Tag: Tech

April 14, 2022

Huawei’s been investing heavily in sports, health and fitness over the past couple of years. It’s built a new campus in Shenzhen dedicated to learning and research, all with the eventual aim of making its smartwatches as accurate and reliable […]

March 26, 2021

Amid all the uncertainty of the last year, there is one thing that is certain. We’ve been shopping online more than ever. And Google knows it. On March 26, the tech giant launched the Best Things for Everything Guide, a […]

March 9, 2021

The iPhone will get a periscope lens for its telephoto camera, a new report says, but don’t expect it before 2023. This is according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (via MacRumors), who previously said the iPhone might get such a […]

February 26, 2021

TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has agreed to pay a $92 million settlement in a lawsuit alleging it violated Illinois’ biometric privacy laws. The company still disputes the truth of the accusations against them, of course, but right now it just […]

February 15, 2021

Apple’s next iPhone might have a feature many Android smartphone users have had for years: an always-on display. This is according to leaker Max Weinbach (via EverythingApplePro) whose report outlines a number of new features, both big and small, the […]

February 2, 2021

Over the years, Uber has effectively replaced taxi cabs and conventional food delivery for some customers. Now it has its sights set on the devil’s nectar. The ride-share giant announced Tuesday that it had purchased alcohol delivery service Drizly for […]

January 26, 2021

You may have stopped noticing it, but the logo of Amazon’s mobile app hasn’t changed in ages — it simply said “Amazon” over a blue shopping cart on a white background, and it wasn’t exactly modern. Now, The Verge noticed […]

December 30, 2020

Have an Amazon Alexa device? Listen to this update by searching “Business Insider” in your flash briefing settings. Mitch McConnell ties stimulus checks to tech legislation. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced a bill linking $2,000 stimulus checks to […]

December 21, 2020

Have an Amazon Alexa device? Listen to this update by searching “Business Insider” in your flash briefing settings. A Zoom engineer was accused of censorship. The DOJ alleged in a complaint that Xinjiang Jin, Zoom’s primary liaison with Chinese law […]

August 21, 2020

Heading back to the virtual classroom? If so, you should probably have a good laptop on hand for classes, assignments, and multitasking (aka having a Netflix tab open while you work). But not all of us can drop upwards of […]

November 29, 2019

OnePlus is poised to kick off its 2020 smartphone releases with the OnePlus 8 and the OnePlus 8T in about six months but leaks and rumors about the two devices started coming surprisingly early. So much so, that it’s time […]

November 28, 2019

Microsoft has posted a new support document warning users of a mysterious bug affecting Windows 10 that causes devices connected to a Thunderbolt Dock to fail after waking up from a particular sleep state. The new document, titled ‘Devices connected […]

November 12, 2019

Google recently announced they achieved quantum supremacy, an extremely important milestone in the development of quantum computers. Shortly after, IBM decided to spoil the party by announcing that quantum supremacy had not actually been achieved. Who’s right and who’s wrong? […]

July 22, 2019

Despite causing quite the rift in the consumer world, dividing entire generations into two sides—those who love them and those who loathe them—Apple’s AirPods still remain the world’s best-selling wireless earbuds. They’re sleek, innovative—yet no so convenient. A pair can easily […]

February 21, 2019

Every year, new technology emerges. This year is no different, with Samsung promising a new era of cutting-edge mobile devices. It’s not too long before they release it to the public (8th of March), so let’s take a quick look […]

January 6, 2019

With the cyber threats faced by mobile phone users uprising at an alarming rate, app permissions became a crucial step in securing our devices. Kaspersky Lab detected almost 6 million malicious installation packages and more than 94.000 mobile banking Trojans. Mobile […]

November 22, 2018

It’s a familiar bugbear. There you are, watching a nice, long YouTube video, when an ad — usually with a stock soundtrack of a jangly ukulele and a glockenspiel — annoyingly rams itself somewhere midway. YouTube has a TV-inspired solution […]

November 21, 2018

Innovators are coming up with various new ways to pay for things, helping us simplify our lives in the process. After years of credit card reign, wearable payment devices are the next big thing. From smartwatches, fitness trackers and wristbands […]

July 26, 2018

This ability has been missing for quite some time. The main way to stream music directly from another device to an Echo is to use Bluetooth, and that will still work. Alexa Cast is a welcome new option, though, and […]

July 24, 2018

All those miles you log driving back and from the office are finally worth something. Miles is a new rewards platform for all types of travel. It’s a way to “incentivize and nudge user behavior,” Jigar Shah, CEO and co-founder, […]