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  • With Apple’s WWDC 2018 developer conference getting underway on Monday, we’re expecting an avalanche of news about iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS and more, and a new leak points to one of the iOS 12 upgrades – specifically, a new augmented reality feature. Apple debuted its ARKit augmented reality tool for app makers last year, and has since been pushing the iPhone as a powerful device for all kinds of AR trickery. Now Reuters reports that iOS 12 will introduce phone-to-phone AR – so two devices will

  • Even if you’re taking part in a multiplayer experience, the chances are you’re playing against someone in another corner of the world. By focusing on the social, multiplayer aspect of gaming, they think VR can gain a foothold in today’s entertainment scene. Simply put, The VR Concept delivers VR experiences on the premises of existing bars and pubs. Their latest site, Lost Rivers Elephant, stocks four HTC Vive headsets and accompanying Deluxe Audio Straps, tied to the ceiling by an extendable se
    Beer goggles: why your local pub could be the future of virtual reality

  • The best software uninstallers will also monitor new programs as they’re uninstalled, making it easy to reverse the changes they’ve made to your system for more thorough results. If you have a lot of unfamiliar programs, Ashampoo Uninstaller gives you the option to see only those with negative ratings. Unlike many software uninstallers, Ashampoo Uninstaller will also give you a status monitor so you can see how far the scan and removal has progressed. It offers three options: forced uninstall, u
    The best software uninstaller 2018: remove stubborn programs

  • Originally the Apple Watch launched with 11 faces to choose from, and Apple claimed there were over two million combinations of watch face at that stage. Speculation then turned to the fact that may mean the introduction of third-party watch faces for the first time on the Apple Watch. Don’t get me wrong, I actually really like quite a lot of the watch faces Apple has on offer. For example, a watch face designed by Strava would allow me to have all of my fitness stats waiting right away on my wa
    Will watchOS 5 finally make your Apple Watch feel like your own?

  • Google hasn’t said much about Android tablets for a while now, and as Android Police spotted, it’s now taken the Tablets section off the official Android website. Now the plug has officially been pulled, at least as far as the Android website goes anyway. Google’s last proper effort at an Android tablet was the Pixel C, launched in 2015. No reference tablet device has been provided for Android P either, so it looks like the era of the pure Android tablet is over. Google will continue to take on
    Google's website shake-up shows it's giving up on Android tablets

  • There aren’t any price rumors yet but the Galaxy S9 launched at $719.99 / £739 / AU$1,199, while the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus went on sale for $840 / £869 / AU$1,349, so we’d expect the Galaxy S10 range will cost at least that much. Samsung Galaxy S10 news and rumorsWe haven’t heard much about the Samsung Galaxy S10 yet, but one thing that we have heard is that it might have an in-screen fingerprint scanner. Three cameras could be better than twoWe’ve also heard talk that Samsung might rename the
    Samsung Galaxy S10: what we want to see

  • The next game in the Assassin’s Creed franchiseThe next game in the Assassin’s Creed franchise When can I play it? We don’t yet have an official release date for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey but according to Kotaku, sources have said that Assassin’s Creed Odyssey will be released in the 2019 fiscal year. But we’re sure we’ll hear more about Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s release date during Ubisoft’s presentation at E3. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey trailersThe only kind of footage we have from Assassin’s Cr
    Assassin’s Creed Odyssey release date, news, and trailers

  • Your ISP will assign you DNS servers whenever you connect to the internet, but these may not always be the best choice. Switching to a free public DNS server can make a real difference, with more responsive browsing and lengthy 100% uptime records meaning there’s much less chance of technical problems. These start with performance, and independent testing from sites like DNSPerf shows Cloudflare is the fastest public DNS service around. Google Public DNSPrimary, secondary DNS servers: 8.8.8.8 an
    Best free and public DNS servers of 2018

  • The rumored iPhone X2 Plus and LCD-equipped iPhone 9 may offer you bigger and better options if you hold out on buying the seven-month-old iPhone X. It’s a Plus-sized iPhone that doesn’t look all too different from the current 5.8-inch iPhone X. A bigger iPhone X for smaller budgetsThe iPhone X2 Plus could easily be the most expensive Apple phone yet, so its price and size won’t be for everyone. The LCD-equipped iPhone 9, as we’re calling it, also looks a lot like the iPhone X. The iPhone X2 Plu
    Bigger iPhone X2 and iPhone 9 show up in video renders, offering possible first look

  • The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 will be announced on Thursday, August 9, according to a new report today that also details the specs of the next big Android smartphone. The Snapdragon 845 is the same chip found Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus, an ‘upgrade’ over the Snapdragon 835 in the Note 8. There’s one difference we can foresee: several Android phones are now capable of HDR video recording, including the Sony Xperia XZ2 and LG G7. That feature was unceremoniously cut from the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9
    Samsung Galaxy Note 9 reportedly ready to launch early on August 8

