The Nokia 8 can already shoot some brilliant photos, but a new update is about to make it even better. Nokia is in the process of delivering a new Pro Camera mode to the phone on a global scale. While it doesn’t seem to be truly original compared to manual camera modes seen on other capable camera phones, it’s definitely an appreciated update for buyers. For those who enjoy tinkering with settings, you’ll be able to tweak white balance, focus, ISO, shutter speed and exposure. The Pro Camera mode

Remember that time that Samsung launched that Galaxy S9 phone and had those weird AR Emojis on it? The ones that we thought were kind of cool to start with but then quickly got tired of? Technically, they never really went anywhere, but Samsung has brought out a new wave of choices for your phone, taking the number from 18 to 36. The first 18 were fine, but we found that our pals quickly tired of receiving weird little images of us – especially as we were forced to use the same ones again and ag

There are, understandably, a lot of rumors swirling around about Assassin’s Creed Odyssey at the moment with regards to its setting in time and place. It’s widely accepted that Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is going to be set in Ancient Greece. Well, if we’ve learned anything from Assassin’s Creed it’s that chronology doesn’t really mean much. In Assassin’s Creed Origins, Aya gives Bayek a hidden blade which she says once belonged to an assassin called Darius. Darius appeared in Assassin’s Creed 2 wh

Asus has revealed its new Chromebox 3 device, which is a ChromeOS-powered compact PC that comes in a range of hardware configurations. At an event we attended that was co-hosted by Asus and Google, we were shown how this can make the Asus Chromebox 3 a seriously handy mini PC. While many ChromeOS apps still need an internet connection, the majority of Android apps do not, making the Chromebox 3, and Chromebooks in general, much better offline devices. When using them on the Asus Chromebox 3, mos

The latest leak ahead of this year’s show suggests that Fortnite will be coming to Nintendo Switch. Adding weight to this leak is the fact that Fortnite for Nintendo Switch has recently appeared on the website of the Korean Ratings Board. We think it’s unlikely that if there is to be a Switch port of Fortnite that it wouldn’t include Battle Royale in some form. A Switch port seems like the next logical step, especially with the console’s full online service coming soon. It’s likely that if any F

Rumblings have made their way around the internet over the last week surrounding the announcement of Lenovo’s all-screen, notch-free Z5 smartphone, and while a June 14 launch was rumored, we now have an official reveal date: June 5, 2018. Lenovo vice president Chan Cheng made the device’s reveal date official by posting the smartphone’s launch invite on the company’s Weibo page. Another interesting revelation from the VP mentions a whopping 4TB of onboard storage, which would definitely set a sm

The fight to get better phone security seems to be a losing battle, quite literally, with a Dutch court ruling that Samsung isn’t obliged to patch its older phones. Samsung – like most other manufacturers – chooses if and when it wants to roll out those patches. According to the court ruling, “nothing can be decided regarding the nature and severity of any future security risks and Samsung’s future actions” as it’s hard to determine “specific circumstance” today. Samsung supportMost phone manufa

Specifically, SoftBank Vision Fund, Softbank’s investment fund group, will bankroll $2.2 billion into GM Cruise, General Motors’ self-driving department, in return for a 20% stake, GM announced today in a statement . GM will also invest $1.1 billion of its own assets into GM Cruise. “Our Cruise and GM teams together have made tremendous progress over the last two years,” GM CEO Mary Barra said. It’s unclear whether SoftBank could look to torpedo these talks, or encourage Uber to try out GM’s car

Sphero has announced a price-drop for its Star Wars toys line today. Even better, this BB-8 droid includes a free Force Band, which used to sell for $79 by itself. The droid is only $75 on Amazon right now, but you’ll have to buy the Force Band separately for just under $20. You can nab this droid for $99 on Sphero, a hefty savings from its original price tag, plus a free Force Band. And, for Original Trilogy purists, Sphero R2-D2, another of our picks for best toys 2018, is now $99 on Sphero an

Earlier this year, we learned that Waymo , Google parent company Alphabet’s self-driving division, had purchased “thousands” of Pacifica Hybrid minivans from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) to convert into self-driving cars. CNBC first reported that FCA will produce 62,000 minivans for Waymo at a facility in Novi, Michigan co-run by Waymo and FCA. Thus, FCA can build Waymo’s self-driving sensors and cameras directly into the car’s frame during the manufacturing process. Evidently, Marchionne and

