Mozilla’s Technical Program Manager has suggested that Google’s recent design refresh of YouTube performs worse on Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge, the two biggest competitors to Google’s own Chrome web browser. YouTube page load is 5x slower in Firefox and Edge than in Chrome because YouTube’s Polymer redesign relies on the deprecated Shadow DOM v0 API only implemented in Chrome. When it launched the redesign, Google claimed the use of its Polymer library would help with “quicker feature dev

After the release of the teaser video a couple of days ago and rumors that we’ll see a new mirrorless camera from Nikon on August 23, Nikon has officially confirmed the development of a full-frame, Nikon FX-format, mirrorless camera. What’s more, the new camera will feature a new lens mount, which will also see a new line of Nikkor lenses. The shift to a new lens mount is no surprise, as this provides Nikon’s engineers with a blank canvas to work with. However, Nikon says that along with the new

The 6.1-inch LCD iPhone may come in flash yellow and taupe alongside some previously leaked colors, according to a new report from Macotakara. Trusted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has previously said the phone will come in blue, orange, red, grey and white. This new report could see two extra colors added to the line-up, but there may not be a red one. Lots of choiceIt seems the new report reckons Apple may embrace taupe instead of the now staple red shade. That only had five color options though, while

Your* in luck, because Google has announced a number of updates for its G Suite series of products that will provide users with some AI-powered grammar assistance in Google Docs, among other things. The Google Docs update, which is rolling out now to members of Google’s Early Adopter Program, is said to use machine translation to spot simple grammatical errors and larger sentence structure issues, and will even teach you how to use subordinate clauses correctly. Thankfully, the AI functionality

While the search giant began to roll out ‘not secure’ warnings for HTTP sites with the release of Chrome 56, the latest version of the browser now has a marker for all unencrypted sites. With the release of Chrome 56 in 2016, all HTTP sites that needed a password or contained payment fields were marked with a ‘not secure’ warning, while Chrome 62 saw any HTTP site opened in an Incognito Window. The HTTP warning on Chrome 68 | Image courtesy: GoogleThe fight continuesGoogle’s security measures do

In our guide you’ll discover our pick of the best Amazon Prime TV shows that are currently on offer. So, what’s the best Amazon TV show to get sucked into without regretting it by the end of season 2? Suits is now available on Amazon Prime Video as is the much darker, much newer fifth season of Orphan Black.] You’ll need a Prime subscription to watch Amazon Prime Instant Video for free, and best of all, you can get a free 7-day trial of Amazon Prime VideoAmazon has been developing and creating t

Following a week of getting dragged on YouTube and Reddit for a performance throttling issue, Apple’s new MacBook Pro 2018 is now rid of the problem through a software patch. Apple issued a statement regarding the issue and its new fix, Laptop reports. According to Apple, this issue actually affected all versions of the new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro models regardless of the processor inside, and was the result of a bug within the computers’ thermal management systems. Apple has since added

For months, Google Assistant speakers like the Google Home have had one key feature that Amazon Alexa speakers just couldn’t match – an equalizer. To help audio-lovers custom-tune their music, Amazon is ready to right that wrong and has announced, starting today, you can now ask Alexa to alter your music based on your tastes. For now, you can only change the mix using three sets of commands: You can raise or lower the mids; raise or lower the highs and raise or lower the bass. Custom-tuned > aut

This is a fantastic opportunity to grab a red hot Xbox Live Gold deal. There are super cheap Xbox Live Gold 12 month subscription price promotions going on at Microsoft in both the US and UK. We’ve checked the best Xbox Live Gold membership deals at other stores online and this is easily the best around, especially at this time of year. Do I need an Xbox Live Gold subscription? As with past consoles in the Xbox lineup, the Xbox One or Xbox One X also require an Xbox Live Gold subscription in ord

With Any Video Converter Free, you can download, trim and convert videos from YouTube to GIF with just a few clicks – and it’s completely free. Before you start, however, bear in mind that using third-party apps to download videos is against YouTube’s terms of service. Download a YouTube videoOpen your web browser, find the YouTube video you want to convert to GIF format, and copy the URL from the address bar. Trim your YouTube videoGIFs are best when they’re short and snappy, so it’s a good ide

[Update: Fortnite is live! Have your cake, eat it, and read on for patch notes and the original story below.] And to celebrate the occasion, Epic’s epic battle royale shooter is getting a sizeable patch update – alongside a number of birthday challenges for the next… fortnight. Nap timeLittle one-year-old Fortnite will be offline this morning while the patch 5.10 changes are implemented. You can pore through each bullet point and stat change at Epic’s full patch notes here.

