With the announcement of the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 just around the corner (it’s said that the device will launch early on August 9), the leaks surrounding the business-minded handset have started to intensify. So far, we’ve seen various renders of the device, but now we have our first piece of tangible evidence pointing to the Note 9’s supposed design – noted leaker IceUniverse (who just dropped an alleged image of a Galaxy S10 prototype) posted a picture of what appears to be the Note 9’s front

Drones already sound like bees, but MIT researchers reckon they can make drones as small as bees – ones that are smarter, smaller and fly for longer than our favorite quadcopters. A team at MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science has designed a computer chip, called Navion, that’s 20 square millimeters but consumes only 24 milliwatts of power. The team initially designed the chip last year and, although it was small enough to power miniature drones, it used two watts of p

You’ll see videos appear both inside the Instagram app and inside IGTV with the latter focusing on taking screen time away from platforms like YouTube which is currently dominating the ad-driven streaming video space. Like YouTube, IGTV will focus its spotlight on its brightest stars allowing you to uncover new channels and personas that appeal to your specific interests. You’ll be able to pop from regular Instagram to IGTV with the press of a button on the app’s homescreen, and IGTV will retain

Polaroid, the penultimate icon of ‘80s and ‘90s nostalgia, is hard at work reestablishing its niche in a photography world dominated by smartphones with its latest attempt: the Polaroid Mint. Polaroid Mint, first shown at CE Week 2018 in New York, is the company’s next photo-printing camera with a decidedly focused orientation and design. The sensor supports six picture modes: vibrant color, black and white, vintage, vibrant color with Polaroid border, black and white with Polaroid border and vi

Sony might have an ace up its sleeve in the fight against Microsoft’s successful new Xbox Game Pass program. Sony might offer downloadable titles via its PlayStation Now game-streaming service. It’s all just a rumor from an insider source at the moment, but a new report says that offline downloads for some PlayStation Now games could start as early as September of this year. According to a source speaking with Kotaku UK, it will start exclusively with PS4 titles which means older PS3 games likel

Samsung is paving its newest phones in gold, giving the four-month-old Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus a shiny color refresh in the US starting next week. Officially known as ‘Sunrise Gold,’ today’s fresh hue joins the four existing Galaxy S9 colors: Lilac Purple, Midnight Black, Titanium Gray, and Coral Blue. And of course there’s an over-the-top trailer for the new gold S9 to go with that hyperbolic language. Where to buy a gold S9 in the USThere are two places where you can buy the gold Samsung Galaxy

Social media has a maturity problem. “It’s our responsibility to provide an alternative, and we think that if we introduce it gradually with adult oversight then they will become more adult users of social media.” Kudos is far from dumbed-down, though – it looks just as smart as Instagram itself and has almost all the features you’d find in a grown-up app. “When a kid is 13, that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re ready for social media.” “In fact, teenagers are very susceptible to peer pressure,

Quick Look is one of macOS’s most convenient features, but one developer has proven it’s also extremely vulnerable to hacking. Apple’s Quick Look mechanism generates and caches thumbnails of files, images, folders and other data to give users fast and easy access. Fortunately, users can secure their encrypted files by manually clearing the Quick Look and unmount their encrypted container and Regula notes that Apple has even made a utility called ‘qlmanage’ just for this task. It seems like the b

Reads our hands on reviews: Vivo Nex | Oppo Find XOppo Find X vs Vivo Nex: displayBoth screens here take up almost the whole of the front of the device, providing a visually alluring spectacle. The Oppo Find X has a 93.8% screen-to-body ratioOppo Find X vs Vivo Nex: designMetal and glass are the materials of choice on the Vivo Nex and Oppo Find X. The rear of the Vivo Nex isn’t quite as cleanOppo Find X vs Vivo Nex: camerasThis is where things get interesting. Oppo Find X vs Vivo Nex: batteryThe

The upgrade addresses an unlikely sequence of events that would compromise cruise-control functionality.”In layman terms, it means the cruise control could stop working. “The FCA cruise control recall could be deadly, if a driver is traveling on a highway and they are unable to shut off the driver assisted system,” automotive expert Lauren Fix tells TechRadar. She says this latest recall is important because it shows how future tech features in cars could lead to additional recalls. “Many of the

