Perhaps attempting to keep up with Apple’s Dark Mode in the upcoming macOS 10.14 Mojave, Microsoft has announced that the next major release of Windows 10 will bet getting a Dark Theme for File Explorer. Available with Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17733, members of the Windows Insiders program will be able to apply the new Dark Theme by going to Settings > Personalization > Colors and then selecting the ‘Dark’ option found in the ‘Choose your app mode’ section. Spurned on by the frequent req

Check the sign up page to see if your device is included. It shouldn’t be too long but Epic Games will want to manage the number of people flooding onto its servers. Installing the gameAs we explain in our comprehensive guide , installing Fortnite for Android isn’t quite as easy as searching for it in the Google Play Store. Indeed, Google will now warn you if you try and search for Fortnite on the official Android App Store. Remember that this is still labelled as a “beta” release, so it may tak

Do you have a brilliant idea for the next great tech innovation? Enter our Tech Innovation for the Future competition and you could win up to £10,000! And could we ever see the perfect smartphone? The quest for perfectionSo how about that perfect phone? It’s hard to imagine us ever reaching the stage where we can agree that we’ve seen the perfect smartphone – or even on what it should look like.

Via a tweet from the official HTC account, the company has confirmed that the HTC U12 Plus , the HTC U11 Plus, the HTC U11 and the HTC U11 Life are all in line for the software upgrade. That’s basically all the top-end phones that HTC has released over the course of this year and last year. What’s less clear is when exactly the Pie upgrade will appear – HTC says timeframes are going to be announced “in due course”, so you’ll still have to hang tight for now. Android 9 Pie has been pushed out to

With a starting price of $1,000/£899/AU$1,499, which only rises if you want more RAM and storage, the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is at the very top tip of smartphone pricing, and you’ll probably want to keep it safe. Note, however, that while we’ve researched these cases we haven’t actually used them, we’ve looked to shake out some interesting cases from trusted brands. It also comes with a wrist strap, and the case is transparent, so you can fully see the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 through it. Krusell Su

“It’s not easy every year” said DJ Koh, President & CEO Samsung’s Mobile division at the launch of the Galaxy Note 9. He was speaking about pushing the boundaries on flagship phones and spending a few days with the Galaxy Note 9, we can understand why he said that. Similar to the Galaxy S9 update earlier in the year, the Galaxy Note 9 builds upon its predecessor, addressing all of its shortcomings. Samsung has shaved the bezels slightly and along with the wider width, the Galaxy Note 9 has a lar

How neural networks learnUnlike other algorithms, neural networks with their deep learning cannot be programmed directly for the task. The neural network analyzes the dataset, and then a cost function then tells the neural network how far off of target it was. The neural network analyzes the dataset, and then a cost function then tells the neural network how far off of target it was. Reinforced learning: In this algorithm, the neural network is reinforced for positive results, and punished for a

Now the music streaming service is toying with the idea of letting users on the free tier skip these ads if they want. The idea, Spotify tells Adage , is that users only hear the advertising their actually interested in and advertisers get an audience that’s more engaged with what they’re trying to sell (and wouldn’t pay for skipped ads). If it does, it’s one less reason to sign up for Spotify Premium – remember that the free tier is one key difference between Spotify and Apple Music . Back in A

The Note 9 has a novel-sounding water carbon cooling system, but it may not be as meaningful as Samsung claimed at Thursday’s launch, according to new tests today. In fact, there was no noticeable difference between Note 8 and Note 9 temperatures in a series of three tests using a heat gun for measurement, says Tom’s Guide. Both Note phones quit working after reaching 130 degrees Fahrenheit (54.4 degrees Celsius) in one test described as an outside ‘torture test’. The iPhone X is said to have be

Samsung announced an Android 8.0 Oreo update schedule for its mid-tier phones and tablets, so you may be in luck if you have an older or budget device like the Galaxy J7 or Galaxy A9. Yes, Android 9.0 Pie is already out on the Google Pixel 2 and other Pixel handsets, but some of Samsung’s devices won’t be getting Android 8.0 Oreo until January 2019, reports AndroidPure. Samsung has been notoriously slow at updating its devices to the latest software in the past, especially non-S devices. While i

