Review: G-Technology’s R-Series is an affordable, super-rugged USB-C portable SSD
It doesn’t seem that long since we had a choice to make when it came to external drives: we could opt for spinning metal drives if we wanted high capacities at affordable prices, or SSD if we wanted fast transfer speeds, were willing to compromise on capacity and were prepared to pay the substantial premium. But that’s beginning to change …
Public consultation begins on Apple’s controversial Stockholm store plan
Beginning today, residents of Stockholm, Sweden, will have the opportunity to inspect Apple’s plans for a significant new retail store bordering one of the city’s most popular public parks.
Offline maps app Sygic teases iOS 12 CarPlay integration
At WWDC, Apple announced support for navigation apps integration into CarPlay with iOS 12, opening the floodgates for third-party maps apps in CarPlay for the first time. Sygic is a relatively-popular maps app for iOS, that focuses on downloadable maps for offline use as its central feature. It has announced that it will be bringing its offline maps to CarPlay.
Striiiipes leather webcam covers are a neat and cheap form of privacy protection
There was a time when covering your webcam when not in use would have felt absurdly paranoid. But in recent years, we’ve seen recommendations to do it from some very credible sources …
Review: The BenQ ScreenBar is a really neat Mac/monitor desk light that takes up no space
Many years ago, I used a desk striplight with a clamp. I clamped it to the back of my desk, then adjusted the angle arm so it was just above and in front of my monitor. That way, it lit the desk, didn’t cast any light onto my monitor, and effectively took up no space.
It took some time to find a suitable light, and a fair amount of messing around with clamp positions and angles until I had what I wanted. Now BenQ has created a product that achieves the same result in a really neat fashion: the ScreenBar …
Now you can play Mario Kart in Fortnite … kind of!
When Epic Games created Playground Mode in Fortnite, allowing an hour of safe play to familiarize yourself with the environment, they probably never imagined someone would use the time to do this …
Hands-on: iOS 12 beta 3 changes and features [Video]
The third iOS 12 developer beta has been released for eligible iPhones and iPads, and we’ve taken it for a test drive to uncover what’s changed. Watch our video walkthrough for the hands-on details and comparisons.
Senior Apple Siri director to lead machine learning talk at upcoming AI Frontiers conference
Apple’s senior director of Siri, Alex Acero, will be speaking at the upcoming AI Frontiers conference this fall. The event is slated to take place from November 9th through November 11th at the San Jose Convention Center in California…
HQ Trivia adds new Streaks feature to reward regular players w/ extra lives
HQ Trivia is today rolling out a new feature that it hopes will improve user retention. In a tweet, the popular live trivia game show announced support for Streaks – a new feature that rewards users for playing in consecutive games…
Netflix reportedly mulling new ‘Ultra’ plan, cutting ‘Premium’ streams from 4 to 2
Netflix appears to be planning its most expensive streaming tier yet. Currently, the company offers three different tiers, starting at $7.99 per month and maxing out at $13.99. That could soon change, however…