Being online just got a tad riskier, for the umpteenth time, thanks to the emergence of a nasty sounding piece of new malware that stealthily avoid detections. Mylobot, discovered in the wild by Tom Nipravsky, a security researcher at Deep Instinct, is apparently building up a complex botnet, infecting Windows PCs and employs several measures to avoid detection. The malware lies dormant for two weeks, doing nothing and keeping a very low profile before finally searching out its command and contr

Applying poor money management techniques to your personal accounts is one thing, but doing the same to your small business funds could be disastrous. If you’re looking to keep your business books with a bit more detail, check out our guide to the best accounts and invoicing software. CoinkeeperDrag-and-drop money management at your fingertipsFreeiOS and Android appsHave to subscribe to make the most of itPrice: FreeAvailable for iOS, AndroidThe stuffiness of money management can negatively affe

The original Loupedeck custom photo-editing console was solely engineered to work with Lightroom (Classic CC only), but the next-generation console, known as Loupedeck+, builds on this with support for Skylum Aurora HDR as well. There are a number of other improvements to Loupedeck+, which the company says are the result of feedback from users. The configuration software for Loupedeck+ has also been built from scratch for what promises to be an even better, faster and more stable photo-editing e

Google has launched a new podcast app for Android, designed to find shows you’ll like and fire them down your auditory nerve. The practically-named Google Podcasts monitors your listening habits and uses its recommendation algorithms to suggest new material. Google Podcasts works much like other podcast apps, letting you find and download shows for later listening. Google says more than 2 million podcasts are available through the app right now, including “all the ones you’ve heard of” (and many

Getting sharp photos is one of the fundamental goals in photography. 5 Your Photos Aren’t Sharp: Subject movementIt doesn’t matter how rock-steady the camera is, if the subject is moving the image will be blurred. A shutter speed of 1/60sec or 1/125sec is usually fast enough to freeze a walking person, but you’ll need to push the shutter speed up with faster moving subjects. Then half-press the shutter release to focus the lens, before recomposing the shot while keeping the shutter release butto

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) is celebrating becoming one of the ‘world’s most played games this year’ by knocking a third off the price of the PC version of the game on Steam. That’s for the full game, although the offer is only available for a limited time – until July 5 – so you want to act sooner rather than later. It’s the first time that PUBG has been on sale with Steam, and the precise major milestone being celebrated is that there are now over 400 million folks who have played the

The tank warfare simulator and global phenomenon World of Tanks is getting its largest free expansion to date. After the teaser trailer below, we’ve run through the four biggest changes coming to the sim. You’re playing for yourselfSince its inception, World of Tanks has been committed to historical accuracy. In a series first, players won’t be playing in affiliation to a specific historical nation. The tanks have got a major refitThe series has gradually built on its early foundations to now of

We may have just had our first look at the Samsung Galaxy S10, or at least a prototype of it, and if so then next year’s phone could be very different to the Samsung Galaxy S9. It’s worth noting that the name ‘Samsung Galaxy S10’ isn’t used in the leak, but the word ‘Beyond’ is, which is believed to be the Galaxy S10’s codename, and coupled with the curved screen and seemingly a Bixby button that’s likely what we’re supposed to be looking at. This could be our first look at the Samsung Galaxy S1

Apple then filed a petition (writ of certiori) to have a higher court review the case, which the US Supreme Court has now agreed to take on. The plaintiffs, however, argue that the case is about Apple monopolizing app distribution and has nothing to do with the apps themselves. While iOS users are stuck with only the App Store, Android users are able to download apps from not just the Google Play Store but from third parties like Amazon as well. Decisions have consequencesIf the Supreme Court ru

After seemingly running out of space for ads in its newsfeed, social-media giant Facebook is now in the process of trialling autoplaying video ads in its popular messaging platform, Facebook Messenger. Alongside chats in your inbox from your friends, family members, and people-you-met-that-one-time, you’ll now be watching video commercials – a form of advertising that nets Facebook much more money than regular static ads. “However, signs until now, when we tested basic [static] ads, didn’t show