Big hair, cheesy sitcoms, the best pop music ever written – the 1980s had it all. But aside from the awesome popular culture stuff, the decade also saw its fair share of landmark technology breakthroughs and releases. From CDs to the first properly mobile phones, the 1980s was the birthplace of many an iconic tech product and platform, so here’s our look through some of the biggest and best tech of the 1980s…Do you have a brilliant idea for the next great tech innovation? Sony WalkmanPerhaps n

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Retroarch control setupIf you have a gamepad set up with Windows (and you really should), Retroarch should detect it automatically. To change controls for a specific core/console, load that core by going to the Main Menu icon > Load Core and selecting the core. Loading games into RetroarchThe next step is to load your games into Retroarch as ‘Collections’, which means Retroarch will organise them by the console they run on. It’s important to distinguish between the universal Retroarch settings (

Watching the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 launch was tough. On the outside, it’s easy to say that the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is just the same as last year, with some speed upgrades inside and a slightly bigger battery. Clues for the futureHere, we’d expect to laud the Note 9 as a harbinger: it usually provides clues for the future of the Galaxy S series. The Samsung Galaxy S10 should have a much larger battery, for starters, and it sorely needs such a thing. That’s simply because the smartphone market i

Shadow of the Tomb Raider, out September 14, marks the end of the trilogy that delved into the origins of the classic action heroine to find a character struggling to live up to her legacy. Shadow of the Tomb Raider: hands-on with Lara’s next adventureThat’s true on various levels: while developer Crystal Dynamics are to be credited for the handling of the iconic character, it was clear from the sales woes of 2003’s Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness that a major rethink of the series was needed. So

If you struggle to switch off from work emails and social media when you’re on holiday, London City Airport may have the solution. The airport has teamed up with New York-based start-up Light Company to provide customers with a free Light Phone in a bid to help people curb their smartphone addiction while also giving them access to a phone line while abroad. Plain and simpleThe Light Phone has a simple interface with an intentional lack of traditional smartphone features, and is only able to rec

Just when we thought we had a firm grasp of what Nvidia Turing could be a new rumor suggest the company will be dropping its iconic GTX-branding with its next-generation graphics cards. Nvidia will supposedly adopt an all new RTX branding for the upcoming Turing family of graphics cards according to AdoredTV’s unnamed sources. The tech YouTuber backs up his claims noting that Nvidia recently trademarked GeForce RTX and Quadro RTX. Power moveAdoredTV also claims its source has said that the Nvidi

However, according to WinFuture’s findings, not much is changing about the flagship Yoga design coming from the Lenovo Yoga 920 (seen above). Despite nothing else changing, WinFuture reports that the laptop’s battery may be smaller than before, and so to expect possibly shorter battery life figures than before. Otherwise, this is simply a rebranding of the current Lenovo Yoga flagship laptop. Of course, this leak doesn’t reveal anything that Lenovo may have done with the Yoga flagship design to

Now, two years after a 2016 reboot brought the franchise successfully to modern consoles, we have word of a direct sequel: Doom Eternal. Doom Eternal trailersDoom Eternal’s trailer has everything we love about the series, dialed up to 11. Doom Eternal news and rumorsQuakeConThe Doom Eternal gameplay reveal is due to be shown during the QuakeCon keynote later today, hopefully giving us a few more details on what we can expect from the highly-anticipated sequel. We imagine Doom Eternal will contin

Rumors are growing that we’ll see a Canon full-frame mirrorless camera very soon as well. Let’s take a look a look at everything we know so far about the new Canon full-frame mirrorless cameras. Canon’s first high-end full-frame mirrorless cameraCanon’s first high-end full-frame mirrorless camera When is it out? Canon full-frame mirrorless camera: lens mountThe big question at the moment is what lens mount Canon will opt for. There’s also talk that we could see a Canon full-frame mirrorless came