One thing that Wear OS devices have over the Apple Watch is that they’re available in both circular and square shapes, while the Apple Watch is only available in the latter, but a newly published Apple patent suggests that could one day change. Apple has seemingly at least considered a circular watch. That means it can’t just be a design that was abandoned in favor of a square shape, rather it’s seemingly something that Apple was considering even once the Apple Watch’s shape had been finalized.

Fortnite fans who are also members of Twitch Prime have for a while now enjoyed access to a small selection of exclusive and free goodies through the not-so-imaginatively named Fortnite Twitch Prime Pack. Now, Epic Games and Twitch have announced there’s going to be even more free loot for Twitch Prime subscribers to get their hands on with the Fortnite Twitch Prime Pack 2. There’s also a brand new dance emote for those that like the dance floor as much as the battleground. You can’t however, sh

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We’ve gotten a closer look at some of the new features that are now available on the Wear OS platform at Google IO 2018. The main feature we saw is, naturally, a much more robust Google Assistant. Now, when you ask a question to the voice assistant on your smartwatch, you’ll receive a more thorough answer to your query than you would have in the past. Wear OS has added these Google Assistant smart suggestions so your smartwatch is, well, smart. Plan your trip accordinglyWhat’s more, you can cont

While it might be necessary for authorities to access data stored on handsets for criminal investigations, Apple has, historically, refused to cooperate when approached. The Cupertino firm’s efforts to protect iPhone users continues with iOS 11.4, which is currently in beta. If law enforcement needs to access data on an Apple device during an investigation, they will have precisely seven days to do so, using tools like GrayKey. That said, there is no way for authorities to know when the phone wa

Waymo, the self-driving car company run by Google’s parent Alphabet, is adding a new vehicle to its fleet in the form of the sleek, all-electric Jaguar I-Pace. In fact, it’s adding 20,000 of the Jaguar creations to its self-driving fleet over the next few years. The Jaguar I-Pace is rigged for self-driving, decked out in the Waymo sensors, cameras and lidar it’ll need to scan the world around it to detect objects in the road and read street signs. It’s a car you’d like to take for a test drive r

Microsoft Build has classically been a showcase for the next version of Windows. Whether it was new features, programs or a whole operating system redesign, Windows has always felt front in center of the company’s Build conference. Instead, Microsoft spent much more of its time showing how it planned to extend its reach everywhere beyond Windows. Windows and Devices chief Terry Myerson left the company at the end of March 2018. For almost it’s entire existence Microsoft has been best known for m

One of the biggest pitfalls of running Windows 10 on a Snapdragon chip is the fact that Qualcomm’s ARM processors don’t support 64-bit applications. However, at Microsoft Build 2018, Qualcomm has announced it is releasing a 64-bit SDK for Windows on ARM. An early preview of the SDK comes with the latest Visual Studio 15.8 Preview 1 with all the tools to allow you to create your own 64-bit ARM apps. What’s more, Qualcomm says developers will be able to develop x64 apps that run natively on ARM pr

In a relatively light hardware year at Google I/O, the Mountain View-based company saved one announcement for its most hardcore of Android TV developers – a new device called the ADT-2 that will serve as a testbed for Android TV P, its upcoming version of Android TV. The device doesn’t look like much with it’s almost original Chromecast-like exterior, but the latest additions to Android TV should allow even the most low-spec’d devices to enjoy solid playback and quick navigation. The streaming d

If you have a Google device, it’ll need to be the Google Pixel , Google Pixel XL , Google Pixel 2 or Google Pixel 2 XL. Below we’ll talk you through how you can sign up to the Android P beta and get the first release of the software as soon as possible. There you can sign up to the Android P Beta program. If you’ve already been a apart of a previous Android beta program you’ll still need to sign up to the Android P one as it’s a separate scheme. You’re one of the first people to be running Andro

Built into Google Assistant, the new technology that was unveiled at Google IO is called Google Duplex and will call real life people and businesses based on it understanding your requests. You won’t listen to the call either – instead, Google Duplex works in the background and gives you a notification when it has arranged a booking for you. Google showed an example on stage that showed someone asking Google Assistant to call a hairdresser and make an appointment for a woman’s haircut at 12PM. H

