Category: I-phone

Facebook is making it easier to take a break from its app and the notifications that come with it. The company is launching a new “quiet mode” feature in an effort to help users spend less time in the app. With the feature, you can set a schedule for…

Twitch first revealed its plans for “Watch Parties” back in October 2019. The test feature would allow streamers to watch Prime Video with their viewers, as long as they were also subscribers. Now, Watch Parties beta is being expanded to all US Twitc…

Talk shows and sports leagues have used internet services to keep offering fresh content despite the COVID-19 pandemic, so why not comedy shows? Saturday Night Live is taking a stab at it. As noted by Hollywood Reporter, NBC’s long-running series is…

Facebook is suing Basant Gajjar (aka LeadCloak) for allegedly selling software that helped bad actors circumvent Facebook’s automated ad review systems and push deceptive ads around COVID-19 and other scams. As the name suggests, LeadCloak’s software…

Many countries and researchers are promoting the use of contact tracing apps to help limit the spread of COVID-19 and aid in the eventual recovery, but they may require slow manual tracing or a sacrifice in privacy (say, warning when a patient leaves…

If you’re an Overwatch fan, you’ll want to mark April 14th on your calendar. That’s when Echo, the game’s 32nd hero, will join its official roster pool. Following the flight plan.Echo swoops into Overwatch on April 14! pic.twitter.com/BWO8W6ivDO— O…

Don’t like downloading entire iOS apps just so that you can use them once or twice? You might not have to in the future. The 9to5Mac team is continuing its string of claimed iOS 14 leaks with word that Apple’s new software could let you run small par…

Today, Google is rolling out a new keyboard that will let blind and low-vision users type in braille without any additional hardware and in any app. The TalkBack braille keyboard is integrated directly into Android, so it should work whether you’re p…

Since 2016, Airbnb has offered a service called experiences that allows you to find tours, classes and excursions in a city you're visiting. It’s hard to continue that type of service when most people can't travel currently. So the company hopes the…

Many of us have been cooped up in our homes for a while now, filling our time with Netflix streams and jigsaw puzzles when we’re not working from home. In the middle of all of that, we obviously also need to eat. However, health officials have recomm…

Coral reefs are shrinking. That’s bad news for wildlife. Millions of species call coral reefs their homes, and coral itself is a cluster of tiny aquatic animals. And it’s bad news for humans, too — scientists’ analyses of organisms in and around cor…

Are you obsessed with true crime? Can’t get enough gritty period dramas? A fan of all things anime? Whatever you’re into, there are plenty of ways to watch your favorite content, from folding phones to smart TVs. We know a lot of you like to use Amaz…

So how do you categorize a beast like gaming on the PC? With decades of titles to pluck from (and the first port of call for most indie titles, too), there's so much to choose from. Gaming on your PC adds the benefits of (nearly always flawless) back…

The latest Apple Watch, the Series 5, is on sale at Best Buy today. The 40mm model starts at $350, and the 44mm version is $380. That’s a $50 discount off of their normal list prices. We don’t see the Series 5 go on sale often, and this is the lowest…

With some help from Apple, Stanford Medicine has built an iPhone app that connects first responders in California to COVID-19 testing. The university developed the software using Apple's ResearchKit and CareKit frameworks.  First Responder COVID-19 G…