Browsing Category: Reviews and Gadgets

  • The FBI wants help from victims of QuadrigaCX's cryptocurrency collapse

    Remember that wild cryptocurrency story from earlier this year? The one where a Canadian exchange shut down shortly after co-founder and CEO Gerald Cotten died, claiming he was the only one who could access its wallets. Wallets that should've stored… Source: Engadget | The FBI wants help from victims of QuadrigaCX's cryptocurrency collapse

    June 5, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Uber experiment allows Eats orders from the main app

    Uber has started rolling out an experimental version of its app that was made to persuade its main service's customers to try its food delivery business. The company has confirmed to TechCrunch that it has embedded a webview version of Eats into the… Source: Engadget | Uber experiment allows Eats orders from the main app

    June 5, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Apple might wave goodbye to Dashboard in macOS Catalina

    One of the Mac's longer-serving features appears to be going away. Appleosophy and others using the developer preview of macOS Catalina have discovered that Dashboard, the secondary screen for widgets, isn't present. The app is missing in Launchpad,… Source: Engadget | Apple might wave goodbye to Dashboard in macOS Catalina

    June 5, 2019 | by Raheel
  • macOS Catalina first look: Sidecar, Project Catalyst and Voice Control

    After Apple wrapped its WWDC keynote today, the developers went to coding sessions and the press, well, mostly showed themselves out. As it happens, we later had a chance to see most of the new software in action in private demos. First, an impor… Source: Engadget | macOS Catalina first look: Sidecar, Project Catalyst and …

    June 5, 2019 | by Raheel
  • GameStop cuts costs to deal with plunge in console sales

    The PS4 and Xbox One are clearly approaching the end of their main lifecycles, and that's doing serious damage to GameStop's bottom line. The video game store's Q1 profits fell to $6.8 million, just a quarter of what they were a year earlier, based… Source: Engadget | GameStop cuts costs to deal with plunge in …

    June 5, 2019 | by Raheel
  • iPadOS first look: Desktop-class browsing, better multitasking and more

    We knew Apple would make major changes to iOS on the iPad, but we didn't think the company would take things a step further and announce iPadOS. (Not until Apple quietly let the news slip ahead of its WWDC keynote, anyway.) Craig Federighi, Apple… Source: Engadget | iPadOS first look: Desktop-class browsing, better multitasking and …

    June 4, 2019 | by Raheel
  • GM and Michelin will bring airless tires to passenger cars by 2024

    Airless tires for everyday cars might soon be far more practical. GM and Michelin have unveiled a prototype of Uptis (Unique Puncture-proof Tire System), a Michelin-made tire intended for passenger cars. It looks like Tweel and other air-free conce… Source: Engadget | GM and Michelin will bring airless tires to passenger cars by 2024

    June 4, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Experts weigh in on Apple's private sign-in feature

    Apple's WWDC 2019 was full of announcements, but few of them garnered as big a cheer from the crowd as when Sign in with Apple was introduced. The feature, which lets people use their Apple IDs to sign up for sites and services on the web, is being t… Source: Engadget | Experts weigh in …

    June 4, 2019 | by Raheel
  • A $999 monitor stand is everything wrong with Apple today

    You can pinpoint the exact moment when Apple lost the WWDC audience on Monday. John Ternus, the company's VP of hardware engineering, had just revealed that the Pro Display XDR, its new high-end 6K monitor, will cost $4,999. That's pricey, but reason… Source: Engadget | A 9 monitor stand is everything wrong with Apple today

    June 4, 2019 | by Raheel
  • Xbox body wash is a necessary and terrible idea

    Companies always like to show up to E3 with some surprises, but here's one that no one expected: GameSpot reports that Microsoft is partnering with body wash maker Lynx — an alternate brand name used by Axe in some countries — to create an Xbox-bra… Source: Engadget | Xbox body wash is a necessary and …

    June 4, 2019 | by Raheel