In addition to its year-round student discounts, Apple recently unveiled its back-to-school promotion for the coming school year. As in previous years, it’s offering up a pair of Beats headphones for students who purchase a MacBook, iMac, Mac Pro, or iPad Pro. But while in the past, customers were able to select from several models of Beats, this year only the Beats Solo3 Wireless headphones are available. Apple iPad Pro with Beats Solo3 Wireless Headphones from $629Many students will find that

Google has once again thrown its backing behind blockchain technology – but now wants to take it into the cloud. The tech giant announced a a partnership with New York-based startup Digital Asset, which makes tools to build blockchain-based apps, at its Google Cloud Next event, signalling its support for the technology. The tie-up means that Google Cloud Platform (GCP) customers will now be able to build distributed ledger technology (DLT) frameworks (essentially the backbone of blockchain) in t

Researchers from Harvard University have developed a framework to encode braille dots onto a blank material, which could be the first step towards creating a braille ebook with just a single reprogrammable ‘page’. If successfully implemented, Harvard’s reprogrammable braille could cut that down to a single rewritable page (much like a Kindle). There are been several attempts at developing a braille ebook reader, but none have proved feasible. Plug-and-play braille readersHarvard’s reprogrammable

Logitech announced its new G Hub software was going to go into early access back at E3 2018, and now it’s finally available for everyone to download. Logitech G Hub is the company’s new essential piece of software for all its gaming keyboards, mice and other peripherals. It replaces Logitech’s older G software with a modern design and a deeper level of lighting and macro customization, which users can also export to share profiles online. This solves a major problem with Logitech’s older G Softw

Acer surprised us when it sneakily launched the first-ever Chrome OS tablet, the Chromebook Tab 10, days ahead of Apple’s big education push for its latest iPad, and now it’s available for everyone to buy. If you’re looking at this tablet against an identically-priced iPad, you’re getting just as sharp of a screen at 2,048 x 1,536 pixels and twice as much memory at 4GB. However, the Acer tablet has a far weaker processor and cameras, not to mention a decidedly less premium build. The Acer Chrome

Oh, the PS Vita. And now, with the Nintendo Switch and DS family dominating the handheld market, and Sony quietly closing down production of PS Vita game cards , what place is there for the console? Originally a Vita exclusive, it made the move successfully to iOS and Switch, but developer DrinkBox studios just brought out a lavish physical collector’s edition for the PS Vita version to celebrate their illustrious history on the console. Metal Gear Solid HDA fantastic package that can easily str

These quips aren’t based on mere conjecture, however; We can say them knowing the final specs and release date for VIZIO’s sought-after P-Series Quantum – a quantum dot set with some fairly high specs at half the price of the competition. To that end, the P-Series Quantum will be available at retailers starting today (surprise!) For divided smart home owners, the P-Series Quantum will also support both Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa commands – giving it a slight edge against Sony and Samsung’

We’ve had some fresh leakage concerning Intel’s incoming 9th-generation processors (Coffee Lake Refresh), including the flagship Core i9-9900K, which will apparently be capable of boosting to 5GHz. So first off, let’s state upfront that these CPU specs are only rumored details, so remember to treat them as such. First up, the leak provides the spec for the Core i9-9900K top-end 9th-gen offering, which will have eight cores and 16 threads as previously rumored. What we didn’t know was the clock s

The KEF Porsche Design Space One Wireless headphones are an expertly-styled noise-canceling pair that marry excellent sound with superb design for a very enjoyable listening experience. Price and availabilityThe KEF Porsche Design Space One Wireless headphones are available now via the company’s website or most major retailers. They’re priced at $399/£349/AED 1,799 (approx AU$541), which puts them above most wireless headphones we’ve looked at. Taking the Space Ones out of their case is your fir