The smart display platform, in case you missed it at its debut during CES 2018, is a series of smart devices that put Google Assistant on a small screen Wi-Fi speaker, similar to what Amazon has done with the Amazon Echo Show. LG, Lenovo, JBL and Sony have all signed on to release a smart display speaker. When the speakers launch later this year, not only will they be packing Google Assistant, as promised, but also apps for YouTube TV alongside other new features. Curious to see what a Google sm

Right before the start of Google IO 2018, LG announced that Google Assistant would finally be available on its 2018 webOS TVs. Google Assistant, the AI smart assistant that lives on a number of different smartphones, headphones and Android TV devices, enables smart home controls and language commands – all of which you’ll be able to control using the microphone in your remote. On LG TVs, the Google Assistant will live alongside LG’s proprietary ThinQ platform, which offers its own unique skill s

You may hear the words ‘AI’ and experience fear-plagued Terminator-inspired visions of the future. But at Google I/O, for now at least, AI is all about productivity. At the search giant’s annual developer conference it introduced a new feature for its Gmail email service called Smart Compose, which is designed to reduce the number of taps you need to perform to write your messages. Using machine learning and an understanding of messages you’ve previously written, Smart Compose will take the cont

Welcome to our live blog of Google I/O 2018. Google AI is spearheading research on predicting cardiovascular risk by checking out scans of eyes, which thanks to machine learning, can tell what kind of risk you have of growing sick. (10:03am PST) Google CEO Sundar Pichai has taken the stage following quite the inspirational little short video. Check in with our guide on how to watch Google IO 2018 to follow along with the live stream, and check back here for moment-to-moment insights. We’re told

Microsoft took the time to go over Sets at its Build 2018 conference today, underlining the power of this new feature for Windows 10, and how it aims to truly streamline and make using the OS a far better organized experience. Those who test Windows 10 will already have played around with Sets, as it has been live in preview builds of the operating system for a little while now. And at Build, Microsoft expanded on its final vision for Sets, which is that ‘content that belongs together should sta

Microsoft is keen to remind everyone that ‘Windows loves all your devices’, and at its Build 2018 conference it’s just shown off its updated ‘Your Phone’ app, which will make interacting with your smartphone via your Windows 10 device easier than ever. PC phone homeShilpa Ranganathan, who announced the new app on stage at the Build 2018 keynote, showed us how the app would work, with a connected smartphone receiving a text message which was also displayed in the Your Phone app on a Windows 10 PC

Square Enix has confirmed that it’ll be hosting its very own showcase at E3 this year on June 11 at 10 am PDT/1 pm EDT/ 6 pm BST. The news was announced via Twitter, where Square invited fans to join it for a “special video presentation” that will reveal the “exciting future of Square Enix.” Like Nintendo, it seems Square Enix will be opting for a stream via YouTube, Twitch and Mixer rather than a live stage show. Save the Date!The Square Enix E3 Showcase 2018 – Monday June 11 at 10 AM PDT/1PM E

If Spinal Tap’s Nigel Tufnel were to buy a pair of Bluetooth headphones, he’d probably opt for a pair of Marshall cans. And, if he’d fallen on hard times after the royalties on Lick My Love Pump had bottomed out, he may even set his sights on the affordable new Marshall Major III Bluetooth over-ears. Around 30 hours of continuous Bluetooth aptX audio playback, according to Marshall – a solid battery performance given the lightweight nature of both the design and the price tag. Improved soundThe

A German company has concocted a scheme by the name of ‘Games from Space’ which borrows your GPU for cryptocurrency mining purposes, and in return gives you free PC games. Particularly given that some of the games are newer big-name affairs, like, for example, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) or Grand Theft Auto V.To get involved, you need a Windows PC with a graphics card that has at least 3GB of video RAM. The faster your graphics card, obviously enough, the quicker progress you’ll make to