate tech giants

[ad_1] This comes as Facebook is promoting its “Charting a Way Forward: Online Content Regulation” white paper, which offers guidelines for future regulations. Breton dismissed the guidelines proposed in Facebook’s white paper as insufficient. He noted that Facebook didn’t mention its own market dominance or clearly outline its responsibilities. “It’s not for us to adapt […]

Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to combat climate change

[ad_1] He says the Bezos Earth Fund will support scientists, activists and NGOs, with the first grants slated to go out sometime this summer. Besides that information, Bezos didn’t provide many details on the fund. While Bezos is likely to get a lot of favorable coverage for the move, it’s worth pointing out that, as […]

RCS messaging comes to Windows 10’s Your Phone app

[ad_1] According to Microsoft’s Roberto Bojorquez, the new RCS functionality is available “starting with” the Galaxy S20, suggesting the feature will work with other Samsung devices (and perhaps other Android phones) in the future. The integration comes as part of Samsung and Microsoft’s ongoing partnership, which has in the past seen the South Korean company […]