Samsung on Wednesday announced an important partnership with uBreakiFix in an effort to provide same-day repair services for Galaxy owners. The program is expected to offer over 300 Samsung Care authorized locations, with more locations to come by the end of 2018. The partnership will expand by a further 200 locations in 2019. The program […]
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider is coming this fall – here’s your first teaser
We’ve known for well over a year that the next Tomb Raider game would be called Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Some concept art leaked last summer, confirming that the title hadn’t changed and, in all likelihood, wouldn’t. Then, yesterday, Square Enix updated the official Tomb Raider website, accidentally embedding a release date in the site’s source code. Now, though, […]
‘Wear OS by Google’ replaces the fading Android Wear
Google just made its expected Android Wear rebranding official, changing the name of the platform to be more neutral. The new name for Android on smartwatches is ‘Wear OS by Google’ and includes a new logo and app. Since the platform works with both Android and iOS devices, the company didn’t want to limit itself and mislead […]
Apple’s Emergency SOS feature has led to a lot of accidental 911 calls
Apple devices at its Elk Grove refurbishing center have been accidentally calling 911, flooding emergency dispatchers with unsolicited calls. According to CBS Sacramento, dispatchers for the Elk Grove Police have received an average of 20 calls per day and a total of over 1,600 calls since October. Sacramento County Sheriff Department Communication Center says it too […]
Third-party apps on the Pixel 2 won’t take awful photos anymore
Google’s special technology to improve photos taken on the Pixel 2 is opening up for all developers. Pixel Visual Core, which launched with the latest flagship last year, is being turned on with Android’s February update. It’ll allow third-party apps to take advantage of “computational photography and machine learning” to improve image quality beyond the Camera app. […]
Snap’s stock price surges with surprising Q4 earnings
Snap’s turnaround could be happening sooner than anyone expected. The company behind Snapchat announced financial results for Q4 2017, and its performance beat expectations to send the stock price surging. Investors appeared to be impressed by growth in daily active users and revenue; however, costs remain high for Snap as profitability still hasn’t been achieved. […]
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds hits new concurrent-player record, doesn’t even know how to quit
It seems like just a few months ago we were talking about PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds struggling to surpass the seeming unstoppable, untoppable Dota 2 on Steam for concurrent player count. Even though we knew it was huge, it’s still a bit wild to look at the numbers now. PUBG isn’t just passing Dota 2, it’s destroying it – the game surpassed 3 million […]
Disney and 21st Century Fox are officially merging
After weeks of rumors, the deal for Disney to acquire 21st Century Fox was made official on Thursday morning. If you’ve been dreaming of seeing the X-Men alongside the Avengers, that may finally be a reality now. Or perhaps you long to see the original theatrical cuts of the Star Wars films. That is also […]
New music streaming service from YouTube is planned for next year
Alphabet doesn’t want to let Spotify and Apple run away with the lead any longer. A new music streaming serviced powered by YouTube is in development and should be available within the next few months, according to a report from Bloomberg. Remix, the project’s internal name, wouldn’t usher in any groundbreaking features. The report says it […]
macOS High Sierra vulnerability grants anyone administrator access without password
There’s a pretty major security vulnerability that affects machines running macOS High Sierra. According to developer Lemi Orhan Ergin, if someone has physical access to your Mac, they can easily gain administrative access without the need of a password. It’s pretty astonishing just how easy it is to bypass Apple’s security, which Gizmododetails in its post. […]
Walmart already pre-ordered Tesla’s electric semi trucks
Tesla took the wraps off its all-new electric semi truck this past week after months of anticipation. We still don’t know how much the truck will end up costing, but that didn’t stop retailing giant Walmart from pre-ordering 15 semi trucks to join its transportation fleet. Walmart’s enormous fleet has 6,000 trucks making deliveries across the U.S. […]
AT&T and Verizon are going to build cell towers together
AT&T and Verizon have partnered with a third company to build hundreds of cell towers, Verizon announced today. The third company, Tillman Infrastructure, is a private company that makes and owns towers, and it will construct the towers to suit AT&T and Verizon. The new towers are going to be added in locations in need of […]