Ahead of the Computex 2018 tech show in Taipei, Taiwan next week, Acer has announced AMD processor and graphics options for its entire, freshly-revealed PC gaming hardware lineup. Starting with its new flagship gaming laptop, the Acer Predator Helios 500, Acer will release this 17.3-inch monster with AMD 2nd generation Ryzen processors up to the Ryzen 7 2700, an octa-core chip. The latest, highest-end AMD hardware is now available in the freshest Acer gaming PCs. That version of the leading gami

It seems Nvidia plans to present its ‘Next Generation Mainstream GPU’ later this summer. Videocardz spotted that Nvidia will be holding a session to talk the future of its graphics cards at the Hot Chips conference on August 20th. The schedule details that Nvidia’s Vice-President of ASIC engineering, Stuart Oberman, will present the company’s next-gen GPU technology at the Cupertino, California-based event. Team Green could potentially just talk about its next-gen architecture, without officiall

The new Philips Hue Sync app for macOS and Windows 10 is available today, and it’s ambitiously being touted as a way to create “surround sound for your eyes.” That makes Philips Hue Sync a lot more affordable (the app is free) if you’ve already bought into or are buying into the Hue series of smart lights. Testing and requirementsWe were given a brief demo of the Philips Hue Sync app before launch and able to see how it perfectly synchronized to the scattered sounds of D Cappella. Hue Sync is al

There are new MacBook computers and iPad Pro tablets coming in 2018, according to a new report today. It’s just not going to happen at Apple’s WWDC 2018 keynote. Instead, a refreshed MacBook Pro 2018 and 12-inch MacBook with new Intel chips, and a low-cost MacBook Air 2018, will be ready later this year, says Bloomberg. The same applies to the iPad Pro 2018, which is said to be undergoing an overhaul with Face ID, just like on the iPhone X. The report also describes how virtual objects have the

Pre-E3 announcements and leaks are everywhere at the moment and the latest leak may have just revealed the next game in the Assassin’s Creed series, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. French site Jeuxvideo has posted an image of a keyring for a game called Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Certainly, since 2016 we’ve been hearing rumors (via GamingBolt) that the new direction of the Assassin’s Creed franchise would be a trilogy that would take players from ancient Egypt, to ancient Greece and then to ancient Rom

If you want to be taken seriously in the PC gaming accessory space these days, you apparently need to develop your own mechanical key switch, as Roccat has with the Titan Switch Tactile. The German maker of PC gaming headsets, keyboards, mice and more revealed the Titan Switch Tactile in a press release ahead of Computex 2018 set to kick off in Taipei, Taiwan next week at the time of writing. Today, Roccat joins the likes of Creative, Logitech, Razer and more in having developed its very own mec

Rumor has it that Dell is planning its own dual-screen ARM-driven device, powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip, similar to the piece of hardware Microsoft allegedly has in development. Dell has been working on this since last summer, apparently, with a prototype created at that time. The Windows 10 device will apparently run with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 chip, which hasn’t yet been officially revealed, but is a step on from the Snapdragon 835 used in current Windows 10 on ARM laptops. Other de

Messenger Kids, Facebook’s chat app for pre-teens, no longer requires parents to be on speaking terms before their offspring can start a conversation. Children can only use Messenger Kids to chat with a list of contacts approved by their parents. Before now, if two kids want to message one another, their parents could only grant permission if they were friends themselves on Facebook. Just search for the other parent’s name to send an invitation and wait for them to respond. Messenger Kids is ava

Xiaomi Mi Band 3 design and displayIf you liked the look of the Xiaomi Mi Band 2, it’s almost certain you’ll like the design of the Mi Band 3 as the design is remarkably similar. Xiaomi Mi Band 3 specs and batteryImage 1 of 2 Image 2 of 2Xiaomi hasn’t explained the exact processing tech that’s being used inside the Xiaomi Mi Band 3, but we can hope it’ll be good enough to do most of the basic tracking things you’ll need. The battery inside the Xiaomi Mi Band 3 is a 110mAh cell, which the company

Xiaomi’s wearables have long undercut the likes of Fitbit when it comes to price, and the new Xiaomi Mi Band 3 is no exception. Debuting for just 179 Chinese Yuan, which equals roughly $30 (£20, AU$36), the Mi Band 3 improves over the Xiaomi Mi Band 2 with a bigger OLED display that shows off more info, though it doesn’t appear to be a touchscreen like we hoped it would be. Interestingly, the Mi Band 3 will launch with NFC, which may enable contactless payments at the store, though Android Centr