  • Google began rolling out its Google Lens tech to Android phones back in March, allowing third-party smartphone owners to update the Google app to directly integrate Lens into a device’s native camera app. Owners of the Sony Xperia XZ2 and Xperia XZ2 Compact will no longer have to open the Google Photos app to access Lens features, Sony announced this week. For now, only English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, and Italian languages support Lens features. And Sony warns that depending on you
    Google Lens now works with Sony Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact camera apps

  • However, we don’t know yet what other features Free Parasol will have besides its autonomous mode. More importantly, the drone-maker still needs to waterproof Free Parasol: as of now, it can protect you against the sun, and provide a cool breeze from its propellers, but it can’t handle getting wet. The viability of luxury dronesWith a drone flying that close to your head, APS doesn’t mention anything about sound reduction. Drone buzzing tends to infuriate people even from a hundred yards away, a
    This drone umbrella automatically protects you from the elements

  • Just a few days ago, the rumored Intel Core i7-8086K Anniversary Edition processor’s specs were laid bare by retail leaks, and now we know when the chip will debut. Ironically, in a post defaming retail leaks about the supposed special edition chip, Overclocker’s Gibbo let loose that the Intel Core i7-8086K Anniversary Edition will be announced and up for preorder on June 8th. According to the latest rumors, the Core i7-8086K will be the Intel’s fastest 6-core consumer processor yet. This increa
    Intel Core i7-8086K Anniversary Edition processor coming on June 8th

  • A new version of Apple’s set-top boxA new version of Apple’s set-top box When is it out? The fifth generation 4K-capable Apple TV model was revealed on September 12, 2017, almost two years to the day that the 4th generation Apple TV was announced. Apple TV 6 (2018) priceOf course, without a confirmed spec sheet, it’s difficult to speculate on cost. Apple TV 2018: what we want to seeIt’s made solid improvement over the last two generation revisions, but there’s still room for improvement should a
    New Apple TV 2018: what we want to see

  • Facebook is shuttering the much-maligned Trending topics section next week, noting it only accounted for 1.5% of clicks to news publishers in the five countries where it was displayed in the News Feed. Active since 2014, the section highlighted three top news stories trending across the platform, though how Facebook decided which news items to include there often came under scrutiny. The biggest controversy came in 2016 when former Facebook staffers reported they regularly suppressed conservativ
    Facebook is finally shuttering its Trending topics section

  • Samsung has announced the latest in its budget smartphone offerings with the new Galaxy J6. Front and center for the new Galaxy J6 is a 5.6-inch screen that covers a good percentage of the phone’s front. Inside the Galaxy J6, an octa-core processor clocked at 1.6GHz runs Android 8.0 Oreo on 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, and will be powered by a 3,000mAh battery. The Galaxy J6 will include a 13MP rear camera and an 8MP front-facing camera, both of which will feature an LED flash. This launch co
    Samsung Galaxy J6 is set to make a budget-friendly splash

  • Sennheiser veers toward the budget variety with the CX 6.00BT and sticks to its audio consistency without sacrificing too much. There is a barebones quality to these Bluetooth wireless earphones we could appreciate. ConnectivityKeeping things simple out of the box, Sennheiser puts the CX 6.00BT in pairing mode right away. The CX 6.00BT are among them, and we wasted no time sussing out what we could do. While it is a tighter race to zero than ever before for wireless earphones, we think Sennheise
    Sennheiser CX 6.00BT Wireless Earphones review

  • Xbox One, PS4, and PCWhile there’s no official release date so far, previous Fallout games have followed a similar pattern of mid-year announcement and October/November release. If that’s a trend the developer follows then it’s possible we could see Fallout 76 released later this year. Fallout 76 trailersWe only have one trailer for Fallout 76 so far and it’s the one that was used to announce the game. You can pore over it yourself below:Fallout 76 news and rumorsSo what is Vault 76? Keep checki
    Fallout 76 release date, trailers and news

  • The Motorola One Power first appeared in a leaked render, but now the rumored phone’s existence is getting just a little bit more believable, though we’re still not too sure about that name. We’re still taking this leak with a dash of skepticism, but it looks like Moto’s notch-equipped flagship to take on the iPhone X (and a lot of other phones) could be on its way after all. The phone has surfaced in a photo from 91mobiles that shows off its boot screen, which shows off the thicker chin bezel a
    Motorola’s secret flagship phone pops up in leaked photo

  • It’s being outed by a new screen protector that has an updated all-screen design and a notch cutout at the top, according to hit-and-miss leaker Sonny Dickson. Apple’s flagship iPhone X2, iPhone X Plus, and LCD iPhone 9 are still expected to be on track for September. You can easily shrink down a plastic screen protector and instantly manufacture buzz around the iPhone SE 2. And a sequel to the original iPhone SE is long-rumored and has never materialized. This iPhone SE 2 leak, if true, is a go
    Supposed iPhone SE 2 screen protector leak points to an iPhone X-like notch

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