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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionAfghan “war on terror” generation votes Voters in Afghanistan are casting their ballots in the long delayed parliamentary elections, amid heavy security and threats from the Taliban. More than 2,500 candidates – including many women – are vying for 250 seats. But more than 30% of polling […]
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Journalist Jamal Khashoggi died after a fight in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the country’s state TV reported quoting an initial probe. It said deputy intelligence chief Ahmad al-Assiri and Saud al-Qahtani, senior aide to Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, were dismissed over the affair. The news bulletin said 18 Saudi nationals have now been […]
Read More… Total Shares3 Twitter’s pretty well known for silently testing major and minor tweaks to its app on a small audience, and one of our tipsters spotted such a change. It’s small, but Twitter is experimenting with changing the floating window popup for additional actions into a bottom-up “sheet” menu. Left: Old/current UI. Right: UI in […]
Read MoreGoogle quietly announced you will be able to save Google Assistant’s shopping lists in Keep Notes. Google removed the feature early in April 2017 and shifted it to the Home and Express apps. Google Assistant support in Keep Notes will arrive “before you know it.” Even though Google refreshed Keep Notes with a coating of […]
Read MoreIn the dark, dank, early days of Android, sending content from your phone to your desktop required either a third-party tool like Pushbullet or Google’s Chrome to Phone and companion Chrome to Mobile extension. Thankfully Chrome switched to a convenient “tab sync” multi-device history that allows you to share sites across devices easily. Even so, […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Some online sellers are offering people free goods in return for positive product reviews, an investigation by consumer group Which? has found. Its investigator joined several “rewards for reviews” groups and was hired to write high-rated reviews in return for free items. Paid-for, or fake, reviews flout rules set by platforms […]
Read MoreYou can pre-register for Dead Cells on the Play Store, though no release date was announced. Dead Cells is a roguelike-metroidvania hybrid which is available for PC and other consoles. You will die many times. If you are up for the challenge of using a touch screen to play a demanding platformer, then Dead Cells […]
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Image copyright Getty Images The US government has charged a Russian woman for her role in a Kremlin-backed campaign to influence the US mid-term congressional elections next month. The criminal complaint against Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova, 44, was revealed by the US Department of Justice on Friday. It marks the first foreign meddling case in the […]
Read MoreLeaked documents give us an idea of what kinds of fees Google will impose on Android OEMs in Europe. According to the documents, it could cost as much as $40 per device for OEMs to include Google apps on smartphones and tablets. Google will incentivize inclusion of Chrome and Search to offset the cost, but […]
Read MoreBack in 2008, Verizon agreed to the FCC that it wouldn’t lock its LTE phones in exchange for winning the 700MHz Upper Block C spectrum. Earlier this year, however, Verizon decided that it didn’t have to follow the rules anymore, announcing that its phones would no longer be SIM unlocked out of the box. Google’s […]
Read MoreGoogle’s Pixels are known for their software quality, but they’re also known for launching with random issues, like last year’s Pixel 2 audio quality problems when recording video. The theme continues with this year’s Pixel 3 phones, and the first problem reviewers have noticed with Google’s latest flagships is — you guessed it — another […]
Read MoreThe Pixel 2 and Pixel 3 both have a feature called Now Playing that automatically identifies music playing from nearby sources. It’s a neat trick that’s currently significantly better on the Pixel 3, which provides a history of identified songs. That functionality gap will be closing in the near future, though, when Now Playing History […]
Read MoreOnePlus just moved the date of the OnePlus 6T launch to October 29. The original date of October 30 would have pitted OnePlus against Apple’s own October 30 hardware event. OnePlus CEO Pete Lau announced the change in a lengthy post at the OnePlus forums. In a lengthy post on the OnePlus forums, company CEO […]
Read MoreOnePlus has been teasing the 6T for weeks, and we were supposed to learn all the details on October 30th. Well, now you won’t have to wait quite as long. OnePlus has moved the date up a day in response to Apple’s announcement of an unusual second fall event on the 30th. According to OnePlus […]
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Image copyright EPA Image caption Turkish media released CCTV pictures allegedly showing the Saudi ‘hit squad’ suspected of Mr Khashoggi’s disappearance The BBC has uncovered new details about one of the men accused of murdering Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi journalist who was critical of his country’s government. Turkish media identified Maher Abdulaziz Mutreb as […]
Read MoreFor a while now, you’ve been able to set up what Google calls Voice Match with the Google Assistant. It recognizes your voice and gives you personalized results, both on smart speakers and smartphones. It would also let you unlock phones to perform actions like making phone calls and sending text messages just by saying […]
Read MoreGoogle’s Nest family or products have particularly tight integration with Assistant. For instance, the Nest Hello doorbell can announce visitors if you’ve got a Google Home on the same network. Now, you can get both components of that setup (at a discount) in a single purchase from B&H. The Nest Hello usually costs $230, and […]
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Cardi B handed out free winter coats and trainers in Brooklyn, New York on Thursday. The singer and rapper, who is from the Bronx, was faced with crowds of fans who had queued for hours for the clothing, as well as selfies with the star. New York has had particularly cold temperatures this week. “You […]
Read MoreTwo days ago, Google unveiled new licensing terms for Android phones and tablets in the European Union, following the EU’s record $5 billion fine. Device manufacturers can now sell phones with heavily-modified builds of Android while also producing normal Android devices with the Play Store, and some apps (like Chrome and Google Search) are now […]
Read MoreSamsung announced new display technology which hides multiple sensors, including the camera and fingerprint sensors. The new displays could finally do away with the polarizing notch design. We could see the display technology on the upcoming Galaxy S10, but Samsung did not give specifics. Wouldn’t it be great to live in a world without notches? […]
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A rockslide in the French Alps left two villages cut off in April, with their only road destroyed. Now residents in Beroulf and Sainte Sabine have employed the help of a helicopter to provide food and fuel. They have also used it to be reunited with their cars. Two thirds of the 3,000 euro cost […]
Read MoreBenchmarking resource UL just delisted the Oppo Find X and Oppo F7 from its rankings. The demotion is in response to allegations Oppo cheated benchmarks by overclocking the phones in question during tests. Oppo’s alleged cheating was exposed weeks ago, but UL must have spent this time doing its own testing. At the end of […]
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