More specifically, what if the reason social media seems to cause so many problems is that our brains just haven’t evolved to cope? “We’re whipping ahead with all this innovation, doing these amazing things, but the biological evolution hasn’t evolved and isn’t adapted to having a social relationships online. Theoretically though, if we used social media as a kind of a data store, couldn’t we evolve to increase this number? “Which is obviously not going to be attractive if you’re a social media

We might have just had our first proper look at the Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus, as leaked renders seemingly show the phone in full. Image 1 of 5 The Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus pictured here in ‘Ice Blue’. Credit: OnLeaks / 91mobiles Image 5 of 5 The Galaxy S10 Plus in black. The source also includes some information about the Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus. The Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus also apparently has an in-screen fingerprint scanner, a feature which has been heavily rumored.

Photo credit: Josiah BondyEvery seemingly minor innovations in cars today puts us one step closer to smarter, more intelligent driving. On the new 2019 Lincoln Nautilus, one of those innovations has to do with the back-up camera. In May of this year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration made it mandatory that all new cars have a back-up camera, which allows you to see any oncoming cars behind you that are not visible with only the rear-view camera. Thoughtful engineeringI tested th

According to November’s numbers, Windows 10 was installed on 38.14% of PCs, while Windows 7 use dropped to 38.89%. However, Windows 7 remains the most-used desktop operating system, but if this trend continues, we could see Windows 10 finally over take it soon. Unloved EdgeWhile Windows 10 is growing its userbase, Edge, Microsoft’s web browser that comes preinstalled with Windows 10, continues to perform poorly, with the browser dropping to 4.22%. With more people using Windows 10 but fewer usin

Picture credit: AmazonAmazon is testing larger version of its automated Amazon Go brick-and-mortar stores, according to sources speaking to the Wall Street Journal (paywalled), meaning you could potentially do your weekly grocery shopping without interacting with another human being. Amazon launched its first automated convenience store, Amazon Go, in Seattle earlier this year. When you’ve finished choosing your items, leave the store and you’ll be charged for what you’ve taken. Larger stores wi

Spotify is reportedly testing a new feature for its music streaming app on Android devices – one that would allow users to import songs from their phone or tablet. While Spotify boasts an expansive library of songs – over 30 million – you won’t find everything there. The change would mean users can source the gaps in the catalogue from elsewhere, say, by buying a little-known indie album from the band’s own website. You could then upload the tracks into Spotify instead of having to play them thr

It’s an idea that Samsung could soon be borrowing. The key factor seems to be that the monochrome lens captures most of the detail and is then combined with the same image shot on the color lens to add color. Images from the camera patent. A monochrome lens though seems a lot more realistic, especially given that Huawei is already doing it. A number of Samsung phones already have multiple camera lenses too, but currently none of them are monochrome.

Nvidia is teasing the release of its Titan RTX graphics card – which will doubtless be a powerhouse of a GPU – in a series of leaks spilled on social media. As spotted by PC Gamer, the card turned up in an image tweeted by Andrew Ng, the co-founder of Coursera, nestling inside a PC he was trying out some ‘new hardware’ in. If that’s not evidence enough, during a Linus Tech Tips video, the box of the Titan RTX was ‘accidentally’ pulled out and shown off. Naturally, we are expecting a graphics car

Sony may be working on some rather remarkable smartphone concepts according to a recently published patent application. The documentation in question appears to show plans for a ‘dual-sided transparent smartphone’, as well as a ‘foldable transparent smartphone’, which would see many a sci-fi dream potentially become reality. It also includes a sketch for what appears to be a rollable smartphone display – so in short, Sony has a lot of ideas it’s currently playing with. Foldable, rollable and see

2019 could be the year of the pinhole phone camera, by which we mean a circular cut-out for a camera in the screen. This teaser leaves no doubt that the Nova 4 has a pinhole camera. It’s worth noting though that it’s not yet clear whether you’ll be able to buy the Huawei Nova 4 outside China. But if not and you have your heart set on a phone with a pinhole camera you shouldn’t have too much longer to wait. And there’s a chance that the Samsung Galaxy S10 – a flagship phone likely to get a global

