Category: Tech

Nintendo explores ‘bendable’ Switch controllers

[ad_1] There don’t appear to be any changes to the functionality beyond that — the biggest change would be a flexible circuit board. It’s far from certain that Nintendo will implement this in the Switch or a future console. This is the American version of an international patent from February 2018, and the largest change […]

News anchor sues Facebook, Reddit after creepy photo appears in ads

[ad_1] Hepp said she didn’t know that her photo had been taken, and didn’t remember the name or location of the store. She also wasn’t aware of how the photo might have made its way online. The lawsuit calls on the sites to both take down the pictures and pay damages as compensation. The chances […]

Australia orders ISPs to block sites hosting Christchurch shooting video

[ad_1] Reviews for the blocks will take place every six months. Officials maintain that this won’t lead to arbitrary censorship. There’s a “high threshold” and “parliamentary oversight” before blocking takes place, Inman said. Communications minister Paul Fletcher likewise said blocks didn’t represent a “universal solution.” This is specifically meant to combat material that’s illegal in […]

India found its missing Vikram lunar lander

[ad_1] The Moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, had been going well up until the lander was about 1.2 miles above the surface. It’s still not certain what caused the failure. The discovery is a sad moment for India, which would have been just the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the Moon. However, it also underscores […]

Wunderlist creator wants to buy the app back from Microsoft

[ad_1] Reber added that he had “nothing but gratitude” for Microsoft, and that he was simply sad Wunderlist didn’t go as planned. It’s a thorny situation for Microsoft. Wunderlist’s cloud features still run on Amazon Web Services instead of Azure, The Verge noted, but Microsoft can’t easily pull the plug after saying it would only […]

Russia accuses Facebook, Google of violating political ad laws

[ad_1] Roskomnadzor didn’t mince words. It said the ads were “unacceptable” and that they could be treated as “interference in the sovereign affairs” of the country. There was no mention of punitive action, however. We’ve asked Facebook and Google for comment. Google, however, has agreed to remove ads before and has said it honors local […]

Google Assistant on Pixel 4 may handle calls while you’re on hold

[ad_1] This might not be available the moment the Pixel 4 is ready, however. The on-hold feature is relatively young, according to the source, and might only appear at an announcement as a teaser of what’s in the pipeline. There’s also no mention of whether or not the feature would extend to other Android phones, […]

The best MIDI keyboard controller for beginners

[ad_1] Why you should trust us I have two decades of experience reviewing AV products, and currently I am a contributing technical editor at Sound & Vision magazine and a regular contributor to the SoundStage network of websites. I’m also a drummer and electronic-music maker, so I have extensive familiarity with the tools of the […]

Companies distanced themselves from foldable phone hype at IFA

[ad_1] LG, for example, is staying far away from folding screens, despite having a real rollable OLED TV that people can buy. It announced the LG G8X ThinQ here in Berlin, where it opted to use two separate 6.4-inch panels for its dual-screen flagship. We’ve seen LG, ZTE and many others attempt this format already, […]