IT&Software
Can you ditch your smartphone and use a flip phone for a week? It could get you $1,000
Anyone who applies who has an active social media presence and is willing to vlog about it all gets "bonus points" in the screening process. You must use the flip phone for seven days and log about the experience. In this case, Internet service provider Frontier Communications is the "someone" in question, and it's just launched its "Flip Phone Challenge" apparently right in time for the 30th ... [Full Article...]
FT: Google flags USA national security risks from Huawei ban
Alphabet Inc's Google has warned if the United States administration moves ahead with a sweeping ban on Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, it risks compromising national security, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. He added that if Google and the U.S. government come to a resolution, a lot of consumers would benefit from it. "In the short term there is some impact on our business", he said... [Full Article...]
Here's more bad news for Huawei phone users, this time from Facebook
Smartphone vendors often enter business deals to pre-install popular apps such as Facebook. Google, based in the U.S. like Facebook, earlier said it would no longer provide Android software to Huawei phones after a 90-day reprieve ends in August. [Full Article...]
Virtual and Augmented Reality Market 2026 | Growth, Trends And Forecast Analysis
The global Augmented Reality Software market has been geographically segmented into North America (United States, Canada and Mexico), Europe (Germany, France, UK, Russia and Italy), Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, Korea, India and Southeast Asia), South America (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia etc.), Middle East and Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa). [Full Article...]
How to enable Google Chrome's secret Reader Mode
This new Reader Mode is not active by default and must be turned on using one of Google Chrome's experimental flags - which until recently has only been available in the Chrome Canary distribution. While Reader Mode can be used on any page, it works better with news stories and large text-based content. A demo is available here to test out the feature (once you have Chrome 75 installed). [Full Article...]
Darksiders Genesis announced for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC, and Stadia
Darksiders Genesis is taking its sprawling world of comic-book gothic excess and cramming it into a cooperative hack n' slasher. Give it a peek for yourself. It's only half a degree of separation in terms of studio, then. While combat in Battle Chasers was turn-based, their dungeon design wasn't half bad. Always good for a pre-E3 leak, an Amazon listing has all but confirmed that the game wil... [Full Article...]
Samsung Elec says adjusts production volume at China mobile phone plant
Samsung on Wednesday said it aims to cut the output at the phone factory in the southern city of Huizhou. The intervening years have seen a bout of anti-South Korean sentiment following a diplomatic spat, as well as a shift to local champions like Huawei Technologies Co Ltd at a time of deteriorating Sino-U.S. [Full Article...]
Destiny 2, Ghost Recon Breakpoint Reportedly Coming to Google's Stadia Streaming Service
Each platform requires a separate purchase and a separate account from any others. As players rush to get ahead in Destiny 2 right now, gamers are finding themselves working harder than ever to get more and do more in the game. More information on Google Stadia will be revealed on June 6 , which is about the same time that Destiny 2 will be announced for the Stadia. However the details come... [Full Article...]