Last week, Microsoft revealed its new-look Office 365 icons to the world, and now it appears the Redmond company is planning to continue its icon refresh across the entire Windows 10 platform. Jon Friedman, Head of Microsoft Office design, took to Medium to offer a few more tasty morsels of information about the redesign process and just what we can expect from Windows 10 going forward. “Now that we have established the system, we will start to scale it across all of Microsoft,” he added. Puttin

Kuo says an improved pair will arrive next year, with support for wireless charging, followed by a major upgrade in 2020 with an all-new design. As 9to5Mac reports, the case for the new AirPods will be where the wireless charging magic happens, thanks to a component upgrade. The earbuds themselves are set to get better Bluetooth technology too, according to Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo doesn’t specify what exactly the all-new design might involve, but there are only so many shapes that work for a pair of e

This initially sounds incredibly fiddly, but your kids are eased into it, and it’s a great demonstration of the fidelity of augmented reality hardware. It’s an augmented reality game in which you blast zombies and dragons with paint, and have to move around your home to avoid them. Star Walk 2Download: iOS / AndroidThe star map was one of the original uses for augmented reality. Google released its Sky Map astronomy chart in 2007, and a phone app version appeared not long after Android was born.

It seems the big tech companies are ready to start being a little friendlier to each other as the holiday season approaches – Apple is flicking the switch to enable Apple Music on Amazon Echo devices, and now Amazon Music is coming to Android TV as well. This is the basic Amazon Music service that’s provided as part of an Amazon Prime subscription, not the Amazon Music Unlimited service that costs more, has a bigger song selection, and is a genuine rival to the likes of Spotify. Music on Android

Dojo offers some genuinely interesting and worthwhile food suggestions that would never bob to the surface in an app like TripAdvisor. It posts reviews of restaurants too, with write-ups just a couple of paragraphs long to keep things snappy. Should you use Yelp, Zomato or TripAdvisor? YelpDownload: iOS / AndroidThe major alternative to TripAdvisor, Yelp focuses on locals looking for places to go rather than travelers. This isn’t quite the best app to get the nitty-gritty on restaurants, though.

The holidays are an expensive time, so we’re bringing you a special treat: a full, free Windows program to download every day until Christmas. Look behind the sixth door on our downloads advent calendar to find Ashampoo WinOptimizer 2017, ready and waiting to give your PC a thorough clean and tune-up. With a single click, Ashampoo WinOptimizer scans your PC for temporary and history files, memory dumps, log files, error reports and other files that can be deleted safely to free up valuable hard

Wilder vs Fury – where and when Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury takes place today (Saturday, December 1) as the pair compete for the WBC Heavyweight title. We’ll tell you how to find a Wilder vs Fury live stream so you can watch from absolutely anywhere using this handy guide. It doesn’t come cheap though – you’ll need to part with $49.95 to book the Wilder vs Fury showdown. Saturday night is Wilder vs Fury fight night. It’s unmissable and we’ll tell you how to find a Wilder vs Fury live stream so

It looks like the writing could be on the wall for Google Hangouts… again. That won’t come as much of a surprise to those who’ve been watching the development of Hangouts closely – Google has largely given up on Hangouts as a messaging tool for the masses. It certainly fared much better than Google Allo, which was built primarily to replace Hangouts. In an attempt to build something approaching an iMessage competitor, Google is backing the RCS or Rich Communication Services standard. Hangouts

And, you guessed it, the workouts only take seven minutes. The obvious question: why seven minutes? After all, seven minutes may not sound like a lot, but it feels like a lot longer when your heart rate is at 80% of its maximum rate. They’re the trendy alternative to dumbbells, with kettlebell exercises working a wider array of muscle groups than traditional weight maneuvers. The Kettlebell app lets you choose the length of your workout to the minute, and which muscle groups to include.

Next, apparently, is the cut-out pinhole variation on the notch – a single hole for the front-facing camera, surrounded by screen. Smile, you’re on cameraThen there’s Lenovo – a grainy video of what is claimed to be the Lenovo Z5s just hit the web, showing a pinhole cut-out in the center up at the top of the screen. It gives you a good idea of what this kind of design is going to be like to use. Again you can see the phone display and its cut-out clearly on show, which suggests the phone is abou